South Carolina House · District 120

Weston Newton

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 99% On 433 contested votes where both voted · 99% on all votes Votes with own party 98% Partisan rank: 11 of 124 in the House (tied with 21 others) Didn't vote at roll call 8% 104 of 1,372 roll calls · 10 of them excused

Bills passed 11 31 sponsored · 11 became law · Rank 1 of 124 in the House Bills that became law 11 of 11 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

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

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Weston Newton'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

South Carolina House66thpercentile

More conservative than 65% of the South Carolina House.

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43rd most conservative of 124

On the November 3 ballot

Running for South Carolina House District 120.

Also on the ballot: Debbie Subera-Wiggin (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

99%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Weston Newton.

On 433 contested votes where both voted99% on all 1,063 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

98%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Weston Newton.

On 297 party-line votesPartisan rank: 11 of 124 in the House (tied with 21 others)10 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Weston Newton
	Bills
Sponsored	31
Passed both chambers	11
Became law	11
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 1 of 124 in the House · 1 of 89 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: Weston Newton
Bill	Result	Final action
H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations	Became law	Sept. 2, 2026
H 5261 Alcohol Server Training	Became law	Aug. 19, 2026
H 4805 Judicial Seats	Became law	May 26, 2026
H 3049 Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act	Became law	May 26, 2026
H 5089 Beaufort County voting precincts	Became law	April 23, 2026
H 3254 Physician licensure	Became law	March 12, 2026
H 3431 South Carolina Social Media Regulation Act	Became law	Feb. 6, 2026
H 4160 Judicial seats, circuit court	Became law	May 19, 2025
H 3800 Sales tax exemption	Became law	May 19, 2025
H 3432 Grantor Trust Reimbursement	Became law	May 16, 2025
H 3529 Family Court Judges, additional	Became law	May 7, 2025

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

4 against the Speaker; 10 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Weston Newton
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
June 25, 2026	H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Recommit	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
June 25, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Conference Committee Report	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	S 933: Legislative compensation Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 6, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
March 26, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 25, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Passage	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4759: Intoxicating Hemp Beverages Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
May 7, 2025	S 287: Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Regulation Motion to Table / Motion to Adjourn Debate	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 9, 2025	H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay

Every roll call

How Weston Newton voted on each of the 1,372 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Weston Newton
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Speaker	Yeas–nays
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Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: www.scstatehouse.gov
Email: westonnewton@schouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 512, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29201
803-734-3120

Committees

Judiciary Chair

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