South Carolina House · District 3

Phillip Bowers

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 91% On 456 contested votes where both voted · 96% on all votes Votes with own party 97% Partisan rank: 33 of 124 in the House (tied with 19 others) Didn't vote at roll call 3% 38 of 1,372 roll calls · 9 of them excused

Bills passed 0 6 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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Phillip Bowers'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 House77thpercentile

More conservative than 77% of the South Carolina House.

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29th most conservative of 124

On the November 3 ballot

Running for South Carolina House District 3.

Also on the ballot: Claiborne Linvill (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

91%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Phillip Bowers.

On 456 contested votes where both voted96% on all 1,122 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

97%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Phillip Bowers.

On 309 party-line votesPartisan rank: 33 of 124 in the House (tied with 19 others)32 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Phillip Bowers
	Bills
Sponsored	6
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 Phillip Bowers sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

39 against the Speaker; 39 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Phillip Bowers
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
Aug. 11, 2026	H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Table / Motion to Reconsider	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
June 25, 2026	H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Recommit	Yea	Yea	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 4303: Cigarettes for heating Concurrence in Senate Amendments	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 14, 2026	H 4589: Education Capital Improvements Sales and Use Tax 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 933: Legislative compensation Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 13, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Concurrence in Senate Amendments	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 13, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 6, 2026	S 812: Stop-as-Yield Law Passage	Nay	Not voting	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 1, 2026	H 4817: Insurance Rate Reduction and Policy Holder Protection Act Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 25, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Not voting	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 an Appeal	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 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)
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 / 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 7, 2025	H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Concurrence in Senate Amendments	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
April 30, 2025	H 3645: Paid family leave Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 29, 2025	H 3645: Paid family leave Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	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 Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2025	H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 8, 2025	H 3869: Sales tax exemption Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 19, 2025	H 3431: South Carolina Social Media Regulation Act Passage	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 Phillip Bowers voted on each of the 1,372 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Phillip Bowers
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: phillipbowers@schouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 404D, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29211
803-212-6908

Committees

Education and Public Works
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