# Scott Hilton Scott Hilton is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 48. - Party: Republican - Seat: Georgia House, district 48 - Serving since: 2023-01-09 - Current term: GA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/91abe321-5ea4-4f17-b8d8-573d7cb913e6 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/91abe321-5ea4-4f17-b8d8-573d7cb913e6 (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 7.5% of Hilton’s statements use bipartisan language, 4.1 times the State House Republican average of 1.8%. ## What Hilton says (GA 2025–26 session) 253 classified statements: 253 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Hilton | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 5.9% | 9.3% | 414 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 43.9% | 31.9% | 202 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 7.5% | 1.8% | 26 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 28.5% | 12.7% | 79 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.4% | 1.4% | 405 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 40% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 15% (State House Republicans 18%); Taxation 14% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Health 9.9% (State House Republicans 10%); Families 9.0% (State House Republicans 3.6%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.52 (standard error 0.03), from 620 donors and 520 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) 1,391 roll calls. Attendance 96.1% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.1% (97.2%). 14 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 154 bills: 121 reached committee, 101 passed one chamber, 31 passed both, 26 became law. Cosponsored 0. 65.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 98 of 177). Recent sponsored bills: - HR 41: Blakey, Jennifer; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR41/ - HR 47: Hilton, Robert Lund; Chris Ann Chapman Hilton; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR47/ - HR 9: Barrera, Joshua; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR9/ - HB 69: Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (introduced, 2026-06-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB69/ - HR 8: Dover, Olivia; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR8/ - HR 2068: Blessed Trinity Titans baseball team; winning the 2025 GHSA 4A Baseball State Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2068/ - HR 2063: Nnanna, Vincent; Alpharetta High School; winning the 2025 GHSA 6A Individual Track and Field State Championship in the 110m hurdles; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2063/ - HR 2072: Roswell Hornets girls soccer team; winning the 2025 GHSA 5A Girls Soccer State Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2072/ - HR 2070: Roswell Hornets boys lacrosse team; winning the 2025 GHSA Division 2 Boys Lacrosse State Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2070/ - HR 2064: Gipson, Loni; Alpharetta High School; winning the 2025 GHSA 6A Individual Track and Field State Championship in the high jump; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2064/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $306.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 85% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ScottHiltonGA/status/2114484781505282312 - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ScottHiltonGA/status/2114493732037038268 - 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/ScottHiltonGA/status/2114045119531749775 - 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/ScottHiltonGA/status/2114045262104551885 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/ScottHiltonGA/status/2113250608698495183 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ScottHiltonGA/status/2113255009173295258 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ScottHiltonGA/status/2113322030305276308 - 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ScottHiltonGA/status/2112561998550728789 - 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/ScottHiltonGA/status/2112230776280338692 - 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/ScottHiltonGA/status/2111294672274661498 ## Links - Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/4899?session=1031 - Campaign site: https://www.scotthiltonga.com/ - X: https://x.com/ScottHiltonGA - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScottHiltonGA - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scotthiltonga/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottchilton/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/91abe321-5ea4-4f17-b8d8-573d7cb913e6