diff --git a/vortex-array/src/arrays/filter/rules.rs b/vortex-array/src/arrays/filter/rules.rs
index 635ae198fca..53f35c154cd 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/arrays/filter/rules.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/arrays/filter/rules.rs
@@ -15,13 +15,20 @@ use crate::arrays::filter::FilterArraySlotsExt;
 use crate::arrays::filter::FilterReduce;
 use crate::arrays::filter::FilterReduceAdaptor;
 use crate::arrays::filter::execute::buffer::prepare_mask_for_reuse;
+use crate::arrays::scalar_fn::ExactScalarFn;
+use crate::arrays::scalar_fn::ScalarFnArrayView;
 use crate::arrays::struct_::StructDataParts;
+use crate::builtins::ArrayBuiltins;
+use crate::optimizer::rules::ArrayParentReduceRule;
 use crate::optimizer::rules::ArrayReduceRule;
 use crate::optimizer::rules::ParentRuleSet;
 use crate::optimizer::rules::ReduceRuleSet;
+use crate::scalar_fn::fns::get_item::GetItem;
 
-pub(super) const PARENT_RULES: ParentRuleSet<Filter> =
-    ParentRuleSet::new(&[ParentRuleSet::lift(&FilterReduceAdaptor(Filter))]);
+pub(super) const PARENT_RULES: ParentRuleSet<Filter> = ParentRuleSet::new(&[
+    ParentRuleSet::lift(&FilterReduceAdaptor(Filter)),
+    ParentRuleSet::lift(&FilterGetItemRule),
+]);
 
 pub(super) const RULES: ReduceRuleSet<Filter> =
     ReduceRuleSet::new(&[&TrivialFilterRule, &FilterStructRule]);
@@ -35,6 +42,23 @@ impl FilterReduce for Filter {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct FilterGetItemRule;
+
+impl ArrayParentReduceRule<Filter> for FilterGetItemRule {
+    type Parent = ExactScalarFn<GetItem>;
+
+    fn reduce_parent(
+        &self,
+        array: ArrayView<'_, Filter>,
+        parent: ScalarFnArrayView<'_, GetItem>,
+        _child_idx: usize,
+    ) -> VortexResult<Option<ArrayRef>> {
+        let field = array.child().get_item(parent.options.clone())?;
+        Ok(Some(field.filter(array.filter_mask().clone())?))
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct TrivialFilterRule;
 
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/arrays/masked/compute/rules.rs b/vortex-array/src/arrays/masked/compute/rules.rs
index 3accb455c3f..ac2123aedc8 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/arrays/masked/compute/rules.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/arrays/masked/compute/rules.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,47 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright the Vortex contributors
 
+use vortex_error::VortexResult;
+
+use crate::ArrayRef;
+use crate::array::ArrayView;
 use crate::arrays::Masked;
 use crate::arrays::dict::TakeReduceAdaptor;
 use crate::arrays::filter::FilterReduceAdaptor;
+use crate::arrays::masked::MaskedArrayExt;
+use crate::arrays::masked::MaskedArraySlotsExt;
+use crate::arrays::scalar_fn::ExactScalarFn;
+use crate::arrays::scalar_fn::ScalarFnArrayView;
 use crate::arrays::slice::SliceReduceAdaptor;
+use crate::builtins::ArrayBuiltins;
+use crate::optimizer::rules::ArrayParentReduceRule;
 use crate::optimizer::rules::ParentRuleSet;
+use crate::scalar_fn::fns::get_item::GetItem;
 use crate::scalar_fn::fns::mask::MaskReduceAdaptor;
 
 pub(crate) const PARENT_RULES: ParentRuleSet<Masked> = ParentRuleSet::new(&[
     ParentRuleSet::lift(&FilterReduceAdaptor(Masked)),
+    ParentRuleSet::lift(&MaskedGetItemRule),
     ParentRuleSet::lift(&MaskReduceAdaptor(Masked)),
     ParentRuleSet::lift(&SliceReduceAdaptor(Masked)),
     ParentRuleSet::lift(&TakeReduceAdaptor(Masked)),
 ]);
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct MaskedGetItemRule;
+
+impl ArrayParentReduceRule<Masked> for MaskedGetItemRule {
+    type Parent = ExactScalarFn<GetItem>;
+
+    fn reduce_parent(
+        &self,
+        array: ArrayView<'_, Masked>,
+        parent: ScalarFnArrayView<'_, GetItem>,
+        _child_idx: usize,
+    ) -> VortexResult<Option<ArrayRef>> {
+        let field = array.child().get_item(parent.options.clone())?;
+        Ok(Some(
+            field.mask(array.masked_validity().to_array(array.len()))?,
+        ))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/arrays/slice/rules.rs b/vortex-array/src/arrays/slice/rules.rs
index 3bc0a70f204..62ed8892541 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/arrays/slice/rules.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/arrays/slice/rules.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,38 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright the Vortex contributors
 
+use vortex_error::VortexResult;
+
+use crate::ArrayRef;
+use crate::array::ArrayView;
 use crate::arrays::Slice;
+use crate::arrays::scalar_fn::ExactScalarFn;
+use crate::arrays::scalar_fn::ScalarFnArrayView;
+use crate::arrays::slice::SliceArraySlotsExt;
 use crate::arrays::slice::SliceReduceAdaptor;
+use crate::builtins::ArrayBuiltins;
+use crate::optimizer::rules::ArrayParentReduceRule;
 use crate::optimizer::rules::ParentRuleSet;
+use crate::scalar_fn::fns::get_item::GetItem;
+
+pub(super) const PARENT_RULES: ParentRuleSet<Slice> = ParentRuleSet::new(&[
+    ParentRuleSet::lift(&SliceReduceAdaptor(Slice)),
+    ParentRuleSet::lift(&SliceGetItemRule),
+]);
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct SliceGetItemRule;
+
+impl ArrayParentReduceRule<Slice> for SliceGetItemRule {
+    type Parent = ExactScalarFn<GetItem>;
 
-pub(super) const PARENT_RULES: ParentRuleSet<Slice> =
-    ParentRuleSet::new(&[ParentRuleSet::lift(&SliceReduceAdaptor(Slice))]);
+    fn reduce_parent(
+        &self,
+        array: ArrayView<'_, Slice>,
+        parent: ScalarFnArrayView<'_, GetItem>,
+        _child_idx: usize,
+    ) -> VortexResult<Option<ArrayRef>> {
+        let field = array.child().get_item(parent.options.clone())?;
+        Ok(Some(field.slice(array.slice_range().clone())?))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/scalar_fn/fns/get_item.rs b/vortex-array/src/scalar_fn/fns/get_item.rs
index cec7b98e442..3e78c01f76b 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/scalar_fn/fns/get_item.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/scalar_fn/fns/get_item.rs
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::VortexSessionExecute;
     use crate::arrays::Constant;
     use crate::arrays::ConstantArray;
+    use crate::arrays::Filter;
+    use crate::arrays::Primitive;
+    use crate::arrays::ScalarFn;
+    use crate::arrays::Slice;
+    use crate::builtins::ArrayBuiltins;
     use crate::dtype::DType;
     use crate::dtype::FieldName;
     use crate::dtype::FieldNames;
@@ -354,6 +359,50 @@ mod tests {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn get_item_pushes_through_filter() -> VortexResult<()> {
+        use vortex_mask::Mask;
+
+        let filtered = test_array()
+            .into_array()
+            .filter(Mask::from_iter([true, false, true]))?;
+
+        let item = filtered.get_item("a")?;
+
+        assert!(item.is::<Filter>());
+        assert!(!item.is::<ScalarFn>());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn get_item_pushes_through_slice() -> VortexResult<()> {
+        let sliced = test_array().into_array().slice(1..3)?;
+
+        let item = sliced.get_item("a")?;
+
+        assert!(item.is::<Primitive>());
+        assert!(!item.is::<Slice>());
+        assert!(!item.is::<ScalarFn>());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn get_item_pushes_through_masked() -> VortexResult<()> {
+        let masked = test_array()
+            .into_array()
+            .mask(Validity::from_iter([true, false, true]).to_array(3))?;
+
+        let item = masked.get_item("a")?;
+
+        assert!(item.is::<Primitive>());
+        assert_eq!(
+            item.dtype(),
+            &DType::Primitive(PType::I32, Nullability::Nullable)
+        );
+        assert!(!item.is::<ScalarFn>());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_pack_get_item_rule() {
         // Create: pack(a: lit(1), b: lit(2)).get_item("b")