2025SB 62

Restoring and Expanding Parental Choice in Education

2025 - South Carolina House of Representatives

Conservatives Support

Description

SB 62 responds to a recent court decision that threatened to cripple South Carolina’s Education Scholarship Trust Fund, that thousands of South Carolinians use to offset educational expenses. The bill adjusts the structure of the program to ensure compliance with the state constitution and expands the number of families eligible to join. CPAC believes school choice is a parental right and advocates for expanding educational freedom. For those reasons, it supports this bill. The South Carolina House of Representatives passed SB 62 on February 27, 2025, in a vote of 80–32, and Governor Henry McMaster signed the measure into law.

80

Voted Yes

32

Voted No

11

Did Not Vote

Legislators · 123

LegislatorVote
Terry Alexander

SC

Did Not Vote
Carl Anderson

SC

Leftist
Frank Atkinson

SC

Leftist
William Bailey

SC

Conservative
Nathan Ballentine

SC

Conservative
Justin Bamberg

SC

Leftist
Bruce Bannister

SC

Conservative
Heather Bauer

SC

Leftist
Thomas Beach

SC

Conservative
Beth Bernstein

SC

Leftist
Phillip Bowers

SC

Conservative
Jeffrey Bradley

SC

Conservative
Gary Brewer

SC

Conservative
Thomas Brittain Jr.

SC

Conservative
James Burns

SC

Conservative
Joseph Bustos

SC

Conservative
Paula Rawl Calhoon

SC

Conservative
Micajah Caskey

SC

Conservative
Don Chapman

SC

Conservative
William Chumley

SC

Did Not Vote
William Clyburn

SC

Leftist
Gilda Cobb-Hunter

SC

Leftist
Neal Collins

SC

Leftist
Bobby Cox

SC

Conservative
Brandon Cox

SC

Conservative
Heather Crawford

SC

Conservative
April Cromer

SC

Conservative
Sylleste Davis

SC

Conservative
Chandra Dillard

SC

Leftist
Adam Duncan

SC

Conservative
Sarita Edgerton

SC

Conservative
Shannon Erickson

SC

Conservative
Cally Forrest

SC

Conservative
Stephen Frank

SC

Conservative
Craig Gagnon

SC

Conservative
Kambrell Garvin

SC

Did Not Vote
Gil Gatch

SC

Conservative
Daniel Gibson

SC

Conservative
Leon "Doug" Gilliam

SC

Conservative
Wendell Gilliard

SC

Leftist
Lee Gilreath

SC

Conservative
Jerry Govan

SC

Leftist
Hamilton Grant

SC

Leftist
Val Guest

SC

Conservative
Brandon Guffey

SC

Conservative
Patrick Haddon

SC

Conservative
Bill Hager

SC

Did Not Vote
Kevin Hardee

SC

Conservative
Rob Harris

SC

Leftist
Christopher Hart

SC

Leftist
Tom Hartnett

SC

Conservative
Charles Hartz

SC

Conservative
Jackie Hayes

SC

Leftist
Rosalyn Henderson-Myers

SC

Leftist
William Herbkersman

SC

Conservative
Lee Hewitt

SC

Conservative
Davey Hiott

SC

Conservative
William Hixon

SC

Conservative
Harriet Holman

SC

Conservative
Lonnie Hosey

SC

Did Not Vote
Leon Howard

SC

Leftist
Chris Huff

SC

Conservative
Jermaine Johnson

SC

Leftist
Jeffrey Johnson

SC

Conservative
Wendell Jones

SC

Leftist
Wallace Jordan

SC

Conservative
Jay Kilmartin

SC

Conservative
John King

SC

Leftist
Roger Kirby

SC

Leftist
Kathy Landing

SC

Conservative
Brian Lawson

SC

Conservative
Thomas "Randy" Ligon

SC

Conservative
Steven Long

SC

Conservative
Phillip Lowe

SC

Conservative
Jason Luck

SC

Leftist
Josiah Magnuson

SC

Conservative
David Martin

SC

Leftist
Robert May

SC

Conservative
Donald McCabe

SC

Did Not Vote
Annie McDaniel

SC

Leftist
Timothy McGinnis

SC

Conservative
John Mccravy

SC

Conservative
Cody Mitchell

SC

Conservative
Scott Montgomery

SC

Conservative
JA Moore

SC

Leftist
Travis Moore

SC

Conservative
Alan Morgan

SC

Conservative
Dennis Moss

SC

Leftist
Christopher Murphy

SC

Did Not Vote
Mike Neese

SC

Conservative
Brandon Newton

SC

Conservative
Weston Newton

SC

Conservative
Melissa Oremus

SC

Conservative
Jordan Pace

SC

Conservative
Fawn Pedalino

SC

Conservative
Thomas Pope

SC

Conservative
Luke S Rankin

SC

Conservative
Robert Reese

SC

Did Not Vote
Michael Rivers

SC

Leftist
Robby Robbins

SC

Conservative
Seth Rose

SC

Leftist
Todd Rutherford

SC

Leftist
Blake Sanders

SC

Conservative
Carla Schuessler

SC

Conservative
Heath Sessions

SC

Conservative
Marvin Smith

SC

Conservative
Murrell Smith

SC

Conservative
Tiffany Spann-Wilder

SC

Leftist
Leonidas Stavrinakis

SC

Leftist
Bill Taylor

SC

Conservative
James Teeple

SC

Conservative
Jackie Terribile

SC

Conservative
David Vaughan

SC

Conservative
Courtney Waters

SC

Did Not Vote
David Weeks

SC

Did Not Vote
Elizabeth Wetmore

SC

Did Not Vote
Joe White

SC

Conservative
William Whitmire

SC

Conservative
Paul Wickensimer

SC

Conservative
Robert Williams

SC

Leftist
Mark Willis

SC

Conservative
Christopher Wooten

SC

Conservative
Richard Yow

SC

Conservative

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