# Jeff Zell Jeff Zell is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate for district 36. - Party: Republican - Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 36 - Serving since: 2024-11-11 - Current term: SC 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/236892d9-be31-4afa-9c3c-e68dff8bf480 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/236892d9-be31-4afa-9c3c-e68dff8bf480 (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 Zell voted against the majority of South Carolina Senate Republicans 33 times; party unity 62%, in the bottom 5% of the South Carolina Senate (average 84%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.15 (standard error 0.04), from 104 donors and 270 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (SC 2025–26 session) 698 roll calls. Attendance 96.1% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 62% (84%). 33 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 yea · 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 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 nay · to adopt the conference report · H 4248 Food labeling · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4248/ ## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session) Sponsored 137 bills: 137 reached committee, 81 passed one chamber, 34 passed both, 21 became law. Cosponsored 0. 59.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 43 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 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 1086: Pineview Coach Pitch DYB World Series Championship (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1086/ - S 1060: Educator Safety and Classroom Authority Act (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1060/ - S 1056: GWOT (passed both chambers, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1056/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $10.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1999431789 - Campaign site: https://votejeffzell.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555539330196 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-zell Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/236892d9-be31-4afa-9c3c-e68dff8bf480