# Jutt Howard

Jutt Howard is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 71.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 71
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8b62e64b-bf80-4967-832b-8fb92cd6c4b3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8b62e64b-bf80-4967-832b-8fb92cd6c4b3 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

80% of the 30 bills Howard sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Georgia House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.52 (standard error 0.06), from 88 donors and 141 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 76% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 100% (97.2%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/
- 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-20 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-20 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 30 bills: 28 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 80.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 19 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2002: Smith, Howard Edward; honoring the life and memory; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2002/
- HR 1889: Termed and perpetual conservation easements; important tools for promoting conservation practices; express support (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1889/
- HR 1830: Lt. Col. Larry Boggs Intersection; Carroll County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1830/
- HB 1554: Collateral Protection Insurance Act; enact (introduced, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1554/
- HR 1606: Carroll Electric Membership Cooperative; 90th anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1606/
- HB 1362: Public officers; persons having certain financial interest shall be ineligible to hold certain public offices; provide (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1362/
- HR 1410: Georgia Green Industry Association; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1410/
- HR 1323: Georgia Purebred Dog Day; May 1, 2026; benefits and contributions of purebred dogs to the State of Georgia; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1323/
- HR 1315: Georgia Wildlife Federation; honoring the accomplishments; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1315/
- HR 1286: University of West Georgia cheerleading team; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1286/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $41.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/5073?session=1033
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howardjutt/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jutt-howard-b126a3a

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8b62e64b-bf80-4967-832b-8fb92cd6c4b3