South Carolina House · District 53

Richie Yow

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 97% On 402 contested votes where both voted · 98% 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 9% 122 of 1,372 roll calls · 77 of them excused

Bills passed 2 13 sponsored · 2 became law · Rank 21 of 124 in the House (tied with 12 others) Bills that became law 2 of 2 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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Richie Yow'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 58% of the South Carolina House.

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52nd most conservative of 124

On the November 3 ballot

Running for South Carolina House District 53.

Also on the ballot: Bruce M Wallace (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

97%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Richie Yow.

On 402 contested votes where both voted98% on all 1,054 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

97%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Richie Yow.

On 273 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 Richie Yow sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Richie Yow
	Bills
Sponsored	13
Passed both chambers	2
Became law	2
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 21 of 124 in the House (tied with 12 others) · 20 of 89 Republicans (tied with 10 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: Richie Yow
Bill	Result	Final action
H 4709 US produced iron and steel	Became law	July 1, 2026
H 5064 Northeast Technical College Area Commission	Became law	May 26, 2026

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

13 against the Speaker; 14 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Richie Yow
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
Aug. 11, 2026	H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Table / Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
June 25, 2026	H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Recommit	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
June 25, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Conference Committee Report	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 19, 2026	H 5683: Redistricting, Congressional Districts Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 30, 2026	S 1108: Cornelia Brigham Motion to Adjourn	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 3556: Political parties and primaries 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 26, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 25, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Passage	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
March 25, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Motion to Table / Motion to Recommit	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
March 25, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Amendment	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
March 25, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
March 25, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Motion to Recommit	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
May 7, 2025	H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Concurrence in Senate Amendments	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 1, 2025	S 171: Regrooved and Regroovable Tires 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 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay

Every roll call

How Richie Yow voted on each of the 1,372 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Richie Yow
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: richieyow@schouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 327C, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6949

Committees

Invitations and Memorial Resolutions First vice chair
Ways and Means

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