# Brad Hutto Brad Hutto is a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate for district 40. - Party: Democrat - Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 40 - Serving since: 1996-04-30 - Current term: SC 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/16ba6021-423d-4b0d-b899-d2fe18778c12 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/16ba6021-423d-4b0d-b899-d2fe18778c12 (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 Hutto missed 18% of 689 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the South Carolina Senate (average 92.7%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.45 (standard error 0.02), from 106 donors and 757 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 78% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (SC 2025–26 session) 689 roll calls. Attendance 82% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 98.4% (84%). 7 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 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 concur · S 1043 Civil Air Patrol Leave Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1043/ - 2026-06-25 · voted yea · 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/ - 2026-06-25 · voted yea · 2nd Reading · H 4300 Retirement System for Judges and Solicitors · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4300/ - 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to override the veto · S 428 Fraudulent Check Expungement · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S428/ - 2026-06-25 · voted nay · to override the veto · H 3558 Commissioners to Article V Convention · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3558/ - 2026-05-26 · voted yea · to continue the Bill · H 5683 Redistricting, Congressional Districts · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5683/ ## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session) Sponsored 87 bills: 86 reached committee, 66 passed one chamber, 27 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 0. 75.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 23 of 46). Recent sponsored bills: - 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 1132: Trails Month Concurrent Resolution (passed both chambers, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1132/ - S 1121: Colonel Claude Davis (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1121/ - S 1109: Presidential primaries (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1109/ - 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 1071: Colleton County CTC (introduced, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1071/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $5,455 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0912499891 - Campaign site: https://www.bradhutto.com/ - X: https://x.com/BradHutto - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BradHuttoSC/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-hutto-a7639b47/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/16ba6021-423d-4b0d-b899-d2fe18778c12