South Carolina House · District 42
Doug Gilliam
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Doug Gilliam'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
On the November 3 ballot
Running for South Carolina House District 42.
Also on the ballot: Robert Larry Williams (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Doug Gilliam.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Doug Gilliam.
Bills
The bills Doug Gilliam sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 21 |
| Passed both chambers | 4 |
| Became law | 4 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 10 of 124 in the House (tied with 3 others) · 10 of 89 Republicans (tied with 2 others)
A bill's sponsor is its prime sponsor, the first name on it; co-sponsors aren't counted.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| H 4589 Education Capital Improvements Sales and Use Tax |
Became law | June 2, 2026 |
| H 3878 Laurens County School District 55 |
Became law | June 5, 2025 |
| H 3877 Laurens County School District 56 |
Became law | June 5, 2025 |
| H 3752 Social Work Interstate Compact Act |
Became law | May 27, 2025 |
Budget projects
The South Carolina pages don't credit legislators with budget items.
Contested votes where they split
24 against the Speaker; 25 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 25, 2026 | H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Recommit |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| June 25, 2026 | H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Conference Committee Report |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| May 14, 2026 | S 1048: Blue Ridge Community Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| May 14, 2026 | H 4303: Cigarettes for heating Concurrence in Senate Amendments |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| May 13, 2026 | S 933: Legislative compensation Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| May 13, 2026 | H 4270: Evictions Concurrence in Senate Amendments |
Nay | Yea (split) | 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) |
| April 28, 2026 | H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Motion to Recommit |
Nay | Excused | Yea (split) |
| April 23, 2026 | H 4270: Evictions Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 23, 2026 | H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 23, 2026 | H 3556: Political parties and primaries Motion to Table / Amendment |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 26, 2026 | H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 25, 2026 | H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Passage |
Nay | Not voting | Yea (split) |
| March 25, 2026 | H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Motion to Table / Motion to Recommit |
Nay | Not voting | Yea (split) |
| March 25, 2026 | H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Amendment |
Yea | Not voting | Nay (split) |
| March 25, 2026 | H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Motion to Table / Amendment |
Nay | Not voting | 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 Amendment |
Yea | Nay (split) | Nay (split) |
| Feb. 4, 2026 | H 4760: Abortion-Inducing Drugs Motion to Table / Amendment |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| May 8, 2025 | H 4549: Sine Die Addition Motion to Recommit |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| May 6, 2025 | H 4216: Income tax Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (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 |
Nay | Nay | Yea (split) |
| May 6, 2025 | H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment |
Nay | Abstained | Yea (split) |
| May 6, 2025 | H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| May 1, 2025 | S 171: Regrooved and Regroovable Tires Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 30, 2025 | H 3645: Paid family leave Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 9, 2025 | H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Motion to Table / Amendment |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| April 8, 2025 | H 3869: Sales tax exemption Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Jan. 29, 2025 | H 3815: House Rules revisions Motion to Table / Amendment |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Doug Gilliam voted on each of the 1,372 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| 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
- douggilliam@schouse.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 420C, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6968
Committees
- Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
- Legislative Oversight
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