2025 South Carolina Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the South Carolina General Assembly in 2025 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

Senate Votes

1. "Free" School Meals

Forces South Carolina school districts to track student poverty, expand taxpayer-funded school meals, assist with applications, ban "lunch shaming," and consider joining the federal Community Eligibility Provision.

Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No

S0425 Roll Call 1533346 Passed 45 to 0 on Apr 1, 2025 See Article I Section 8

2. Millage Rates: Property-tax Increase

Allows municipalities without an existing operating millage to impose one, capped at one-third of the previous year's general fund or proposed budget.

Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No

S0102 Roll Call 1563848 Passed 37 to 2 on May 1, 2025 See Declaration of Independence and 14th Amendment

3. Central Bank Digital Currency Ban

Prohibits state and local governments from accepting or requiring payment in a central bank digital currency (CBDC) or participating in CBDC testing.

4. Pharmacist-prescribed Birth Control

Expands access to hormonal birth control by allowing pharmacists to dispense "self-administered hormonal contraceptives" without a patient-specific doctor's prescription.

Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No

S0477 Roll Call 1566561 Passed 44 to 0 on May 6, 2025 See Declaration of Independence

5. Con-Con: Term Limits

Applies to Congress for an Article V constitutional convention limited to proposing an amendment that would impose term limits on members of the U.S. House and Senate.

Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No

H3008 Roll Call 1567855 Passed 29 to 14 on May 7, 2025 See Article V

6. Dismissal of Gun-possession Charges

Dismisses and expunges pre-2024 unlawful-handgun-possession charges or one prior conviction, shields such cases from civil suits, and requires applications within five years.

How did they vote?

Legend: Pro-Freedom Anti-Freedom Did not vote

Name	Party	Score
Brian R. Adams	R	33%
Thomas C. Alexander	R	33%
Karl B. Allen	D	60%
Sean M. Bennett	R	33%
Allen Blackmon	R	33%
George E. Campsen	R	17%
Richard J. Cash	R	33%
JD Chaplin	R	50%
David Wes Climer	R	33%
Thomas D. Corbin	R	33%
Ronnie W. Cromer	R	17%
Thomas C. Davis	R	33%
Tameika Isaac Devine	D	50%
Jason T. Elliott	R	33%
Tom Fernandez	R	33%
Michael W. Gambrell	R	33%
Billy Garrett	R	33%
Stephen L. Goldfinch	R	20%
Jeffrey R. Graham	D	50%
Lawrence K. Grooms	R	33%
Greg Hembree	R	25%
C. Bradley Hutto	D	50%
Darrell Jackson	D	50%
Robert Michael Johnson	R	33%
Carlisle Kennedy	R	20%
Joshua Brett Kimbrell	R	33%
Matthew W. Leber	R	33%
Shane R. Martin	R	50%
A. Shane Massey	R	33%
Margie Bright Matthews	D	50%
Roger A. Nutt	R	50%
Russell L. Ott	D	40%
Harvey Smith Peeler	R	33%
Luke A. Rankin	R	33%
Mike Reichenbach	R	33%
Rex Fontaine Rice	R	33%
Ronnie A. Sabb	D	40%
Everett Stubbs	R	50%
Ed Sutton	D	50%
Deon T. Tedder	D	50%
Ross Turner	R	33%
Danny B. Verdin	R	33%
Overture Walker	D	50%
Kent M. Williams	D	50%
Thomas R. Young	R	33%
Jeffrey Zell	R	33%

Average Freedom Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	49.2%
Republican	33.1%

2025 South Carolina Legislative Scorecard

Senate Votes

1. "Free" School Meals

2. Millage Rates: Property-tax Increase

3. Central Bank Digital Currency Ban

4. Pharmacist-prescribed Birth Control

5. Con-Con: Term Limits

6. Dismissal of Gun-possession Charges

How did they vote?

Average Freedom Score by Party

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