# Bill Taylor

Bill Taylor is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 86.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 86
- Serving since: 2010-11-17
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/010940bd-8041-4f17-b425-5f42c8c07526

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/010940bd-8041-4f17-b425-5f42c8c07526 (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

Taylor reported $9,030 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## What Taylor says (SC 2025–26 session)

264 classified statements: 264 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Taylor | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.1% | 2.9% | 379 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 3.4% | 9.3% | 530 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 43.6% | 31.9% | 208 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.6% | 1.8% | 194 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 16.7% | 12.7% | 248 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.9% | 1.4% | 204 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Transportation and Public Works 19% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Education 18% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (State House Republicans 18%); Taxation 12% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Energy 8.7% (State House Republicans 4.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.27 (standard error 0.02), from 65 donors and 1,086 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 90.4% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 96.4% (93.8%). 11 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 not voting · 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 not voting · Adopt Conference Report · H 3924 Hemp-derived ingestible · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3924/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1,063 bills: 1,063 reached committee, 1,019 passed one chamber, 92 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 95.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 87 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 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/
- H 5802: Irmo Insurance Agency, 50th anniversary (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5802/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,030 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/TaylorSCHouse/status/2113607348723888174
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/TaylorSCHouse/status/2111946256243466479
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/TaylorSCHouse/status/2111569519365800428
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/TaylorSCHouse/status/2110712524471501176
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/TaylorSCHouse/status/2104962380564160954
- 2026-09-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/TaylorSCHouse/status/2099663929303584998
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/TaylorSCHouse/status/2098139303880601717
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/TaylorSCHouse/status/2097778637462249770
- 2026-08-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/TaylorSCHouse/status/2092440873468355049
- 2026-08-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/TaylorSCHouse/status/2088594150455177504

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1811363419
- Campaign site: https://taylorschouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/TaylorSCHouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepBillTaylor
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taylorschouse/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-taylor-5b222219/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/010940bd-8041-4f17-b425-5f42c8c07526