South Carolina Senate · District 36

Jeff Zell

Republican

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Votes with the Senate President 72% On 132 contested votes where both voted · 96% on all votes Votes with own party 65% Partisan rank: 45 of 46 in the Senate Didn't vote at roll call 5% 44 of 910 roll calls · 34 of them excused

Bills passed 1 9 sponsored · 1 became law · Rank 23 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 8 others) Bills that became law 1 of 1 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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Jeff Zell'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 71% of the South Carolina Senate.

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14th most liberal of 46

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President

72%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Jeff Zell.

On 132 contested votes where both voted96% on all 865 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

65%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Jeff Zell.

On 78 party-line votesPartisan rank: 45 of 46 in the Senate44 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Jeff Zell
	Bills
Sponsored	9
Passed both chambers	1
Became law	1
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 23 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 8 others) · 19 of 34 Republicans (tied with 5 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: Jeff Zell
Bill	Result	Final action
S 282 Clarendon County Aeronautics Commission	Became law	June 5, 2025

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

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

Contested votes where they split: Jeff Zell
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President	Most of their party
June 25, 2026	H 4248: Food labeling Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 13, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 12, 2026	S 883: Sine Die 2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 7, 2026	H 4163: South Carolina High School Athletic Association Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 6, 2026	H 4163: South Carolina High School Athletic Association Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 5, 2026	S 355: Micro-distillery tastings Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 29, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Concurrence in House Amendments	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	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (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 21, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 16, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 31, 2026	H 3368: Income tax on overtime pay Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 24, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Consider an Amendment on Third Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 24, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Consider an Amendment on Third Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 24, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Consider an Amendment on Third Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 19, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 19, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 18, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 18, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 18, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 12, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 11, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 23, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 1, 2025	H 3309: Electrical Utilities Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 6, 2025	S 244: Tort Reform Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Jeff Zell
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: jeffzell@scsenate.gov
Capitol office: Room 610, Gressette Building P.O. Box 142, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6040

Committees

Agriculture and Natural Resources
Family and Veterans' Services
Fish, Game and Forestry
Judiciary
Medical Affairs

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