Georgia House · District 120

Houston Gaines

Republican

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Votes with the House Majority Leader 92% On 158 contested votes where both voted · 97% on all votes Votes with own party 100% Partisan rank: 1 of 176 in the House Didn't vote at roll call 2% 17 of 816 roll calls · 16 of them excused

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Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Houston Gaines'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

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The scores

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Votes with the House Majority Leader

92%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Houston Gaines.

On 158 contested votes where both voted97% on all 796 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Houston Gaines.

On 117 party-line votesPartisan rank: 1 of 176 in the House

Contested votes where they split

12 against the House Majority Leader; 9 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Houston Gaines
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	House Majority Leader	Most of their party
April 2, 2026	HB 334: Require the Department of Community Health to conduct an annual review of medications and treatment for sickle cell disease for Medicaid recipients Concur	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 23, 2026	HB 483: Provide for protections for inspectors of code enforcement Concur	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 23, 2026	SB 220: Rename low THC oil as medical cannabis Concur	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 19, 2026	HB 1339: Revise provisions for filling vacancies in the office of mayor or councilor Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 16, 2026	SB 160: Replace the forfeiture penalty of a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving with authority to order the installation of a device… Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2026	HR 450: Authorize the Georgia General Assembly to provide by general law for sports betting in this state Adoption	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 6, 2026	HB 1166: Provide that zoning decisions shall not affect or be required for certain residential dwellings of 400 square feet or fewer Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
March 6, 2026	HB 641: Require that an electric supplier hold the proposed discontinuation of electrical service to a residential consumer who suffers from a serious illness in… Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 17, 2026	HB 1022: Prohibit electric tinting Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (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 6, 2025	HB 506: Provide Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2025	HB 638: Prohibit the stopping or parking of a motor vehicle other than a transit vehicle in a designated transit vehicle lane in the City of Atlanta Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Houston Gaines voted on each of the 816 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Houston Gaines
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
Email: houston.gaines@house.ga.gov
Capitol office: Room 401-A, Coverdell Legislative Office Building 18 Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, GA 30334
404-656-0152
District office: P.O. Box 1203, Athens, GA 30603

Committees

Appropriations
Insurance
Transportation
Ways and Means

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