# Billy Garrett

Billy Garrett is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate for district 10.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 10
- Serving since: 2020-11-09
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/898bb0dc-8dd1-4c29-b7a6-04f87c7cbd2d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/898bb0dc-8dd1-4c29-b7a6-04f87c7cbd2d (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

100% of Garrett’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from South Carolina, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.42 (standard error 0.02), from 247 donors and 696 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

704 roll calls. Attendance 90.7% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 85% (84%). 29 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-25 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · to adopt the conference report · H 4635 Physical Fitness Services · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4635/
- 2026-06-25 · voted not voting · to adopt the conference report · H 3387 Unlawful occupants of property · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3387/
- 2026-06-25 · voted not voting · to grant free conference powers · S 52 Driving under the influence · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S52/
- 2026-06-25 · voted not voting · to adopt the conference report · H 4069 Patient-Friendly Billing · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4069/
- 2026-06-25 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · to override the veto · S 238 Sine Die · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S238/
- 2026-06-25 · voted not voting · to concur · S 1043 Civil Air Patrol Leave Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1043/
- 2026-06-25 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · to adopt the conference report · H 4248 Food labeling · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4248/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 132 bills: 132 reached committee, 92 passed one chamber, 26 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 69.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 29 of 46).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 1233: WCRS Radio (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1233/
- S 1222: Walnut Grove Baptist Church Bicentennial (passed one chamber, 2026-08-11) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1222/
- S 1223: Don William Keller sympathy (passed one chamber, 2026-08-11) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1223/
- S 1225: Volunteers in Medical Missions Fortieth Anniversary (passed one chamber, 2026-08-11) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1225/
- S 1188: Jeremy Clements (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1188/
- 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 1163: Faithful Delegate to Article V Convention (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1163/
- S 1164: Call for an Article V Convention of States on Federal Fiscal Responsibility (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1164/
- S 1165: Compact for a Safe and Equal Convention for Proposing Constitutional Amendments (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1165/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $15.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0638636287
- Campaign site: https://www.votebillygarrett.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/garrettforscsenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/billy.garrett.792740
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3OiaxDsH469fOrHYACHD-g
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billy-garrett-15155384/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/898bb0dc-8dd1-4c29-b7a6-04f87c7cbd2d