# Matt Barton

Matt Barton is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 5
- Serving since: 2019-02-12
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9103b29e-964b-4637-9304-0e73216d7796

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9103b29e-964b-4637-9304-0e73216d7796 (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

82% of the 82 bills Barton sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Georgia House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.41 (standard error 0.03), from 23 donors and 986 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.7% (97.2%). 4 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/
- 2026-04-03 · voted yea · House Vote #880 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 1409 Domestic relations; revise mandated reporting of child abuse · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1409/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 82 bills: 74 reached committee, 67 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 81.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 13 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 19: Floyd County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB19/
- HB 67: Rome, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB67/
- HR 2128: Mayo, Leah; 2026 Heart of Community Young Heart Award recipient; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2128/
- HR 2105: Wilson, Ghee; 2026 Heart of Community Award of Honor recipient; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2105/
- HR 2088: Arp, Jeb; 2026 Heart of Community Award of Honor recipient; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2088/
- HR 2108: Childers, former Representative Eugene Milton "Buddy"; honoring the life and legacy; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2108/
- HR 2117: Proctor, Brynn; Model High School's 2026 STAR Student; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2117/
- HR 2090: Stevenson, Rick and Sundai; 2026 Heart of Community Board of Governors Award recipients; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2090/
- HR 2115: Huffman, Sarah; 2026 Heart of Community Award of Honor recipient; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2115/
- HR 2089: Veal, Gail; 2026 Heart of Community Award of Honor recipient; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2089/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/4966?session=1031
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bartonforgordonandmurray

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9103b29e-964b-4637-9304-0e73216d7796