South Carolina Senate · District 3

Richard Cash

Republican

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Votes with the Senate President 76% On 142 contested votes where both voted · 95% on all votes Votes with own party 93% Partisan rank: 11 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 3 others) Didn't vote at roll call 12% 107 of 910 roll calls

Bills passed 0 10 sponsored · 0 became law · Rank 32 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 14 others) Bills that became law 0 of 0 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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Richard Cash'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 conservative than 88% of the South Carolina Senate.

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6th most conservative of 46

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President

76%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Richard Cash.

On 142 contested votes where both voted95% on all 802 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

93%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Richard Cash.

On 87 party-line votesPartisan rank: 11 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 3 others)10 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Richard Cash
	Bills
Sponsored	10
Passed both chambers	0
Became law	0
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 32 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 14 others) · 25 of 34 Republicans (tied with 9 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 Richard Cash sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

34 against the Senate President; 29 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Richard Cash
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President	Most of their party
June 25, 2026	H 4763: Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction (HALO) Act Motion to Grant Free Conference Powers	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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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	H 5122: Internet and Communications Service Providers Equipment Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 12, 2026	S 883: Sine Die 2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 12, 2026	S 883: Sine Die 2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 5, 2026	S 1001: Retail Alcoholic Beverage Caterer License Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 5, 2026	S 355: Micro-distillery tastings Second Reading	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
May 5, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
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 Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 1, 2026	H 4902: Intercollegiate Athletes' Compensation for Name, Image, or Likeness Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 25, 2026	S 808: Interference with workers providing critical services Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 19, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 17, 2026	S 808: Interference with workers providing critical services Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 25, 2026	S 853: Abandoned Buildings Tax Credit Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 25, 2026	S 853: Abandoned Buildings Tax Credit Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 24, 2026	S 477: Pharmacy access Concurrence in House Amendments	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 18, 2026	S 768: Homestead exemption Motion to Table / 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
May 7, 2025	H 3309: Electrical Utilities Concurrence in House Amendments	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 30, 2025	Nominations: Confirmation of S.C. Dept. of Environmental Services: Myra Reece Confirmation	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 29, 2025	H 3862: Charter school enrollment preferences Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 3, 2025	S 12: Santee Cooper Joint Project Authorization Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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 Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Richard Cash
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: richardcash@scsenate.gov
Capitol office: Room 506, Gressette Building P.O. Box 142, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6124

Committees

Education
Family and Veterans' Services
Judiciary
Medical Affairs
Rules

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