South Carolina House · 2025–2026
H 5201: Safe Schools Act of 2026
Passage · April 23, 2026 · Yeas 99, nays 0
How each party voted
Speaker Murrell Smith voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- H 5201
- Motion
- Passage
- Date
- April 23, 2026, 10:56
- Session
- 2025–2026
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 99, nays 0; 25 didn't vote (6 excused, 0 abstained)
- Result
- Passed, as the official record marks it
Official record: the roll call on scstatehouse.gov ↗
The bill on scstatehouse.gov ↗
The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (99)
- Lucas Atkinson R-57
- William Bailey R-104
- Heather Bauer D-75
- Thomas Beach R-10
- Beth Bernstein D-78
- Phillip Bowers R-3
- Jeff Bradley R-123
- Gary Brewer R-114
- Case Brittain R-107
- Mike Burns R-17
- Joe Bustos R-112
- Paula Calhoon R-87
- Don Chapman R-8
- Bill Chumley R-35
- Gilda Cobb-Hunter D-95
- Neal Collins R-5
- Brandon Cox R-92
- Heather Crawford R-68
- April Cromer R-6
- Sylleste Davis R-100
- Chandra Dillard D-23
- Shannon Erickson R-124
- Greg Ford R-98
- Cal Forrest R-39
- Stephen Frank R-20
- Craig Gagnon R-11
- Kambrell Garvin D-77
- Daniel Gibson R-12
- Doug Gilliam R-42
- Wendell Gilliard D-111
- Lee Gilreath R-7
- Jerry Govan D-93
- Val Guest R-106
- Brandon Guffey R-48
- Patrick Haddon R-19
- Bill Hager R-122
- Kevin Hardee R-105
- Rob Harris R-36
- Chris Hart D-73
- Tom Hartnett R-110
- Charlie Hartz R-81
- Jackie Hayes D-55
- Bill Herbkersman R-118
- Davey Hiott R-4
- Bill Hixon R-83
- Harriet Holman R-102
- Lonnie Hosey D-91
- Chris Huff R-28
- Jeff Johnson R-58
- Jay Jordan R-63
- Jay Kilmartin R-85
- John King D-49
- Roger Kirby D-101
- Kathy Landing R-80
- John Lastinger R-88
- Brian Lawson R-30
- Randy Ligon R-43
- Steven Long R-37
- Phillip Lowe R-60
- Jason Luck D-54
- David Martin R-26
- Ryan McCabe R-96
- John McCravy R-13
- Annie McDaniel D-41
- Cody Mitchell R-65
- Dianne Mitchell R-21
- J.A. Moore D-15
- Travis Moore R-33
- Alan Morgan R-18
- Dennis Moss R-29
- Mike Neese R-44
- Brandon Newton R-45
- Weston Newton R-120
- Melissa Oremus R-84
- Fawn Pedalino R-64
- Tommy Pope R-47
- Luke Rankin R-14
- Robert Reese D-70
- Robby Robbins R-97
- Seth Rose D-72
- Todd Rutherford D-74
- Blake Sanders R-9
- Carla Schuessler R-61
- Keishan Scott D-50
- Mark Smith R-99
- Murrell Smith R-67
- Leon Stavrinakis D-119
- James Teeple R-116
- Jackie Terribile R-66
- David Vaughan R-27
- Courtney Waters D-113
- David Weeks D-51
- Spencer Wetmore D-115
- Joe White R-40
- Bill Whitmire R-1
- Paul Wickensimer R-22
- Robert Williams D-62
- Mark Willis R-16
- Richie Yow R-53
Excused (6)
- Justin Bamberg D-90
- Gil Gatch R-94
- Tim McGinnis R-56
- Scott Montgomery R-32
- Jordan Pace R-117
- Tiffany Spann-Wilder D-109
Not voting (19)
- Terry Alexander D-59
- Carl Anderson D-103
- Nathan Ballentine R-71
- Bruce Bannister R-24
- Micah Caskey R-89
- Bill Clyburn D-82
- Adam Duncan R-2
- Sarita Edgerton R-34
- Hamilton Grant D-79
- Rosalyn Henderson-Myers D-31
- Lee Hewitt R-108
- Leon Howard D-76
- Jermaine Johnson D-52
- Wendell Jones D-25
- Josiah Magnuson R-38
- Michael Rivers D-121
- Heath Sessions R-46
- Bill Taylor R-86
- Chris Wooten R-69