2023 SC 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

1. Constitutional Carry

Enacts the South Carolina Constitutional Carry/Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2023.

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.

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 Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$606.00/year

H3604 Roll Call 1276180

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 Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$45.00/year

S0039 Roll Call 1312671

5. Housing Tax Credit

Grants a one-time approval for South Carolina Housing Tax Credits, not to exceed $29,806,029.

Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$15.00/year

S0739 Roll Call 1322794

6. Alternative Fuel Tax Credit

Amends the alternative fuel property income tax credit.

Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$3.00/year

H3824 Roll Call 1322648

How did they vote?

Legend: Constitutional Unconstitutional Did not vote

Name	Party	Score
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

Party	Score
Democrat	18.2%
Republican	36.1%