# Lee Bright

Lee Bright is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate for district 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 12
- Serving since: 2011-01-01
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3ebbdeb2-9bbf-41d3-8175-2d4e901cb9d1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3ebbdeb2-9bbf-41d3-8175-2d4e901cb9d1 (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

Bright sits at +1.57 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 100% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.57 (standard error 0.03), from 509 donors and 191 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 100% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

397 roll calls. Attendance 97.4% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 85% (84%). 161 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 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 30 bills: 30 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 83.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 10 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 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 1056: GWOT (passed both chambers, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1056/
- S 1054: Limit Vote to Citizens (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1054/
- S 1046: Retirement-Chief Bobby Baker -Taylors Fire Department (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1046/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $120.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3ebbdeb2-9bbf-41d3-8175-2d4e901cb9d1