Georgia House · District 161
Bill Hitchens
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Bill Hitchens's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
On the November 3 ballot
Running for Georgia House District 161.
Also on the ballot: David Dillie (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Bill Hitchens.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Bill Hitchens.
Contested votes where they split
4 against the House Majority Leader; 3 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | House Majority Leader | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | SB 175: Prohibit the use of ranked-choice voting Motion to Table |
Yea | Nay (split) | Nay (split) |
| April 4, 2025 | HB 370: Require the property tax bill for any school district that opts out of the state-wide base year homestead exemption to state the total amount of the school… Concur |
Yea | Nay (split) | Yea |
| March 31, 2025 | SB 8: Provide for arrest warrant requirements when juvenile courts are acting as courts of inquiry Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 4, 2025 | HB 225: Repeal all laws relative to enforcement of speeding violations in school zones through the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Bill Hitchens voted on each of the 816 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | House Majority Leader | Yeas–nays |
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact and committees
Contact
- Official page
- www.legis.ga.gov
- bill.hitchens@house.ga.gov
- Capitol office
- State Capitol Room 217, 206 Washington St. SW, Atlanta, GA 30334
404-656-5126 - District office
- 2440 Rincon-Stillwell Road, Rincon, GA 31326
Committees
- Appropriations
- Defense and Veterans Affairs
- Economic Development and Tourism
- Governmental Affairs
- Public Safety and Homeland Security
- Rules
- Rules
- Transportation
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Georgia General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 13, 2026.
Source: the Georgia House and Senate Journals (the Senate's for its 2025 session; it hasn't published its 2026 Journals yet), Jan. 13, 2025 to June 23, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections