2023 South Carolina Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the South Carolina General Assembly in 2023 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our second state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators' overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

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Senate Votes
House Votes

House Votes

1. Constitutional Carry

Enacts the South Carolina Constitutional Carry/Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2023.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
H3594 Roll Call 1259475 Passed 87 to 26 on Feb 23, 2023 See Second Amendment, Ninth Amendment, 10th Amendment, and Declaration of Independence

2. Hate Crimes

Provides for an enhanced penalty for certain violent crimes committed against a victim who was intentionally targeted due to the offender's belief or perceptions about the victim.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No
H3014 Roll Call 1270992 Passed 84 to 31 on Mar 8, 2023 See First Amendment and Declaration of Independence

3. Infrastructure

Allocates funds received by South Carolina from the ARPA bill to a corporate welfare project, specifically earmarking $1.2 billion for the construction of a site in Columbia to benefit Volkswagen.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Cost per household: -$606.00/year
H3604 Roll Call 1276180 Passed 100 to 12 on Mar 15, 2023 See Declaration of Independence and 14th Amendment

4. Educational Scholarship Trust Fund

Establishes an educational scholarship initiative aimed at offering financial assistance to eligible elementary and secondary students to cover approved educational costs.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Cost per household: -$45.00/year
S0039 Roll Call 1312671 Passed 74 to 36 on Apr 27, 2023 See Declaration of Independence

5. Housing Tax Credit

Grants a one-time approval for South Carolina Housing Tax Credits, not to exceed $29,806,029.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Cost per household: -$15.00/year
S0739 Roll Call 1322794 Passed 84 to 26 on May 10, 2023 See Declaration of Independence

6. Alternative Fuel Tax Credit

Amends the alternative fuel property income tax credit.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Cost per household: -$3.00/year
H3824 Roll Call 1322648 Passed 92 to 16 on May 10, 2023 See Declaration of Independence

How did they vote?

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Legend: Pro-Freedom Anti-Freedom Did not vote
Name Party Score 1 2 3 4 5 6
Terry Alexander D 0%
Carl L. Anderson D 17%
Frank Lucas Atkinson D 20%
William H. Bailey R 33%
Nathan Ballentine R 33%
Justin T. Bamberg D N/A
Bruce W. Bannister R 20%
Heather Bauer D 17%
Thomas Beach R 75%
Beth E. Bernstein D 20%
Bart T. Blackwell R 17%
Jeff A. Bradley R 17%
Gary S. Brewer R 20%
Thomas Case Brittain R 17%
James Mikell Burns R 83%
Joseph M. Bustos R 33%
Paula Rawl Calhoon R 60%
Jerry T. Carter R 33%
Micajah P. Caskey R 25%
Donald Chapman R 40%
William M. Chumley R 80%
William Clyburn D 17%
Gilda Cobb-Hunter D 25%
Neal A. Collins R 40%
Benjamin Connell R 20%
Bobby J. Cox R 25%
Brandon L. Cox R 20%
Heather Ammons Crawford R 25%
April Cromer R 83%
Sylleste H. Davis R 17%
Chandra E. Dillard D 17%
Jason T. Elliott R 17%
Shannon S. Erickson R 17%
R. Raye Felder R 50%
Cally R. Forrest R 33%
Craig A. Gagnon R 33%
Kambrell Houston Garvin D 20%
Gil A. Gatch R 0%
Daniel Gibson R 33%
Leon D. Gilliam R 33%
Wendell G. Gilliard D 25%
Thomas Duval Guest R 17%
Brandon Guffey R 33%
Patrick B. Haddon R 80%
William Winston Hager R 17%
Kevin Hardee R 33%
Robert Harris R 100%
Christopher R. Hart D N/A
Thomas F. Hartnett R 17%
Jackie E. Hayes D 33%
Rosalyn D. Henderson-Myers D 20%
Patricia Moore "Pat" Henegan D 0%
William G. Herbkersman R N/A
William Lee Hewitt R 17%
Davey R. Hiott R 33%
William M. Hixon R 17%
Lonnie Hosey D 17%
Leon Howard D 0%
William E. "Bill" Sandifer, III R 17%
John Taliaferro "Jay" West, IV R 0%
Jeffrey E. Johnson R 20%
Jermaine L. Johnson D 20%
Stewart O. Jones R 83%
Wendell K. Jones D 17%
Wallace H. Jordan R 33%
Joseph H. Jefferson, Jr. D 17%
Max T. Hyde, Jr. R 17%
John Gregory Kilmartin R 83%
John R. King D 17%
Roger K. Kirby D 17%
Katherine Landing R 17%
Brian Lawson R 33%
Matthew W. Leber R 20%
Thomas R. Ligon R 17%
Steven Wayne Long R 67%
Phillip D. Lowe R 33%
Roy Josiah Magnuson R 83%
Robert J. May R 83%
Donald Ryan McCabe R 100%
John R. Mccravy R 33%
Annie E. McDaniel D 17%
Timothy A. McGinnis R 33%
Cody T. Mitchell R 17%
JA Moore D 33%
Travis A. Moore R 17%
Adam M. Morgan R 83%
Timothy Alan Morgan R 80%
Dennis Carroll Moss R 33%
Christopher J. Murphy R 17%
James Michael Neese R 33%
Brandon Michael Newton R 17%
Wm. Weston Newton R 17%
Roger A. Nutt R 33%
David L. O'Neal R 50%
Melissa Lackey Oremus R 67%
Russell L. Ott D 33%
Jordan S. Pace R 100%
Fawn M. Pedalino R 20%
Marvin R. Pendarvis D 25%
Thomas E. Pope R 17%
Michael F. Rivers D 17%
Robby Robbins R 17%
Seth C. Rose D 17%
James Todd Rutherford D 17%
Carla Schuessler R 17%
Heath Sessions R 25%
Marvin M. Smith R 17%
Murrell Smith R 17%
Leonidas E. Stavrinakis D 17%
Bill Taylor R 0%
Anne J. Thayer R 25%
Ivory Torrey Thigpen D 20%
Ashley B. Trantham R 60%
David Vaughan R 17%
J. David Weeks D 17%
Elizabeth S. Wetmore D 17%
William Walter Wheeler D 17%
Joseph S. White R 83%
William R. Whitmire R 20%
Robert Q. Williams D 17%
Mark N. Willis R 20%
Christopher Sloan Wooten R 17%
Richard L. Yow R N/A

Average Freedom Score by Party

PartyScore
Democrat18.2%
Republican36.1%
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