South Carolina Senate · District 34

Stephen Goldfinch

Republican

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Votes with the Senate President 86% On 109 contested votes where both voted · 97% on all votes Votes with own party 84% Partisan rank: 28 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 2 others) Didn't vote at roll call 38% 345 of 910 roll calls · 328 of them excused

Bills passed 2 18 sponsored · 2 became law · Rank 19 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 3 others) Bills that became law 2 of 2 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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Stephen Goldfinch'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 55% of the South Carolina Senate.

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21st most conservative of 46

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President

86%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Stephen Goldfinch.

On 109 contested votes where both voted97% on all 556 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

84%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Stephen Goldfinch.

On 68 party-line votesPartisan rank: 28 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 2 others)27 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Stephen Goldfinch
	Bills
Sponsored	18
Passed both chambers	2
Became law	2
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 19 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 3 others) · 16 of 34 Republicans (tied with 2 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: Stephen Goldfinch
Bill	Result	Final action
S 623 Georgetown County Building Requirements	Became law	Sept. 8, 2026
S 219 Snapper-Grouper Fishery	Became law	May 16, 2025

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

15 against the Senate President; 14 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Stephen Goldfinch
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President	Most of their party
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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
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	S 883: Sine Die 2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 5, 2026	S 355: Micro-distillery tastings Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
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 Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 22, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 3, 2025	S 12: Santee Cooper Joint Project Authorization Second Reading	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
March 18, 2025	Adjourn: to adjourn Motion to Adjourn	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 18, 2025	S 244: Tort Reform Motion to Carry Over / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 18, 2025	S 244: Tort Reform Motion to Recess	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2025	S 244: Tort Reform 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 Stephen Goldfinch voted on each of the 910 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Stephen Goldfinch
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: stephen@stephengoldfinch.com
Capitol office: Room 602, Gressette Building P.O. Box 142, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6008

Committees

Agriculture and Natural Resources
Finance
Fish, Game and Forestry
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