# Darlene Taylor

Darlene Taylor is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 173.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 173
- Serving since: 2011-01-10
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d00eb950-0fb6-41ab-ae22-8e9ce84d7cf0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d00eb950-0fb6-41ab-ae22-8e9ce84d7cf0 (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

Taylor missed 27% of 245 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Georgia House (average 93.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.37 (standard error 0.04), from 169 donors and 238 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 73% (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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 88 bills: 73 reached committee, 56 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 0. 63.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 111 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2124: Naylor-Griffin, Tracie; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2124/
- HR 1979: Hyland, Donna W.; retirement from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1979/
- HB 1567: Quitman, City of; transfer of all legal rights, privileges, and assets to Brooks County; provide (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1567/
- HR 1770: Jones, Aniston; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1770/
- HR 1750: World War I Veterans Memorial Bridge; Thomas County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1750/
- HR 1655: House Study Committee on Diabetes Related Amputations; create (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1655/
- HR 1657: House Study Committee on Medicaid Waiver Populations and Long-Term Financial and Administrative Sustainability; create (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1657/
- HR 1532: National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month; September 2026; support designation (introduced, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1532/
- HR 1522: House Study Committee on Evaluating Community Health; create (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1522/
- HB 1430: Community Health, Department of; license supportive senior housing communities; provide (introduced, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1430/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $25.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/786?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.darleneforgeorgia.com/
- X: https://x.com/darleneforga
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/georgia.house.79/posts/4117968578304265/?_rdr
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoC6F5ZONCq/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darlene-taylor-38849414/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d00eb950-0fb6-41ab-ae22-8e9ce84d7cf0