South Carolina Senate · District 33

Luke Rankin

Republican

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Votes with the Senate President 75% On 122 contested votes where both voted · 96% on all votes Votes with own party 56% Partisan rank: 46 of 46 in the Senate Didn't vote at roll call 11% 98 of 910 roll calls · 26 of them excused

Bills passed 2 10 sponsored · 2 became law · Rank 19 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 3 others) Bills that became law 2 of 2 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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Luke Rankin'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 73% of the South Carolina Senate.

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13th most liberal of 46

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President

75%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Luke Rankin.

On 122 contested votes where both voted96% on all 784 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

56%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Luke Rankin.

On 70 party-line votesPartisan rank: 46 of 46 in the Senate45 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Luke Rankin
	Bills
Sponsored	10
Passed both chambers	2
Became law	2
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 19 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 3 others) · 16 of 34 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

Bills that passed both chambers: Luke Rankin
Bill	Result	Final action
S 812 Stop-as-Yield Law	Became law	June 5, 2026
S 357 Mail Theft	Became law	May 26, 2026

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

30 against the Senate President; 34 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Luke Rankin
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	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
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 Motion to Table / Amendment	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 29, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Concurrence in House Amendments	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (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)
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. 4, 2026	S 52: Driving under the influence Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 8, 2025	S 318: Government Efficiency Cloture	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 3, 2025	S 12: Santee Cooper Joint Project Authorization Second Reading	Yea	Yea	Nay (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)
Feb. 13, 2025	S 28: AI Child Abuse 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)
Jan. 29, 2025	S 62: Education Scholarship Trust Fund Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Luke Rankin
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: lukerankin@scsenate.gov
Capitol office: Room 101, Gressette Building P.O. Box 142, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6610

Committees

Judiciary Chair
Banking and Insurance
Education
Ethics
Interstate Cooperation
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