# Lynn Smith

Lynn Smith is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 70.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 70
- Serving since: 1997-01-13
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/945875f7-f3c5-4c75-acd6-a195a0f76b12

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/945875f7-f3c5-4c75-acd6-a195a0f76b12 (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

87% of the 61 bills Smith sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Georgia House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.05), from 209 donors and 141 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% 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 61 bills: 58 reached committee, 53 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 86.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 7 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2132: Elm Street Elementary School; 70th anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2132/
- HR 2043: Blackburn, Bob; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2043/
- HR 2027: Kemp, First Lady Marty; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2027/
- HR 1983: Brady, Keith; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1983/
- 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 1800: Jones, Speaker Pro Tempore Jan; extraordinary service to the State of Georgia; occasion of her retirement; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1800/
- HR 1759: Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Division of State Parks & Historic Sites; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1759/
- HR 1742: Eck, Fallon Georgeanna; celebrate birth (passed one chamber, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1742/
- HR 1665: House Study Committee on Environmental Protection Division Permit and Variance Procedures and Rights to Review; create (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1665/
- HR 1640: Reheis, Harold Franklin; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1640/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.1K (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/212?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.lynnsmithforhouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/LynnSmithGA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepLynnSmith/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynnsmithga/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/945875f7-f3c5-4c75-acd6-a195a0f76b12