South Carolina House · District 116

James Teeple

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 90% On 434 contested votes where both voted · 96% on all votes Votes with own party 89% Partisan rank: 103 of 124 in the House (tied with 6 others) Didn't vote at roll call 5% 66 of 1,372 roll calls · 10 of them excused

Bills passed 0 12 sponsored · 0 became law · Rank 56 of 124 in the House (tied with 68 others) Bills that became law 0 of 0 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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James Teeple'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 liberal than 63% of the South Carolina House.

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46th most liberal of 124

On the November 3 ballot

Running for South Carolina House District 116.

Also on the ballot: Clay Middleton (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

90%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is James Teeple.

On 434 contested votes where both voted96% on all 1,095 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

89%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is James Teeple.

On 286 party-line votesPartisan rank: 103 of 124 in the House (tied with 6 others)102 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: James Teeple
	Bills
Sponsored	12
Passed both chambers	0
Became law	0
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 56 of 124 in the House (tied with 68 others) · 47 of 89 Republicans (tied with 42 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 James Teeple sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

44 against the Speaker; 46 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: James Teeple
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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 14, 2026	H 5122: Internet and Communications Service Providers Equipment Concurrence in Senate Amendments	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 13, 2026	S 933: Legislative compensation Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 13, 2026	S 832: University Campus Events Zoning Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 13, 2026	S 832: University Campus Events Zoning Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 13, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	S 858: Foster Care Passage	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	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Abstained	Nay (split)
April 29, 2026	S 416: School Expulsion Amendment	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
April 29, 2026	S 416: School Expulsion Amendment	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
April 23, 2026	S 454: Charter School Accountability Motion to Waive a Rule	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table / Motion to Recommit	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table / Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 1, 2026	H 4817: Insurance Rate Reduction and Policy Holder Protection Act 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 4, 2026	H 4763: Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction (HALO) Act Amendment	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
March 4, 2026	H 4763: Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction (HALO) Act Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
Feb. 18, 2026	H 4757: Parental Rights Amendment	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
Feb. 18, 2026	H 4757: Parental Rights 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)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4759: Intoxicating Hemp Beverages Motion to Table / Motion to Recommit	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4759: Intoxicating Hemp Beverages 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)
Jan. 21, 2026	S 287: Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Regulation Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 21, 2026	S 287: Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Regulation Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 21, 2026	S 287: Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Regulation Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 21, 2026	S 287: Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Regulation Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 21, 2026	S 287: Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Regulation Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Jan. 21, 2026	S 287: Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Regulation Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 28, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 8, 2025	H 4550: Sine Die Addition Motion to Recommit	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	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)
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 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)
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	S 74: Electronic Records Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	—
April 9, 2025	H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 2, 2025	H 3045: Obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse Motion to Recommit	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 11, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 26, 2025	S 62: Education Scholarship Trust Fund Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 18, 2025	H 3510: County Veterans' Affairs officers Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: James Teeple
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: jamesteeple@schouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 308A, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29211
803-212-6817

Committees

Education and Public Works
Regulations, Administrative Procedures, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

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