South Carolina House · District 17

Mike Burns

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 63% On 377 contested votes where both voted · 86% on all votes Votes with own party 88% Partisan rank: 110 of 124 in the House (tied with 1 other) Didn't vote at roll call 12% 166 of 1,372 roll calls · 7 of them excused

Bills passed 0 35 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

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Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Mike Burns'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

South Carolina House88thpercentile

More conservative than 87% of the South Carolina House.

Most liberalMost conservative

16th most conservative of 124

On the November 3 ballot

Running for South Carolina House District 17.

Also on the ballot: Rich Nicoloff (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

63%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Mike Burns.

On 377 contested votes where both voted86% on all 1,012 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

88%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Mike Burns.

On 247 party-line votesPartisan rank: 110 of 124 in the House (tied with 1 other)109 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Mike Burns
	Bills
Sponsored	35
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 Mike Burns sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

141 against the Speaker; 159 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Mike Burns
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
Aug. 25, 2026	H 3305: Supplemental Appropriations Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Aug. 25, 2026	H 3305: Supplemental Appropriations Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Aug. 25, 2026	H 3305: Supplemental Appropriations Previous Question	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 12, 2026	S 829: Joint System Governance Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 6, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Not voting	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 Amendment	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
May 6, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Not voting	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	S 812: Stop-as-Yield Law Passage	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
April 29, 2026	H 5216: Energy 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 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Motion to Adjourn Debate	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)
April 23, 2026	H 4476: SC-Bahamas Trade Commission Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 4589: Education Capital Improvements Sales and Use Tax Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Adjourn	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table / Motion to Recommit	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Continue	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 15, 2026	H 3557: Candidate filing Concurrence in Senate Amendments	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 14, 2026	H 5473: Fishing Passage	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
April 1, 2026	H 4817: Insurance Rate Reduction and Policy Holder Protection Act Motion to Table / Amendment	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 31, 2026	H 4761: Public university and college faculty annual performance evaluations Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 25, 2026	H 4544: Medical malpractice Motion to Waive a Rule	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 25, 2026	H 4902: Intercollegiate Athletes' Compensation for Name, Image, or Likeness Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 4216: Income tax Concurrence in Senate Amendments	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 4216: Income tax Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 4216: Income tax Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 4216: Income tax Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget 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 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget 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 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget 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 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget 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 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table an Appeal	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table an Appeal	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget 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 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget 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 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
March 9, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 25, 2026	H 4762: School volunteer chaplains and historical displays Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 25, 2026	H 4762: School volunteer chaplains and historical displays Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	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	Not voting	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 Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4760: Abortion-Inducing Drugs 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)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4760: Abortion-Inducing Drugs 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)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4760: Abortion-Inducing Drugs Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 22, 2026	H 5012: House Rules, immediate consideration and questions during debate Motion to Table / Motion to Recommit	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)
Jan. 15, 2026	Nominations: James Britt Blackwell, At-Large DOT Confirmation	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 4189: DHEC Restructuring Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 8, 2025	H 4551: Sine Die Addition Motion to Recommit	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 8, 2025	H 4550: Sine Die Addition Motion to Recommit	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 8, 2025	H 4549: Sine Die Addition Motion to Recommit	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 8, 2025	H 4548: Sine Die Addition Motion to Recommit	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 8, 2025	H 4546: Sine Die Addition Motion to Recommit	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 8, 2025	H 4545: Sine Die Addition Motion to Recommit	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 7, 2025	H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Concurrence in Senate Amendments	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 7, 2025	S 214: State Commission for Community Advancement and Engagement Motion to Table / Amendment	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 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 Amendment	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
May 1, 2025	S 220: Insurance Holding Company Regulatory Act Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 1, 2025	H 4305: Wellness reimbursement program Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	H 3752: Social Work Interstate Compact Act Passage	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
April 22, 2025	H 4134: High Growth Small Business Job Creation Act extension Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2025	H 3944: Motor Vehicles Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2025	H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2025	H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 9, 2025	H 3333: Tax Increment Financing Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2025	H 3557: Candidate filing Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2025	H 3557: Candidate filing Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Budget Section	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
March 10, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 5, 2025	H 3021: Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 19, 2025	H 3431: South Carolina Social Media Regulation Act 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)
Jan. 29, 2025	H 3815: House Rules revisions Adoption	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 29, 2025	H 3815: House Rules revisions Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 29, 2025	H 3815: House Rules revisions Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 29, 2025	H 3815: House Rules revisions Motion to Table / Committee of the Whole	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 29, 2025	H 3815: House Rules revisions Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 29, 2025	H 3815: House Rules revisions Motion to Adjourn	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Jan. 29, 2025	H 3815: House Rules revisions Motion to Table / Motion to Recommit	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 29, 2025	H 3815: House Rules revisions Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 29, 2025	H 3815: House Rules revisions Motion to Recess	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Jan. 29, 2025	H 3815: House Rules revisions Motion to Adjourn	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Jan. 29, 2025	H 3815: House Rules revisions Motion to Table / Motion to Adjourn Debate	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 Mike Burns voted on each of the 1,372 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Mike Burns
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: mikeburns@schouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 326D, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6891

Committees

Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental 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