# Jay Jordan

Jay Jordan is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 63.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 63
- Serving since: 2015-04-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/00d450b3-f427-4e64-b0bd-45609b0a433b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/00d450b3-f427-4e64-b0bd-45609b0a433b (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

98% of the 1,024 bills Jordan sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the South Carolina House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.23 (standard error 0.02), from 312 donors and 1,072 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 85% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 97.5% (93.8%). 12 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Concur in Senate Amendments · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted nay · Table Motion to Waive Rule 4.8 · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Table Amendment 1A · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Table Amendment 2A · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Waive Rule 4.8 · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-11 · voted yea · Table Motion to Reconsider · H 4042 Ivermectin · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4042/
- 2026-08-11 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · H 5126 Budget · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5126/
- 2026-08-11 · voted yea · Proviso to 117.220 · H 5126 Budget · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5126/
- 2026-08-11 · voted yea · Concur in Senate Amendments · H 4300 Retirement System for Judges and Solicitors · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4300/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · H 3924 Hemp-derived ingestible · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3924/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1,024 bills: 1,024 reached committee, 1,001 passed one chamber, 87 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 97.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 29 of 124).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 5810: UNESCO Middle Passage Marker (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5810/
- H 5811: DNR (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5811/
- H 5806: Pastor Sammie D. Simmons Day in SC (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5806/
- H 5800: Friendship United Methodist Church 160th Anniversary (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5800/
- H 5807: Alica James obituary and memorial service (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5807/
- H 5795: Katherine Liles, sympathy (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5795/
- H 5799: Harold Waynick sympathy (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5799/
- H 5797: Jack J. Parrish Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5797/
- H 5808: Cpt. Reed Koepp retirement (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5808/
- H 5798: Mark Williams (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5798/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0957954431
- X: https://x.com/JordanForSC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jayjordanforSC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jayjordan.florence
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jayjordansc/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jayjordanforstatehouse6396
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-jordan-59946133/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/00d450b3-f427-4e64-b0bd-45609b0a433b