South Carolina Senate · District 46

Tom Davis

Republican

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Votes with the Senate President 79% On 132 contested votes where both voted · 97% on all votes Votes with own party 73% Partisan rank: 41 of 46 in the Senate Didn't vote at roll call 3% 29 of 910 roll calls · 27 of them excused

Bills passed 6 42 sponsored · 6 became law · Rank 8 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) Bills that became law 6 of 6 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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Tom Davis'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 68% of the South Carolina Senate.

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15th most liberal of 46

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President

79%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Tom Davis.

On 132 contested votes where both voted97% on all 834 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

73%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Tom Davis.

On 85 party-line votesPartisan rank: 41 of 46 in the Senate40 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Tom Davis
	Bills
Sponsored	42
Passed both chambers	6
Became law	6
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 8 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) · 8 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: Tom Davis
Bill	Result	Final action
S 853 Abandoned Buildings Tax Credit	Became law	June 5, 2026
S 477 Pharmacy access	Became law	May 27, 2026
S 583 Board of Funeral Services continuing education requirements	Became law	April 23, 2026
S 383 Official state migratory bird	Became law	March 5, 2026
S 51 Public Service Authority RFP for V.C. Summer	Became law	June 5, 2025
S 425 School meals for students in poverty	Became law	May 16, 2025

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

28 against the Senate President; 26 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Tom Davis
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 26, 2026	H 5683: Redistricting, Congressional Districts Cloture	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 22, 2026	H 5683: Redistricting, Congressional Districts Motion to Suspend the Rules	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 22, 2026	H 5683: Redistricting, Congressional Districts Motion to Suspend the Rules	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	S 883: Sine Die 2026 Concurrence in House Amendments	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 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 Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
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	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 16, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (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 18, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 18, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Jan. 20, 2026	S 256: Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Programs (C-PACE) Second Reading	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 1, 2025	H 3996: Anesthesiologist Assistants 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
April 2, 2025	H 3309: Electrical Utilities Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Tom Davis
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: tomdavis@scsenate.gov
Capitol office: Room 203, Gressette Building P.O. Box 142, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6080

Committees

Labor, Commerce and Industry Chair
Banking and Insurance
Corrections and Penology
Finance
Legislative Oversight
Medical Affairs

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