South Carolina Senate · District 23

Carlisle Kennedy

Republican

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Votes with the Senate President 69% On 116 contested votes where both voted · 94% on all votes Votes with own party 86% Partisan rank: 20 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 2 others) Didn't vote at roll call 17% 151 of 910 roll calls · 143 of them excused

Bills passed 0 18 sponsored · 0 became law · Rank 32 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 14 others) Bills that became law 0 of 0 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

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

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Carlisle Kennedy'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 91% of the South Carolina Senate.

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5th most conservative of 46

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President

69%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Carlisle Kennedy.

On 116 contested votes where both voted94% on all 727 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

86%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Carlisle Kennedy.

On 72 party-line votesPartisan rank: 20 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 2 others)19 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Carlisle Kennedy
	Bills
Sponsored	18
Passed both chambers	0
Became law	0
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 32 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 14 others) · 25 of 34 Republicans (tied with 9 others)

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

Bills that passed both chambers

None of the bills Carlisle Kennedy sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

36 against the Senate President; 33 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Carlisle Kennedy
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President	Most of their party
June 25, 2026	H 4763: Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction (HALO) Act Motion to Grant Free Conference Powers	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
June 25, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 12, 2026	S 883: Sine Die 2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 12, 2026	S 883: Sine Die 2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 5, 2026	S 1001: Retail Alcoholic Beverage Caterer License Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 5, 2026	S 355: Micro-distillery tastings Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 5, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 1, 2026	H 4902: Intercollegiate Athletes' Compensation for Name, Image, or Likeness Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 1, 2026	S 866: Municipal Tax Relief Act Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 31, 2026	S 98: County Auditor Qualifications Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 19, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 17, 2026	S 808: Interference with workers providing critical services Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	Adjourn: to adjourn Motion to Adjourn	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 25, 2026	S 853: Abandoned Buildings Tax Credit Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 25, 2026	S 853: Abandoned Buildings Tax Credit Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 24, 2026	S 477: Pharmacy access Concurrence in House Amendments	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 17, 2026	H 4902: Intercollegiate Athletes' Compensation for Name, Image, or Likeness Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	S 52: Driving under the influence Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 3, 2026	S 26: Watercraft Liability Insurance Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 20, 2026	S 256: Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Programs (C-PACE) Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 23, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 3, 2025	S 12: Santee Cooper Joint Project Authorization Second Reading	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 18, 2025	Adjourn: to adjourn Motion to Adjourn	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 18, 2025	S 244: Tort Reform Motion to Carry Over / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 18, 2025	S 244: Tort Reform Motion to Recess	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2025	S 244: Tort Reform Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 30, 2025	S 62: Education Scholarship Trust Fund Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Carlisle Kennedy voted on each of the 910 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Carlisle Kennedy
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Senate President	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: carlislekennedy@scsenate.gov
Capitol office: Room 601, Gressette Building P.O. Box 142, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6116

Committees

Banking and Insurance
Fish, Game and Forestry
Judiciary
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Rules

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