South Carolina Senate · District 15

Wes Climer

Republican

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Votes with the Senate President 67% On 143 contested votes where both voted · 94% on all votes Votes with own party 92% Partisan rank: 15 of 46 in the Senate Didn't vote at roll call 2% 16 of 910 roll calls · 4 of them excused

Bills passed 3 15 sponsored · 3 became law · Rank 13 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 5 others) Bills that became law 3 of 3 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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Wes Climer'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 97% of the South Carolina Senate.

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2nd most conservative of 46

The scores

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Votes with the Senate President

67%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Wes Climer.

On 143 contested votes where both voted94% on all 884 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

92%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Wes Climer.

On 87 party-line votesPartisan rank: 15 of 46 in the Senate14 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Wes Climer
	Bills
Sponsored	15
Passed both chambers	3
Became law	3
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 13 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 5 others) · 13 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: Wes Climer
Bill	Result	Final action
S 176 Certified Public Accountants	Became law	May 19, 2025
S 307 Peer-to-peer Car Sharing	Became law	May 16, 2025
S 103 Labeling of Synthetic Food Product	Became law	May 16, 2025

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

47 against the Senate President; 37 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Wes Climer
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President	Most of their party
May 21, 2026	Schedule: to meet in session at 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 22 Motion to Set the Time of the Next Session	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	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 12, 2026	S 883: Sine Die 2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 7, 2026	H 4163: South Carolina High School Athletic Association Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 7, 2026	H 5122: Internet and Communications Service Providers Equipment Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 5, 2026	S 355: Micro-distillery tastings Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 5, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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 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 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 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
April 16, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle 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 25, 2026	S 808: Interference with workers providing critical services Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 18, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 17, 2026	S 808: Interference with workers providing critical services Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 11, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 25, 2026	S 853: Abandoned Buildings Tax Credit Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 18, 2026	S 768: Homestead exemption 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. 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
May 28, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 1, 2025	S 454: Charter School Accountability Second Reading	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 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 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 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. 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 Wes Climer voted on each of the 910 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Wes Climer
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: wesclimer@scsenate.gov
Capitol office: Room 404, Gressette Building P.O. Box 142, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6230

Committees

Agriculture and Natural Resources Chair
Family and Veterans' Services
Finance
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Legislative Oversight
Transportation

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