# Kent Williams

Kent Williams is a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate for district 30.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 30
- Serving since: 2004-11-08
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0fdf2e22-badf-4b5c-be34-969781dc40a3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0fdf2e22-badf-4b5c-be34-969781dc40a3 (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

Williams voted against the majority of South Carolina Senate Democrats 23 times; party unity 70%, in the bottom tenth of the South Carolina Senate (average 84%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.24 (standard error 0.02), from 236 donors and 826 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

704 roll calls. Attendance 81% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 70% (84%). 23 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4709 US produced iron and steel · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4709/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4635 Physical Fitness Services · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4635/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 3387 Unlawful occupants of property · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3387/
- 2026-06-25 · voted nay · to grant free conference powers · S 52 Driving under the influence · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S52/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4069 Patient-Friendly Billing · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4069/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 3021 Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3021/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to override the veto · S 238 Sine Die · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S238/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to concur · S 1043 Civil Air Patrol Leave Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1043/
- 2026-06-25 · voted nay · to grant free conference powers · H 4763 Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction (HALO) Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4763/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4248 Food labeling · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4248/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 78 bills: 78 reached committee, 66 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 84.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 7 of 46).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 1232: Nevada Stevenson (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1232/
- S 1228: Marion County Liberty Week (passed one chamber, 2026-08-11) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1228/
- S 1190: Lung Cancer Awareness Month (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1190/
- S 1187: EMS Week in SC (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1187/
- S 1133: Lonnie Hosey Purple Heart Highway (passed both chambers, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1133/
- S 1121: Colonel Claude Davis (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1121/
- S 1085: Columbia Garden Club (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1085/
- S 1088: Pineview 6U rookie ball All-Star champs (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1088/
- S 1087: Multicultural Business Alliance Day in South Carolina (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1087/
- S 1084: SCDNR Dive Team (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1084/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.8K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1938636131
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KentWilliamsSC/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kent.m.williams.3
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kentwilliamssc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kent-williams-42958567/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0fdf2e22-badf-4b5c-be34-969781dc40a3