South Carolina Senate · District 24

Tom Young

Republican

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Votes with the Senate President 89% On 148 contested votes where both voted · 98% on all votes Votes with own party 93% Partisan rank: 11 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 3 others) Didn't vote at roll call 0.3% 3 of 910 roll calls · 2 of them excused

Bills passed 10 30 sponsored · 10 became law · Rank 2 of 46 in the Senate Bills that became law 10 of 10 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 Young'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 75% of the South Carolina Senate.

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12th most conservative of 46

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President

89%

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

On 148 contested votes where both voted98% on all 877 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

93%

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

On 91 party-line votesPartisan rank: 11 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 3 others)10 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Tom Young
	Bills
Sponsored	30
Passed both chambers	10
Became law	10
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 2 of 46 in the Senate · 2 of 34 Republicans

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 Young
Bill	Result	Final action
S 996 Fingerprint Background Checks Update	Became law	June 5, 2026
S 858 Foster Care	Became law	June 5, 2026
S 845 Child Fatality Advisory Committee	Became law	June 5, 2026
S 695 Unauthorized Fees for Claim Assistance	Became law	June 5, 2026
S 420 Investment of Funds by Political Subdivisions	Became law	June 5, 2026
S 694 Polling Places in Aiken County	Became law	April 23, 2026
S 415 Child Welfare Caregivers	Became law	March 5, 2026
S 89 Military Affairs Advisory Council	Became law	May 19, 2025
S 276 SC Child Abuse and Neglect Network	Became law	May 16, 2025
S 218 South Carolina Veterans Homes	Became law	May 7, 2025

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

16 against the Senate President; 12 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Tom Young
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 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 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	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 29, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Concurrence in House Amendments	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (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 22, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 31, 2026	S 98: County Auditor Qualifications Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
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	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 1, 2025	H 3309: Electrical Utilities Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 6, 2025	S 244: Tort Reform Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Tom Young
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: tomyoung@scsenate.gov
Capitol office: Room 303, Gressette Building P.O. Box 142, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6320

Committees

Family and Veterans' Services Chair
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Education
Finance
Fish, Game and Forestry
Legislative Oversight

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