South Carolina Vote Reports

S136 Dismissal of Gun-possession Charges (Passed 40 to 2 on 5/28/2025). 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.

HCR3008 Con-Con: Term Limits (Passed 29 to 14 on 5/7/2025). 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.

S477 Pharmacist-prescribed Birth Control (Passed 44 to 0 on 5/6/2025). Expands access to hormonal birth control by allowing pharmacists to dispense “self-administered hormonal contraceptives” without a patient-specific doctor’s prescription.

S102 Millage Rates: Property-tax Increase (Passed 37 to 2 on 5/1/2025). Allows municipalities without an existing operating millage to impose one, capped at one-third of the previous year’s general fund or proposed budget.

S163 Central Bank Digital Currency Ban (Passed 38 to 1 on 5/1/2025). Prohibits state and local governments from accepting or requiring payment in a central bank digital currency (CBDC) or participating in CBDC testing.

S425 "Free" School Meals (Passed 45 to 0 on 4/1/2025). 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.

S425 "Free" School Meals (Passed 94 to 15 on 4/30/2025). 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.

H3944 Weight-limit Exceptions for EVs (Passed 87 to 23 on 4/22/2025). Allows electric battery-powered motor vehicles to exceed normal weight limits by up to 2,000 pounds.

H4134 Corporate Welfare (Passed 90 to 19 on 4/22/2025). Extends the Angel Investor Tax Credit Act through 2035.

H3930 Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act (Passed 85 to 10 on 4/9/2025). Bans government gun-owner registries and blocks credit-card companies from using merchant codes to track firearm or ammunition purchases.

H3927 DEI Ban (Passed 82 to 32 on 4/2/2025). Bans state and local institutions from promoting DEI programs, requires compliance certification, and allows enforcement by the attorney general.

H3558 Con-Con Rules (Passed 76 to 29 on 3/5/2025). Sets deceptive rules for selecting and overseeing South Carolina’s delegates to a potential Article V convention, including eligibility, oversight, and compensation.

H5100 State Budget (passed 41 to 0 on 5/8/2024). Serves as the $14.5 billion General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024-25.

H4624 Ban on Sex Mutilation of Children (passed 28 to 8 on 5/2/2024). Bans a health care professional from engaging in the provision or performance of “gender transition procedures” to a person under 18 years of age.

J35 Defeating James Smith for Circuit Court Judge (passed 24 to 21 on 4/17/2024). 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.

S1126 U.S. Citizenship Requirement to Vote (passed 40 to 3 on 4/3/2024). Proposes to amend the state's constitution to provide that only a citizen of the United States and South Carolina who is at least 18 years of age and properly registered is entitled to vote.

S915 South Carolina "Health Czar" Bill (passed 44 to 1 on 2/21/2024). Would create the office of the Secretary of Public Health and Policy to develop a “cohesive, coordinated, and comprehensive State Health Services Plan.”

SA13-H3594 "Gun-Free Zones" (passed 22 to 20 on 1/30/2024). Mandates stiffer criminal penalties for persons who carry handguns into various locations specified by law, regardless of whether they have a concealed weapons permit.

H4624 Ban on Sex Mutilation of Children (passed 67 to 26 on 5/9/2024). Bans a health care professional from engaging in the provision or performance of “gender transition procedures” to a person under 18 years of age.

S915 South Carolina "Health Czar" Bill (passed 98 to 15 on 5/8/2024). Would create the office of the Secretary of Public Health and Policy to develop a “cohesive, coordinated, and comprehensive State Health Services Plan.”

Motion to Table: HA29A-H5100 Prohibiting Non-Citizen Voter Registration (passed 98 to 14 on 5/8/2024). 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.

J35 Defeating James Smith for Circuit Court Judge (passed 70 to 36 on 4/17/2024). 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.

H5164 Expanding Government-Run Education (passed 69 to 27 on 3/21/2024). 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.

H3676 Article V Convention: Balanced Budget Amendment (passed 68 to 30 on 2/29/2024). 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.

S39 Educational Scholarship Trust Fund (Passed 28 to 15 on 1/31/2023). Establishes an educational scholarship initiative aimed at offering financial assistance to eligible elementary and secondary students to cover approved educational costs.

H3604 Infrastructure (Passed 36 to 4 on 3/14/2023). 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.

SJR739 Housing Tax Credit (Passed 43 to 0 on 5/3/2023). Grants a one-time approval for South Carolina Housing Tax Credits, not to exceed $29,806,029.

H726 Statewide Education and Workforce Development Act (Passed 41 to 2 on 5/10/2023). Establishes the Office of Statewide Workforce Development Coordination (SWDC) within the Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW).

S241 Genetic Counselors (Passed 39 to 6 on 3/22/2023). Establishes the South Carolina Board of Genetic Counselors within the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation (LLR).

S576 Alien Ownership of Property (Passed 31 to 5 on 3/23/2023). Prohibits corporations controlled by foreign adversaries, as defined in the bill, from acquiring any real property within the state.

H3594 Constitutional Carry (Passed 87 to 26 on 2/23/2023). Enacts the South Carolina Constitutional Carry/Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2023.

S39 Educational Scholarship Trust Fund (Passed 74 to 36 on 4/27/2023). Establishes an educational scholarship initiative aimed at offering financial assistance to eligible elementary and secondary students to cover approved educational costs.

H3604 Infrastructure (Passed 100 to 12 on 3/15/2023). 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.

H3014 Hate Crimes (Passed 84 to 31 on 3/8/2023). 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.

SJR739 Housing Tax Credit (Passed 84 to 26 on 5/10/2023). Grants a one-time approval for South Carolina Housing Tax Credits, not to exceed $29,806,029.

H3824 Alternative Fuel Tax Credit (Passed 92 to 16 on 5/10/2023). Amends the alternative fuel property income tax credit.

H3770 Rental Assistance (Passed 41 to 0 on 3/24/2021). Disburses funds from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 to assist eligible households that are unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

H4408 ARPA Funds (Passed 41 to 0 on 4/19/2022). Authorizes the expenditure of federal funds that have been disbursed to the state in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

H3094 Amendment 3B Constitutional Carry (Passed 25 to 21 on 5/5/2021). Tables constitutional carry and would leave it so the requirement that you must possess a permit when carrying a concealable weapon or firearm.

H4100 Amendment 16 Planned Parenthood Funding (Rejected to table 23 to 23 on 4/28/2021).  Directs that none of the state funds appropriated for family planning shall be expended to directly or indirectly subsidize abortion services or organizations.

H3126 Vaccine Mandates (Passed 29 to 12 on 4/6/2022). Prohibits state and local government entities from accepting federal funds to enforce illegal federal mask or vaccine mandates. Also, no government body or school district in the state can impose a vaccine mandate.

H3205 Con Con (Passed 27 to 13 on 3/9/2022). Applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

H3770 Rental Assistance (Passed 96 to 14 on 3/4/2021). Disburses funds from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 to assist eligible households that are unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

H4408 ARPA Funds (Passed 102 to 8 on 5/4/2022). Authorizes the expenditure of federal funds that have been disbursed to the state in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

H5399 Abortion Ban (Rejected 47 to 55). Prohibits abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest.

H4608 Save Women's Sports Act (Passed 70 to 33 on 5/10/2022). Ensures fairness in women’s sports in the state and requires the designation of separate sex-specific sports teams to maintain fairness in athletic opportunities for women.

H3205 Con Con (Passed 64 to 48 on 3/29/2022). Applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

H3096 Constitutional Carry (Passed 69 to 47 on 4/7/2021). Removes the requirement that you must possess a permit when carrying a concealable weapon or firearm.