South Carolina Senate · District 28

Greg Hembree

Republican

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Votes with the Senate President 87% On 135 contested votes where both voted · 98% on all votes Votes with own party 85% Partisan rank: 23 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 4 others) Didn't vote at roll call 3% 31 of 910 roll calls · 25 of them excused

Bills passed 8 27 sponsored · 8 became law · Rank 4 of 46 in the Senate Bills that became law 8 of 8 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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Greg Hembree'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 60% of the South Carolina Senate.

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19th most conservative of 46

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President

87%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Greg Hembree.

On 135 contested votes where both voted98% on all 846 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

85%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Greg Hembree.

On 88 party-line votesPartisan rank: 23 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 4 others)22 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Greg Hembree
	Bills
Sponsored	27
Passed both chambers	8
Became law	8
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 4 of 46 in the Senate · 4 of 34 Republicans

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: Greg Hembree
Bill	Result	Final action
S 70 School Board Ethics	Became law	June 5, 2026
S 416 School Expulsion	Became law	June 5, 2026
S 454 Charter School Accountability	Became law	May 26, 2026
S 74 Electronic Records	Became law	May 27, 2025
S 79 Noncertified Teacher Pilot Program	Became law	May 19, 2025
S 78 Work Experience Credit for Educators	Became law	May 19, 2025
S 77 Streaming of School Board Meetings	Became law	May 19, 2025
S 62 Education Scholarship Trust Fund	Became law	May 12, 2025

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

17 against the Senate President; 18 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Greg Hembree
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President	Most of their party
May 26, 2026	H 5683: Redistricting, Congressional Districts Motion to Continue	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
May 26, 2026	H 5683: Redistricting, Congressional Districts Cloture	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 22, 2026	H 5683: Redistricting, Congressional Districts Motion to Suspend the Rules	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 14, 2026	H 3021: Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act Concurrence in House Amendments	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 13, 2026	H 5538: Guarantee Banking Act Motion to Table	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Concurrence in House Amendments	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 13, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 12, 2026	S 883: Sine Die 2026 Concurrence in House Amendments	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 12, 2026	S 883: Sine Die 2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 28, 2026	S 933: Legislative compensation Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 22, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
Feb. 3, 2026	S 26: Watercraft Liability Insurance Second Reading	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Jan. 20, 2026	S 256: Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Programs (C-PACE) Second Reading	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 23, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 23, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 21, 2025	S 534: Removal of State Teasurer Adoption	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 3, 2025	S 12: Santee Cooper Joint Project Authorization Second Reading	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 1, 2025	H 3309: Electrical Utilities Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Greg Hembree
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: greghembree@scsenate.gov
Capitol office: Room 402, Gressette Building P.O. Box 142, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6350

Committees

Education Chair
Corrections and Penology
Finance
Rules
Transportation

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