SC Legislators Guilty of Tax Increase Legislation

All bills of note this year originated in the House, so the following list is of House Members who sponsored legislation:

•Paul L. Agnew, [D], district 11 – Abbeville and Anderson Counties

•Terry Alexander, [D], district 59 – Florence and Marion Counties

•Jimmy C. Bales, [D], district 80 – Richland County

•William K. Bowers, [D], district 120 – Colleton and Hampton Cos.

•Lester P. Branham, [D], district 61 – Florence County

•Curtis Brantley, [D], district 122 – Beaufort, Hampton and Jasper Cos.

•Robert L. Brown, [D], district 116 – Charleston and Colleton Cos.

•William “Bill” Clyburn, [D], district 82 – Aiken and Edgefield Cos.

•Gilda Cobb-Hunter (Mrs. Terry), [D], district 66 – Orangeburg Cos.

•William F. “Bill” Cotty, [R], district 79 – Kershaw and Richland Cos.

•Laurie Slade Funderburk, [D], district 52 – Kershaw County

•Jerry N. Govan, Jr., [D], district 95 – Orangeburg County

•Carl L. Gullick, [R], district 48 – York County

•Kenneth F. Hodges, [D], district 121 – Beaufort and Colleton Cos.

•Lonnie Hosey, [D], district 91 – Allendale and Barnwell Cos.

•Joseph H. Jefferson, [D], district 102 – Berkeley County

•Douglas Jennings, Jr., [D], district 54 – Chesterfield and Marlboro Cos.

•Lanny F. Littlejohn, [R], district 33 – Cherokee and Spartanburg Cos.

•David J. Mack III, [D], district 109 – Charleston County

•Walton J. McCled, [D], district 40 – Lexington and Newberry Cos.

•Vida O. Miller, [D], district 108 – Charleston and Georgetown Cos.

•Dennis C. Moss, [D], district 29 – Cherokee, Chester and York Cos.

•Harry L. Ott, [D], district 93 – Calhoun, Lexington and Orangeburg Cos.

•Rex F. Rice, [R], district 26 – Greenville and Pickens Counties

•J. Todd Rutherford, [D], district 74 – Richland County

•Bakari T. Sellers, [D], district 90 – Bamburg, Barnwell and Orangeburg Co.

•James E. Smith, Jr., [D], district 72 – Richland County

•Ted Martin Vick, [D], district 53 – Chesterfield County

•J. Seth Whipper, [D], district 113 – Charleston County

•Robert Q. Williams, [D], district 62 – Darlington and Florence Cos.

In the Senate, I only have a few names by public declarations:

1. •Thomas C. Alexander, [R], district 1 – Oconee and Pickens Cos.
   

1. •John M. “Jake” Knotts, [R], district 23 – Lexington Co.
   

1. •Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr., [R], district 31 – Darlington and Florence Cos.
   

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