Welcome to the 2015-2016 Legislative Scorecard, your window into the South Carolina General Assembly and the actions taken – or not taken – to protect the South Carolina you love. Our job is to show you who is protecting our air, land, water, and energy (and who is not), by scoring how House and Senate members voted on issues important to the conservation community. Below you can find how your legislator voted on the issues most important to the conservation community. We hope you’ll use what you find here to thank pro-conservation legislators, encourage under-performing legislators to improve, and make a more informed choice in the next election cycle.
Read More about How We Scored the 2015-2016 Legislative Session
When building the Scorecard, we looked at who voted for (and against) South Carolina conservation issues. Voting more consistently for those efforts leads to a higher score, while not voting or voting against will lower the score. Statistical scores, however, are an incomplete report on the legislative record. Who sponsored the good and bad bills in Committee? Who worked behind the scenes or spoke on the floor? For additional context, we’ve included bumps (plus or minus) based on bill sponsorships. Legislators who sponsored pro-conservation bills will see an increase in their score, while those who sponsored anti-conservation legislation will see a drop. You can read more about how we scored this year’s Scorecard and why we chose to score the votes that we did here.
District 7 / D-Greenville
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 36 / R-Spartanburg
District 103 / D-Georgetown
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
89%
District 87 / R-Lexington
District 24 / R-Greenville
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
8%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
78%
District 38 / D-Dorchester
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
-8%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 123 / R-Beaufort
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 116 / D-Charleston
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
6%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
89%
District 17 / R-Greenville
District 43 / R-Charleston
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
10%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 35 / R-Spartanburg
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
56%
District 66 / D-Orangeburg
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
14%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
67%
District 32 / R-Spartanburg
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 5 / R-Greenville
District 117 / R-Charleston
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
9%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
78%
District 23 / D-Greenville
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
15%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
89%
District 41 / D-Fairfield
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
6%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
89%
District 124 / R-Beaufort
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
6%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 34 / R-Spartanburg
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
-5%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
89%
District 11 / R-Abbeville
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
78%
District 111 / D-Charleston
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
12%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
89%
District 108 / R-Georgetown
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
-6%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
67%
District 95 / D-Orangeburg
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
6%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
50%
District 16 / R-Lancaster
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
6%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 20 / R-Greenville
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
-3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
63%
District 21 / R-Greenville
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
15%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
78%
District 118 / R-Beaufort
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
14%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
67%
District 85 / R-Lexington
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
6%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 40 / D-Orangeburg
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
88%
District 102 / D-Berkeley
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
6%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
89%
District 36 / D-Clarendon
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 42 / D-Charleston
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 97 / D-Dorchester
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
88%
District 19 / R-Greenville
District 65 / R-Darlington
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
-8%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
78%
District 109 / D-Charleston
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
9%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
67%
District 29 / D-Darlington
District 13 / R-Spartanburg
District 25 / R-Edgefield
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
-1%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 39 / D-Orangeburg
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
88%
District 115 / R-Charleston
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
78%
District 101 / D-Williamsburg
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
9%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
78%
District 98 / R-Dorchester
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
-9%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
78%
District 120 / R-Beaufort
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
18%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
89%
District 10 / D-Greenwood
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 44 / D-Lancaster
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
9%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
75%
District 12 / D-Greenwood
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
88%
District 11 / D-Spartanburg
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
6%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 64 / D-Clarendon
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 25 / D-Greenville
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
9%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
75%
District 32 / D-Williamsburg
District 26 / D-Lexington
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 23 / R-Lexington
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 27 / R-Greenville
District 112 / R-Charleston
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
9%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
89%
District 96 / R-Lexington
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
9%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
89%
District 119 / D-Charleston
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
89%
District 18 / R-Greenville
District 33 / R-Spartanburg
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
89%
District 88 / R-Lexington
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
12%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
67%
District 8 / R-Greenville
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
-4%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
100%
District 62 / D-Darlington
2015 - 2016 Score Includes:
Bill Sponsorship Bump:
3%
From 2015-2016 Base Score:
75%
District 16 / R-Greenville