# Sheila Jones

Sheila Jones is a Democratic member of the Georgia House for district 60.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Georgia House, district 60
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b278b399-5ca3-4cd7-bc19-4053166577a2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b278b399-5ca3-4cd7-bc19-4053166577a2 (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

Jones has served since 2023.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.48 (standard error 0.08), from 50 donors and 141 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State House Democrats 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 nay · 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 nay · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 63 bills: 46 reached committee, 42 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 0. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 93 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 61: 50th Southern Regional Conference and the Centennial Celebration of the Southern Region of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR61/
- HR 1955: "Women's Golf Day"; June 5, 2026; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1955/
- HR 1933: Atlanta Dermatology and Aesthetics, PC; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1933/
- HB 1587: Cobb County; abolish office of elected county surveyor; provide appointment (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1587/
- HR 1694: U.S. United Pageant System; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1694/
- HR 1692: Farnsworth, Emmaline; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1692/
- HR 1691: Iglesia Pentecostal Divina Trinidad; Pastors Ronal Monroy and Maria Mercedes Monroy; occasion of their 16th pastoral anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1691/
- HR 1695: Patton, Dr. Beverly Griffin; receiving the 2026 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1695/
- HR 1682: Purvis, Pastor Wilbur T., III.; occasion of his 33rd pastoral anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1682/
- HR 1693: Subramanian, Soha; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1693/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/143?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.sheilajones.org/
- X: https://x.com/repsheilajones
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/State-Rep-Sheila-Jones-71944275850
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repjones/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheila-jones-76329130/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b278b399-5ca3-4cd7-bc19-4053166577a2