South Carolina House · District 30

Brian Lawson

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 94% On 452 contested votes where both voted · 98% on all votes Votes with own party 100% Partisan rank: 1 of 124 in the House (tied with 1 other) Didn't vote at roll call 2% 32 of 1,372 roll calls

Bills passed 2 6 sponsored · 2 became law · Rank 21 of 124 in the House (tied with 12 others) Bills that became law 2 of 2 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Brian Lawson's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

South Carolina House81stpercentile

More conservative than 81% of the South Carolina House.

Most liberalMost conservative

24th most conservative of 124

On the November 3 ballot

Running for South Carolina House District 30.

Also on the ballot: Stephanie Holstein (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

94%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Brian Lawson.

On 452 contested votes where both voted98% on all 1,137 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Brian Lawson.

On 313 party-line votesPartisan rank: 1 of 124 in the House (tied with 1 other)No one in the House votes with their party more often

Bills

The bills Brian Lawson sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Brian Lawson
	Bills
Sponsored	6
Passed both chambers	2
Became law	2
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 21 of 124 in the House (tied with 12 others) · 20 of 89 Republicans (tied with 10 others)

A bill's sponsor is its prime sponsor, the first name on it; co-sponsors aren't counted.

Bills that passed both chambers

Bills that passed both chambers: Brian Lawson
Bill	Result	Final action
H 4799 Certificate of Need	Became law	May 26, 2026
H 3831 Smart Heart Act	Became law	April 2, 2026

Budget projects

The South Carolina pages don't credit legislators with budget items.

Contested votes where they split

25 against the Speaker; 24 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Brian Lawson
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
Aug. 11, 2026	H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Table / Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
June 25, 2026	H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Recommit	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
June 25, 2026	H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Table / Motion to Recommit	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
June 25, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 14, 2026	S 1048: Blue Ridge Community Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 14, 2026	H 3570: Disclosure of Economic Interests Concurrence in Senate Amendments	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	S 933: Legislative compensation Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 13, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 6, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
May 6, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 6, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 6, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
May 6, 2026	S 812: Stop-as-Yield Law Passage	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Motion to Adjourn Debate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 18, 2026	H 4757: Parental Rights Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4759: Intoxicating Hemp Beverages Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4760: Abortion-Inducing Drugs Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4760: Abortion-Inducing Drugs Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4760: Abortion-Inducing Drugs Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4760: Abortion-Inducing Drugs Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 7, 2025	S 287: Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Regulation Motion to Table / Motion to Adjourn Debate	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2025	H 3944: Motor Vehicles Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2025	H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay

Every roll call

How Brian Lawson voted on each of the 1,372 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Brian Lawson
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Speaker	Yeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: www.scstatehouse.gov
Email: brianlawson@schouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 402D, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6885

Committees

Invitations and Memorial Resolutions Second vice chair
Labor, Commerce and Industry

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the South Carolina General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.

Source: the South Carolina General Assembly's roll-call records, Dec. 3, 2024 to Aug. 25, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections