South Carolina General Assembly

South Carolina General Assembly

Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate House of Representatives
Leadership
President of the Senate	Kevin L. Bryant (R) since January 25, 2017
President Pro Tem of the Senate	Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. (R) since January 25, 2017
Speaker of the House	James H. "Jay" Lucas (R)
Structure
Seats	170 voting members: 46 Senators 124 Representatives

Senate political groups	Republican (28) Democratic (18) Vacant (0)

House political groups	Republican (80) Democratic (44) Vacant (0)^[1]
Elections
Last Senate election	November 2016
Last House election	November 2016
Meeting place

South Carolina State House, Columbia
Website
http://www.scstatehouse.gov/

The South Carolina General Assembly, also called the South Carolina Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The legislature is bicameral and consists of the lower South Carolina House of Representatives and the upper South Carolina Senate. Altogether, the General Assembly consists of 170 members. The legislature convenes at the State House in Columbia.

Prior to the 1964 federal Reynolds v. Sims decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, the House of Representatives was apportioned so that each county had a number of representatives based on population, with each county guaranteed at least one Representative, while each county had one Senator. Moreover, each county's General Assembly delegation also doubled as its county council, as the state constitution made no provision for local government.

Reynolds v. Sims^[2] caused district lines to cross county lines, causing legislators to be on multiple county councils. This led to the passage of the Home Rule Act of 1975, which created county councils that were independent of the General Assembly. However, some functions that in many other states are performed by county governments are still handled by county legislative delegations in South Carolina.^[3]

There are 124 members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, who are elected every two years, and the South Carolina Senate has 46 members, elected every four years concurrent to the Presidential election. For both houses, there are no term limits. The General Assembly meets in joint session to elect judges, with all 170 members having an equal vote in such elections.

Officers

Senate

South Carolina Senate officers
Position	Name	Party
President Pro Tempore	Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr.	Republican
Majority Leader	A. Shane Massey	Republican

House of Representatives

South Carolina House of Representatives officers
Position	Name	Party
Speaker pro tempore	Tommy Pope	Republican
Majority Leader	Gary Simrill	Republican

References

^ https://www.scstatehouse.gov/house.php
^ "Reynolds v. Sims 377 U.S. 533 (1964)". Justia Law. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
^ "Scoppe: The Home Rule Act that didn't really allow home rule". thestate. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

External links

South Carolina Legislature Online

v t e Members of the South Carolina Senate
President of the Senate Thomas C. Alexander (R) Majority Leader A. Shane Massey (R) Minority Leader Brad Hutto (D)
▌Thomas C. Alexander (R) ▌Rex Rice (R) ▌Richard Cash (R) ▌Michael Gambrell (R) ▌Tom Corbin (R) ▌Dwight Loftis (R) ▌Karl B. Allen (D) ▌Ross Turner (R) ▌Danny Verdin (R) ▌Billy Garrett (R) ▌Josh Kimbrell (R) ▌Scott Talley (R) ▌Shane Martin (R) ▌Harvey S. Peeler Jr. (R) ▌Wes Climer (R) ▌Michael Johnson (R) ▌Mike Fanning (D) ▌Ronnie Cromer (R) ▌Tameika Isaac Devine (D) ▌Dick Harpootlian (D) ▌Darrell Jackson (D) ▌Mia McLeod (I) ▌Katrina Shealy (R) ▌Tom Young Jr. (R) ▌A. Shane Massey (R) ▌Nikki G. Setzler (D) ▌Penry Gustafson (R) ▌Greg Hembree (R) ▌Gerald Malloy (D) ▌Kent M. Williams (D) ▌Mike Reichenbach (R) ▌Ronnie A. Sabb (D) ▌Luke A. Rankin (R) ▌Stephen Goldfinch (R) ▌Thomas McElveen (D) ▌Kevin L. Johnson (D) ▌Larry Grooms (R) ▌Sean Bennett (R) ▌Vernon Stephens (D) ▌Brad Hutto (D) ▌Sandy Senn (R) ▌Deon Tedder (D) ▌Chip Campsen (R) ▌Brian Adams (R) ▌Margie Bright Matthews (D) ▌Tom Davis (R)
▌Republican (30) ▌Democratic (15) ▌ Independent (1) South Carolina General Assembly South Carolina House of Representatives South Carolina Senate

v t e Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Speaker of the House Jay Lucas (R) Speaker pro tempore Tommy Pope (R) Majority Leader Gary Simrill (R) Minority Leader Todd Rutherford (D)
▌Bill Whitmire (R) ▌Bill Sandifer III (R) ▌Jerry Carter (R) ▌Davey Hiott (R) ▌Neal Collins (R) ▌April Cromer (R) ▌Jay West (R) ▌Don Chapman (R) ▌Anne Thayer (R) ▌Thomas Beach (R) ▌Craig A. Gagnon (R) ▌Daniel Gibson (R) ▌John R. McCravy III (R) ▌Stewart Jones (R) ▌JA Moore (D) ▌Mark N. Willis (R) ▌Mike Burns (R) ▌Alan Morgan (R) ▌Patrick Haddon (R) ▌Adam Morgan (R) ▌Bobby Cox (R) ▌Jason Elliott (R) ▌Chandra Dillard (D) ▌Bruce W. Bannister (R) ▌Wendell K. Jones (D) ▌Raye Felder (R) ▌David Vaughan (R) ▌Ashley Trantham (R) ▌Dennis Moss (R) ▌Brian Lawson (R) ▌Rosalyn Henderson-Myers (D) ▌Max Hyde Jr. (R) ▌Travis Moore (R) ▌Roger Nutt (R) ▌Bill Chumley (R) ▌Rob Harris (R) ▌Steven Wayne Long (R) ▌Josiah Magnuson (R) ▌Cal Forrest (R) ▌Joseph S. White (R) ▌Annie McDaniel (D) ▌Doug Gilliam (R) ▌Randy Ligon (R) ▌Mike Neese (R) ▌Brandon Michael Newton (R) ▌Heath Sessions (R) ▌Tommy Pope (R) ▌Brandon Guffey (R) ▌John Richard C. King (D) ▌Will Wheeler (D) ▌J. David Weeks (D) ▌Ben Connell (R) ▌Richie Yow (R) ▌Pat Henegan (D) ▌Jackie E. Hayes (D) ▌Tim McGinnis (R) ▌Lucas Atkinson (D) ▌Jeff Johnson (R) ▌Terry Alexander (D) ▌Phillip Lowe (R) ▌Carla Schuessler (R) ▌Robert Q. Williams (D) ▌Jay Jordan (R) ▌Fawn Pedalino (R) ▌Cody Mitchell (R) ▌David O'Neal (R) ▌G. Murrell Smith Jr. (R) ▌Heather Ammons Crawford (R) ▌Chris Wooten (R) ▌Jermaine Johnson (D) ▌Nathan Ballentine (R) ▌Seth Rose (D) ▌Chris R. Hart (D) ▌Todd Rutherford (D) ▌Heather Bauer (D) ▌Leon Howard (D) ▌Kambrell Garvin (D) ▌Beth Bernstein (D) ▌Ivory Torrey Thigpen (D) ▌Katherine D. Landing (R) ▌Bart T. Blackwell (R) ▌Bill Clyburn (D) ▌Bill Hixon (R) ▌Melissa Lackey Oremus (R) ▌Jay Kilmartin (R) ▌Bill Taylor (R) ▌Paula Rawl Calhoon (R) ▌RJ May (R) ▌Micah Caskey (R) ▌Justin Bamberg (D) ▌Lonnie Hosey (D) ▌Brandon Cox (R) ▌Russell Ott (D) ▌Gil Gatch (R) ▌Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) ▌Ryan McCabe (R) ▌Robby Robbins (R) ▌Chris Murphy (R) ▌Mark Smith (R) ▌Sylleste Davis (R) ▌Roger K. Kirby (D) ▌Joseph H. Jefferson (D) ▌Carl Anderson (D) ▌William Bailey (R) ▌Kevin Hardee (R) ▌Val Guest (R) ▌Case Brittain (R) ▌Lee Hewitt (R) ▌Tiffany Spann-Wilder (D) ▌Tom Hartnett (R) ▌Wendell Gilliard (D) ▌Joe Bustos (R) ▌Marvin R. Pendarvis (D) ▌Gary Brewer (R) ▌Spencer Wetmore (D) ▌Matt Leber (R) ▌Jordan Pace (R) ▌Bill Herbkersman (R) ▌Leon Stavrinakis (D) ▌Weston J. Newton (R) ▌Michael F. Rivers Sr. (D) ▌Bill Hager (R) ▌Jeff Bradley (R) ▌Shannon Erickson (R)
▌Republican (88) ▌Democratic (36) South Carolina General Assembly South Carolina House of Representatives South Carolina Senate

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