South Carolina House · District 39

Cal Forrest

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 97% On 436 contested votes where both voted · 98% on all votes Votes with own party 98% Partisan rank: 11 of 124 in the House (tied with 21 others) Didn't vote at roll call 5% 73 of 1,372 roll calls

Bills passed 1 5 sponsored · 1 became law · Rank 34 of 124 in the House (tied with 21 others) Bills that became law 1 of 1 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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Cal Forrest'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

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More conservative than 69% of the South Carolina House.

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38th most conservative of 124

On the November 3 ballot

Running for South Carolina House District 39.

Also on the ballot: Sherman Lott (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

97%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Cal Forrest.

On 436 contested votes where both voted98% on all 1,099 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

98%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Cal Forrest.

On 299 party-line votesPartisan rank: 11 of 124 in the House (tied with 21 others)10 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Cal Forrest
	Bills
Sponsored	5
Passed both chambers	1
Became law	1
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 34 of 124 in the House (tied with 21 others) · 31 of 89 Republicans (tied with 15 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: Cal Forrest
Bill	Result	Final action
H 5111 Public Water System Connections	Became law	May 26, 2026

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

15 against the Speaker; 17 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Cal Forrest
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
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	Yea	Yea	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 Amendment	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
April 23, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Motion to Adjourn Debate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 3556: Political parties and primaries 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. 4, 2026	H 4759: Intoxicating Hemp Beverages Motion to Recommit	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4759: Intoxicating Hemp Beverages Motion to Table / Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4759: Intoxicating Hemp Beverages Motion to Table / Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 21, 2026	S 287: Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Regulation 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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
April 29, 2025	H 3645: Paid family leave Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	H 3752: Social Work Interstate Compact Act Motion to Table / Motion to Recommit	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
April 9, 2025	H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 8, 2025	H 3869: Sales tax exemption Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 2, 2025	H 3045: Obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse Motion to Recommit	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Cal Forrest
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: calforrest@schouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 323C, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6938

Committees

Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Second vice chair
Rules Vice chair

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