South Carolina House Members Who Don’t Respect Private Property Freedom and Individual Liberties. As of 2006.
By Name (By district is further down)
Key to Guilt:
X: Indicates voted for Smoking Ban
$: Indicates voted for tax increase on cigarettes
Additionally: Tells if they played a role in the legislation and/or spoke in favor of it.
District: 11, Abbeville and Anderson Counties
Agnew, Paul L. (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Co-Sponsor of and spoke in favor of the tax increase. Also co-sponsored another larger tax increase bill.
District: 25, Greenville County
Allen, Karl B. (D)
Guilt: $
District: 103, Georgetown and Williamsburg Counties
Anderson, Carl L. (D)
Guilt: $
District: 42, Spartanburg and Union Counties
Anthony, Michael A. (D)
Guilt: $
Additionally: Co-sponsor of tax increase.
District: 80, Richland County
Bales, Jimmy C. (D)
Guilt: X, $
District: 89, Lexington County
Bingham, Kenny (R)
Guilt: X
District: 120, Colleton and Hampton Counties
Bowers, William K. (D)
Guilt: X, $
District: 78, Richland County
Brady, Joan B. (R)
Guilt: X
District: 61, Florence County
Branham, Lester P. (D)
Guilt: X, $
District: 111, Charleston County
Breeland, Floyd (D)
Guilt: X, $
District: 50, Lee and Sumter Counties
Brown, Grady A. (D)
Guilt: $
District: 73, Richland County
Brown, Joe E. (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Co-Sponsor of smoking ban bill and spoke in favor of it.
District: 116, Charleston and Colleton Counties
Brown, Robert L. (D)
Guilt: $
District: 124, Beaufort County
Ceips, Catherine C. (R)
Guilt: X
District: 82, Edgefield and Aiken Counties
Clyburn, William “Bill” (D)
Guilt: X, $
District: 66, Orangeburg County
Cobb-Hunter, Gilda “Mrs. Terry” (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Co-Sponsor of smoking ban bill and Co-sponsor of tax increase.
District: 41, Chester and Fairfield Counties
Coleman, Creighton B. (D)
Guilt: X, $
District: 117, Berkeley and Charleston Counties
Dantzler, Thomas M. “Tom” (R)
Guilt: $
District: 79, Kershaw and Richland Counties
Cotty, William F. “Bill” (R)
Guilt: X
District: 37, Spartanburg County
Davenport, G. Ralph (R)
Guilt: X
District: 45, Lancaster and York Counties
Emory, Eldridge R. (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Spoke in favor of the smoking ban bill.
District: 52, Kershaw County
Funderburk, Laurie Slade (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Co-sponsor of tax increase.
District: 95, Orangeburg County
Govan, Jerry N. (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Co-Sponsor of smoking ban bill and Co-sponsor of tax increase.
District: 112, Charleston County
Hagood, Ben A. (R)
Guilt: X
Additionally: Spoke in favor of the smoking ban bill.
District: 20, Greenville County
Hamilton, Glenn L. (R)
Guilt: X
Additionally: Co-Sponsor of smoking ban bill.
District: 64, Clarendon and Williamsburg Counties
Harvin, Cathy B. (D)
Guilt: $
Additionally: Co-sponsor of tax increase.
District: 22, Greenville County
Haskins, Gloria Arias (R)
Guilt: X
District: 118, Beaufort County
Herbkersman, William G. “Bill” (R)
Guilt: X
District: 92, Berkeley County
Hinson, Shirley R. (R)
Guilt: X
District: 4, Pickens County
Hiott, David R. (R)
Guilt: X
District: 121, Beaufort and Colleton Counties
Hodges, Kenneth F. (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Co-sponsor of tax increase.
District: 91, Allendale and Barnwell Counties
Hosey, Lonnie (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Co-Sponsor of smoking ban bill.
District: 76, Richland County
Howard, Leon (D)
Guilt: X, $
District: 85, Lexington County
Huggins, Chip (R)
Guilt: X
District: 102, Berkeley County
Jefferson, Joseph H. (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Spoke in favor of the smoking ban bill.
District: 54, Chesterfield and Marlboro Counties
Jennings, Douglas (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Spoke in favor of the tax increase.
District: 110, Berkeley and Charleston Counties
Limehouse, Harry B. “Chip” (R)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Spoke in favor of the smoking ban bill. Has said in the Media he prefers a nanny-state to individual and private property freedom. Shame!
District: 109, Charleston County
Mack, David J. (D)
Guilt: $
Additionally: Co-sponsor of and spoke in favor of the tax increase.
District: 36, Spartanburg County
Mahaffey, Joseph G. (R)
Guilt: X
Additionally: Co-Sponsor of smoking ban bill and spoke in favor of it.
District: 8, Anderson & Oconee Counties
Martin, Becky Rogers “Mrs. Johnny Wayne” (R)
Guilt: X, $
District: 40, Lexington and Newberry Counties
McLeod, Walton J. (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Co-Sponsor of smoking ban bill.
District: 108, Charleston and Georgetown
Miller, Vida O. “Mrs. James Dores” (D)
Guilt: $
District: 99, Berkeley and Charleston Counties
Merrill, James H. (R)
Guilt: X
Additionally: Spoke in favor of the smoking ban bill. Has indicated in the media that his support is personal, “being in smoky places gives me sinus infections”. Nice…guess every place he might go should be to his suiting by law.
District: 31, Spartanburg County
Mitchell, Harold (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Co-sponsor of tax increase.
District: 49, York County
Moody-Lawrence, Bessie A. “Mrs. James Earl” (D)
Guilt: X, $
District: 70, Richland and Sumter Counties
Neal, Joseph H (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Co-sponsor of tax increase. Has indicated in the media that he believes in a nanny state.
District: 44, Lancaster County
Neal, James M. “Jimmy” (D)
Guilt: X, $
District: 93, Calhoun, Lexington & Orangeburg Counties
Ott, Harry L. (D)
Guilt: $
Additionally: Co-sponsor of tax increase.
District: 12, Greenwood and McCormick Counties
Parks, J. Anne (D)
Guilt: X
District: 69, Lexington County
Pitts, Edward H. “Ted” (R)
Guilt: X
Additionally: Co-Sponsor of smoking ban bill.
District: 14, Abbeville, Greenwood & Laurens Counties
Pitts, Michael A. (R)
Guilt: X
District: 26, Greenville and Pickens Counties
Rice, Rex F. (R)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Co-sponsor of tax increase. Has indicated in the media that he strongly supports any and all tax increases on cigarettes and has introduced his own bills doing so.
District: 122, Beaufort, Hampton & Jasper Counties
Rivers, R. Thayer (D)
Guilt: X, $
District: 74, Richland County
Rutherford, J. Todd (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Primary sponsor of smoking ban bill. Spoke in favor of the tax increase. Has indicated in the media he believes second-hand tobacco smoke is “toxic” (so, where are all the death certificates of non-smokers dying from second hand smoke, moron!)
District: 77, Richland County
Scott, John L. (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Co-Sponsor of smoking ban bill and spoke in favor of it. Tried his best to not have the ban bill tabled.
District: 35, Spartanburg County
Sinclair, Phillip K. “Phil” (R)
Guilt: $
District: 3, Pickens County
Skelton, B. R. (R)
Guilt: X
Additionally: Spoke in favor of the smoking ban bill.
District: 83, Aiken and Edgefield Counties
Smith, Donald C. (R)
Guilt: X, $
District: 27, Greenville County
Smith, Garry R. (R)
Guilt: ?
Additionally: Co-Sponsor of smoking ban bill BUT he gets credit for ultimately voting against the bill.
District: 72, Richland County
Smith, James E. (D)
Guilt: X, $
Additionally: Co-sponsor of and spoke in favor of the tax increase.
District: 86, Aiken County
Stewart, James E. “Jim” (R)
Guilt: X
District: 34, Spartanburg County
Talley, Scott F. (R)
Guilt: X
District: 53, Chesterfield County
Vick, Ted Martin (D)
Guilt: $
District: 51, Sumter County
Weeks, J. David (D)
Guilt: X, $
District: 113, Charleston County
Whipper, J. Seth (D)
Guilt: X, $