# Sharon Henderson

Sharon Henderson is a Democratic member of the Georgia House for district 113.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Georgia House, district 113
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e51d36a7-9684-4540-aae7-a5e60e434681

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e51d36a7-9684-4540-aae7-a5e60e434681 (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

Henderson missed 31% of 602 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Georgia House (average 93.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.29 (standard error 0.02), from 7 donors and 426 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

602 roll calls. Attendance 69% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 88% (97.2%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-01-12 · voted yea · House Vote #455 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HR 998 Adjournment; relative to · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR998/
- 2025-04-04 · voted not voting · House Vote #410 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 156 Transportation, Department of; authority over vertiports; provide · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB156/
- 2025-04-04 · voted not voting · House Vote #448 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 296 Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB296/
- 2025-04-04 · voted not voting · House Vote #434 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · SB 336 Dade County; school district ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SB336/
- 2025-04-04 · voted not voting · House Vote #441 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 645 Health; COVID-19 testing of staff members in long term-care facilities; repeal certain provisions · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB645/
- 2025-04-04 · voted not voting · House Vote #428 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · SB 204 Criminal Procedure; offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the… · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SB204/
- 2025-04-04 · voted not voting · House Vote #408 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 37 Education; require local school systems to notify employees regarding social security withholdings and eligibility for certain benefits · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB37/
- 2025-04-04 · voted not voting · House Vote #417 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 582 Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enact · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB582/
- 2025-04-04 · voted not voting · House Vote #435 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · SB 234 City of Dalton; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SB234/
- 2025-04-04 · voted not voting · House Vote #421 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 630 State Board of Registration; remove used car division and the used parts division; provisions · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB630/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 6 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 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 907: Shepherd, Archie S.; condolences (passed one chamber, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR907/
- HR 906: Henderson, Burnelle; condolences (passed one chamber, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR906/
- HR 892: Speak Life! Cancer Care Ministry; commend (passed one chamber, 2025-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR892/
- HR 826: Smith, Rashan Ali; commend (passed one chamber, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR826/
- HR 825: Pigford, Eva Marcille; commend (passed one chamber, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR825/
- HR 540: Congress; adopt legislation requiring Medicare program to provide for lifelong coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for liver, heart, and lung transplant… (introduced, 2025-03-11) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR540/
- HB 621: Georgia Bureau of Investigation; provide for members of the General Assembly to request assistance (introduced, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB621/
- HR 320: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network in Georgia; commend (passed one chamber, 2025-02-19) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR320/
- HB 302: Leave No Georgia Child Hungry Act; enact (introduced, 2025-02-10) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB302/
- HR 1700: World Thyroid Day; May 25, 2024; honor of Georgians who experience thyroid conditions, including Hashimoto's thyroiditis; recognize (passed one chamber, 2024-03-28) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2023_24/HR1700/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,050 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/5003?session=1031
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharon-henderson-campaign-110977793901758
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharonhenderson1203/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzqXAybg-LuUBUcDhhCMQ1g
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-henderson-1b069931/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e51d36a7-9684-4540-aae7-a5e60e434681
