Washington, D.C. – The Club for Growth Foundation published its 2025 Georgia State Economic Scorecard, offering Georgians an in-depth look into each legislator’s voting record on economic issues in Atlanta.
The Scorecard analyzes policies and votes to assign an Economic Growth Score from 0 to 100, with 100 representing the highest support for pro-growth policies. In 2025, the Foundation’s study examined over 1,250 floor votes and, in the end, included 15 Georgia House votes and 16 Georgia Senate votes.
“Georgia lawmakers wasted valuable time during the 2025 legislative session and weakened the state’s economic outlook,” said Club for Growth Foundation President David McIntosh. “After establishing HSA accounts for state employees and consolidating portions of the government, Georgia legislators inexplicably reversed course. They added $4.4 billion in new spending, expanded Medicaid, and doubled the cap on housing authority bonds. Georgia cannot compete regionally while growing government faster than the economy.”
Click here to view the full 2025 Georgia State Economic Scorecard from the Club for Growth Foundation.
Key Highlights from the 2025 Georgia Scorecard
Georgia House:
- Average Republican Score: 29%
- Average Democratic Score: 18%
- Highest Rated Republican(s): Rep. Charlice Byrd (HD-20), Rep. Noelle Kahaian (HD-81): 100%
- Highest Rated Democrats(s): Rep. Park Cannon (HD-58), Rep. Viola Davis (HD-87): 43%
- Lowest Rated Republican(s): Rep. Brad Thomas (HD-21): 18%
- Lowest Rated Democrats(s): Rep. Sharon Henderson (HD-113): 0%
Georgia Senate:
- Average Republican Score: 43%
- Average Democrat Score: 9%
- Highest Rated Republican(s): Sen. Colton Moore (SD-53): 100%
- Highest Rated Democrat(s): Sen. Sheikh Rahman (SD-5): 16%
- Lowest Rated Republican(s): Sen. Clint Dixon (SD-45): 26%
- Lowest Rated Democrat(s): Sen. Sally Harrell (SD-40): 0%
Notable Pro-growth Bills:
HB 111 – ACCELERATED INCOME TAX REDUCTION
- Reduces the existing 5.39 percent income tax rate to 5.19 percent retroactive to January 1, 2025
- Ratchets down the rate every year until it reaches 4.99 percent, presuming specific revenue targets are met
- Taxes will be reduced on hardworking Georgia families and households, as well as small businesses, by more than $4.1 billion over the next six years
HB 422 – STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
- Requires that high-deductible healthcare plans offered by agencies to state employees include HSA options
- Provides substantial savings for the state as HSAs are triple tax-advantaged, meaning contributions aren’t taxed, account growth isn’t taxed, and withdrawals for qualified medical expenses aren’t taxed
SB 152 – PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP EXPANSION
- Expands eligibility of the Promise Scholarship program to include biological and adopted children of foster parents
- The program provides for tax dollars to follow students to a school of their parents’ or guardians’ choice–including private education–if the student attends a government school performing in the bottom 25 percent
- Parents, including foster parents, will have access to roughly $6,500 per year to use for tuition, books, and other related education expenses
Notable Anti-growth Bills:
HB 67 – SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING BINGE
- Allocates an additional $4.4 billion above the previously passed bill, resulting in a $12.2 percent increase over the original FY2025 baseline
- Appropriates $145 million in additional hurricane relief, $28 million for additional rural government housing projects, $20 million in rural corporate welfare handouts, an extra $30 million to the University of Georgia for renovations, a $500 million infusion into the state pension system, and $38 million to renovate the Atlanta Farmers’ Market
HB 159 – HOUSING AUTHORITY BOND EXPANSION
- Doubles the amount of outstanding bonds available to the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority for single-family residential homes from the current statutory limit of $3 billion to $6 billion
- Expands the state government’s role in subsidizing down payments for first-time homebuyers, empowers housing central planners, and subjects hardworking taxpayers to increased moral hazard with the risk of future bailouts
HB 506 – NEW MEDICAID SERVICE EXPANSION
- Mandates that Medicaid reimburse tobacco cessation services, including both pharmaceutical and counseling therapy
- Prohibits Medicaid providers from requiring prior authorization and implementing limits on the number of treatments covered under the program at an as-yet-undetermined cost to taxpayers
Note: This Scorecard is based on selected votes and does not reflect a legislator’s entire voting record. The Club for Growth Foundation does not endorse or oppose any legislator for public office.