South Carolina House · District 22
Paul Wickensimer
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Paul Wickensimer'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
On the November 3 ballot
Running for South Carolina House District 22.
Also on the ballot: Josh Kendrick (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Paul Wickensimer.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Paul Wickensimer.
Bills
The bills Paul Wickensimer sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 3 |
| 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 Paul Wickensimer sponsored passed both chambers.
Budget projects
The South Carolina pages don't credit legislators with budget items.
Contested votes where they split
14 against the Speaker; 15 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 25, 2026 | H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Conference Committee Report |
Yea | Yea | Nay (split) |
| May 14, 2026 | S 1048: Blue Ridge Community Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| May 14, 2026 | H 3570: Disclosure of Economic Interests Concurrence in Senate Amendments |
Yea | Nay (split) | Nay (split) |
| May 13, 2026 | S 933: Legislative compensation Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| May 13, 2026 | H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment |
Yea | Yea | Nay (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) |
| 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) |
| May 6, 2025 | H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment |
Nay | Abstained | Yea (split) |
| May 6, 2025 | H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment |
Nay | Abstained | Yea (split) |
| April 29, 2025 | H 3645: Paid family leave Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | 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 Adjourn |
Yea | Nay (split) | Nay (split) |
| March 26, 2025 | H 3557: Candidate filing 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) |
| Dec. 3, 2024 | Election: Bubba Cromer - Reading Clerk Election of an Officer |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Paul Wickensimer voted on each of the 1,372 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| 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
- paulwickensimer@schouse.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 312B, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29211
803-212-6877
Committees
- Judiciary
- Legislative Oversight
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