South Carolina Senate · District 8

Ross Turner

Republican

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Votes with the Senate President 84% On 143 contested votes where both voted · 97% on all votes Votes with own party 83% Partisan rank: 31 of 46 in the Senate Didn't vote at roll call 2% 19 of 910 roll calls · 15 of them excused

Bills passed 4 12 sponsored · 4 became law · Rank 11 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) Bills that became law 4 of 4 passed · 0 vetoed

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Ross Turner'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 51% of the South Carolina Senate.

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23rd most conservative of 46

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President

84%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Ross Turner.

On 143 contested votes where both voted97% on all 888 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

83%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Ross Turner.

On 89 party-line votesPartisan rank: 31 of 46 in the Senate30 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Ross Turner
	Bills
Sponsored	12
Passed both chambers	4
Became law	4
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 11 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) · 11 of 34 Republicans (tied with 1 other)

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: Ross Turner
Bill	Result	Final action
S 857 Contingent Deferred Annuities	Became law	June 5, 2026
S 213 Greenville Airport Commission	Became law	June 5, 2025
S 210 Captive Insurance Companies	Became law	May 27, 2025
S 269 Private Security Services in Public Schools	Became law	May 19, 2025

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

23 against the Senate President; 19 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Ross Turner
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President	Most of their party
May 26, 2026	H 5683: Redistricting, Congressional Districts Motion to Continue	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Concurrence in House Amendments	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 13, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 5, 2026	S 355: Micro-distillery tastings Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 29, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Concurrence in House Amendments	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 28, 2026	S 933: Legislative compensation Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
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 Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 22, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
March 31, 2026	H 3368: Income tax on overtime pay Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 19, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 19, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 18, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 18, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 12, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 11, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 3, 2026	S 26: Watercraft Liability Insurance Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Jan. 20, 2026	S 256: Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Programs (C-PACE) Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 3, 2025	S 12: Santee Cooper Joint Project Authorization Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 2, 2025	H 3309: Electrical Utilities Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 1, 2025	H 3309: Electrical Utilities Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Jan. 28, 2025	S 62: Education Scholarship Trust Fund Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Ross Turner
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Senate President	Yeas–nays
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Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: www.scstatehouse.gov
Email: rossturner@scsenate.gov
Capitol office: Room 512, Gressette Building P.O. Box 142, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6148

Committees

Banking and Insurance
Corrections and Penology
Education
Finance
Fish, Game and Forestry

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