South Carolina Senate · District 13

Shane Martin

Republican

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Votes with the Senate President 55% On 101 contested votes where both voted · 92% on all votes Votes with own party 69% Partisan rank: 43 of 46 in the Senate Didn't vote at roll call 11% 100 of 910 roll calls · 98 of them excused

Bills passed 1 7 sponsored · 1 became law · Rank 23 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 8 others) Bills that became law 1 of 1 passed · 0 vetoed

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Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Shane Martin'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 liberal than 62% of the South Carolina Senate.

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18th most liberal of 46

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President

55%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Shane Martin.

On 101 contested votes where both voted92% on all 806 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

69%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Shane Martin.

On 54 party-line votesPartisan rank: 43 of 46 in the Senate42 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Shane Martin
	Bills
Sponsored	7
Passed both chambers	1
Became law	1
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 23 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 8 others) · 19 of 34 Republicans (tied with 5 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: Shane Martin
Bill	Result	Final action
S 933 Legislative compensation	Became law	June 5, 2026

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

45 against the Senate President; 42 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Shane Martin
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President	Most of their party
May 14, 2026	H 3021: Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act Concurrence in House Amendments	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 13, 2026	H 4303: Cigarettes for heating Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 13, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 13, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Amendment	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
May 12, 2026	H 5122: Internet and Communications Service Providers Equipment Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 5, 2026	S 355: Micro-distillery tastings Second Reading	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
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	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 Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (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 22, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 1, 2026	H 4902: Intercollegiate Athletes' Compensation for Name, Image, or Likeness Override of Veto	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 1, 2026	S 866: Municipal Tax Relief Act Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 31, 2026	H 3368: Income tax on overtime pay Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 31, 2026	S 98: County Auditor Qualifications Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 25, 2026	S 808: Interference with workers providing critical services Third 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. 17, 2026	H 4902: Intercollegiate Athletes' Compensation for Name, Image, or Likeness Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	S 52: Driving under the influence Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	S 52: Driving under the influence Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 20, 2026	S 256: Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Programs (C-PACE) Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 8, 2025	S 318: Government Efficiency Cloture	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 7, 2025	H 3008: Convention of the States Adoption	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 7, 2025	Order of business: to take up the order of the day Motion to Take Up the Order of the Day	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 7, 2025	H 3008: Convention of the States Motion to Take Up the Order of the Day	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 23, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 23, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 23, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Budget Section	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2025	S 534: Removal of State Teasurer Adoption	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2025	S 62: Education Scholarship Trust Fund Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 3, 2025	S 12: Santee Cooper Joint Project Authorization Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
Feb. 4, 2025	S 62: Education Scholarship Trust Fund Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 30, 2025	S 62: Education Scholarship Trust Fund Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 30, 2025	S 62: Education Scholarship Trust Fund Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 Shane Martin voted on each of the 910 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Shane Martin
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: shanemartin@scsenate.gov
Capitol office: Room 211, Gressette Building, Columbia, SC 29202
803-212-6420

Committees

Corrections and Penology Chair
Finance
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