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 (27) Democratic (18) Vacant (1)

House political groups	Republican (76) Democratic (44) Vacant (4)
Elections
Senate last election	November 2016
House last 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^[1] 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.^[2]

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
Minority Leader	Nikki G. Setzler	Democratic

House of Representatives

South Carolina House of Representatives Officers
Position	Name	Party
Speaker	James H. "Jay" Lucas	Republican
Speaker pro tempore	Tommy Pope	Republican
Majority Leader	Gary Simrill	Republican
Minority Leader	J. Todd Rutherford	Democratic

References

↑ "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

Members of the South Carolina State Senate
President of the Senate: Kevin L. Bryant (R) President pro Tempore: Hugh Leatherman (R) Majority Leader: Harvey S. Peeler Jr. (R) Minority Leader: Nikki G. Setzler (D)
Thomas C. Alexander (R) Rex F. Rice (R) Vacant Michael Gambrell (R) Thomas D. Corbin (R) William Timmons (R) Karl B. Allen (D) Ross Turner (R) Daniel B. Verdin III (R) Floyd Nicholson (D) Glenn G. Reese (D) Scott Talley (R) Shane Martin (R) Harvey S. Peeler Jr. (R) Wes Climer (R) Greg Gregory (R) Mike Fanning (D) Ronnie W. Cromer (R) John L. Scott Jr. (D) John E. Courson (R) Darrell Jackson (D) Mia McLeod (D) Katrina Frye Shealy (R) Tom Young Jr. (R) A. Shane Massey (R) Nikki G. Setzler (D) Vincent A. Sheheen (D) Greg Hembree (R) Gerald Malloy (D) Kent M. Williams (D) Hugh Leatherman (R) Ronnie A. Sabb (D) Luke A. Rankin (R) Stephen L. Goldfinch (R) Thomas McElveen (D) Kevin L. Johnson (D) Lawrence K. Grooms (R) Sean Bennett (R) John W. Matthews Jr. (D) Brad Hutto (D) Sandy Senn (R) Marlon Kimpson (D) George E. Campsen III (R) Paul G. Campbell Jr. (R) Margie Bright Matthews (D) Tom Davis (R)
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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: J. Todd Rutherford (D)
Bill Whitmire (R) Bill Sandifer, III (R) Gary E. Clary (R) Davey Hiott (R) Neal Collins (R) W. Brian White (R) Jay West (R) Jonathon D. Hill (R) Anne Thayer (R) Joshua A. Putnam (R) Craig A. Gagnon (R) J. Anne Parks (D) John R. McCravy, III (R) Michael Pitts (R) Samuel Rivers Jr. (R) Mark N. Willis (R) Mike Burns (R) Tommy Stringer (R) Dwight Loftis (R) Dan Hamilton (R) Phyllis Henderson (R) Jason Elliott (R) Chandra Dillard (D) Bruce W. Bannister (R) Leola C. Robinson-Simpson (D) Raye Felder (R) Garry R. Smith (R) Eric Bedingfield (R) Dennis Moss (R) Steve Moss (R) Harold Mitchell Jr. (D) Derham Cole (R) Eddie Tallon (R) Michael Forrester (R) Bill Chumley (R) Merita Ann Allison (R) Steven Wayne Long (R) Josiah Magnuson (R) Cal Forrest (R) Rick Martin (R) MaryGail K. Douglas (D) Michael A. Anthony (D) Greg Delleney (R) Mandy Powers Norrell (D) Brandon Michael Newton (R) Gary Simrill (R) Tommy Pope (R) Ralph Norman (R) John Richard C. King (D) Will Wheeler (D) J. David Weeks (D) Laurie Funderburk (D) Richie Yow (R) Pat Henegan (D) Jackie E. Hayes (D) Mike Ryhal (R) Frank Atkinson (D) Jeffrey E. Johnson (R) Terry Alexander (D) Phillip Lowe (R) Roger K. Kirby (D) Robert Q. Williams (D) Wallace H. Jordan Jr. (R) Robert L. Ridgeway, III (D) Jay Lucas (R) Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) George Smith Jr. (R) Heather Ammons Crawford (R) Rick Quinn (R) Vacant Nathan Ballentine (R) James E. Smith Jr. (D) Chris Hart (D) J. Todd Rutherford (D) Kirkman Finlay, III (R) Leon Howard (D) Joe McEachern (D) Beth E. Bernstein (D) Ivory Torrey Thigpen (D) Jimmy Bales (D) Bart T. Blackwell (R) Bill Clyburn (D) Bill Hixon (R) Vacant Chip Huggins (R) Bill Taylor (R) Todd Atwater (R) McLain Toole (R) Micah Caskey (R) Justin T. Bamberg (D) Lonnie Hosey (D) Joseph Daning (R) Russell Ott (D) Katie Arrington (R) Jerry Govan Jr. (D) Lawrence Spires (R) Patsy Knight (D) Chris Murphy (R) James Merrill (R) Sylleste H. Davis (R) Cezar McKnight (D) Joseph H. Jefferson (D) Carl Anderson (D) Gregory D. Duckworth (R) Kevin Hardee (R) Russell Fry (R) Alan D. Clemmons (R) Lee Hewitt (R) David Mack (D) William Scott Cogswell, Jr. (R) Wendell Gilliard (D) Mike Sottile (R) Seth Whipper (D) Lin Bennett (R) Peter McCoy (R) Robert Brown (D) Bill Crosby (R) Bill Herbkersman (R) Leon Stavrinakis (D) Weston J. Newton (R) Michael F. Rivers, Sr. (D) William Bowers (D) Jeffrey A. Bradley (R) Shannon Erickson (R)
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