2024 South Carolina Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the South Carolina General Assembly in 2024 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

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Senate Votes
House Votes

House Votes

1. Article V Convention: Balanced Budget Amendment

Would apply to Congress for a "convention of the states" under Article V of the U.S. Constitution "limited" to proposing a balanced budget amendment.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No
H3676 Roll Call 1399222 Passed 68 to 30 on Feb 29, 2024 See Article V

2. Expanding Government-Run Education

Would increase the amounts of annual refundable tax credits allocated to the Education Scholarship Trust Fund and expand eligibility to all private and homeschool students.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Cost per household: -$94.00/year
H5164 Roll Call 1413108 Passed 69 to 27 on Mar 21, 2024 See Declaration of Independence

3. Defeating James Smith for Circuit Court Judge

Prevented former State Rep. and Democratic gubernatorial candidate James Smith from being elected to the position of Circuit Court Judge, 5th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
J35 Roll Call 1423114 See Declaration of Independence, Fifth Amendment, and 14th Amendment

4. South Carolina "Health Czar" Bill

Would create the office of the Secretary of Public Health and Policy to develop a "cohesive, coordinated, and comprehensive State Health Services Plan."
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No
S915 Roll Call 1441117 Passed 98 to 15 on May 8, 2024 See 14th Amendment and Declaration of Independence

5. Non-Citizen Voter Registration

Struck down an amendment to the FY 2024-25 General Appropriations Act that would have prohibited state agencies from distributing voter registration forms to non-citizens.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Motion to Table: HA29A-H5100 Roll Call 1440791 Passed 98 to 14 on May 8, 2024 See Article I Section 4, 14th Amendment, and 26th Amendment

6. Ban on Sex Mutilation of Children

Bans a health care professional from engaging in the provision or performance of "gender transition procedures" to a person under 18 years of age.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
H4624 Roll Call 1441854 Passed 67 to 26 on May 9, 2024 See Declaration of Independence and 14th Amendment

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

Average Freedom Score by Party

PartyScore
Democrat31.7%
Republican39.9%
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