# J.D. Chaplin

J.D. Chaplin is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate for district 29.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 29
- Serving since: 2024-11-11
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a34e27e4-59ab-41a6-89ee-1b5d82fcbcf6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a34e27e4-59ab-41a6-89ee-1b5d82fcbcf6 (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

Chaplin voted against the majority of South Carolina Senate Republicans 29 times; party unity 75%, in the bottom quarter of the South Carolina Senate (average 84%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.03), from 124 donors and 267 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

683 roll calls. Attendance 97.2% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 75% (84%). 29 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 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 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 adopt the conference report · S 11 Paid Family Leave Eligible State Employee · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S11/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 71 bills: 71 reached committee, 54 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 76.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 22 of 46).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 1218: Brian Rudick (passed one chamber, 2026-08-11) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1218/
- 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 1136: Pearl Fryar (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1136/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,100 (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=0346590868
- Campaign site: https://www.votejdchaplin.com/
- X: https://x.com/JDChaplinFarms
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoteJDChaplin/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011725482663
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votejdchaplin/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a34e27e4-59ab-41a6-89ee-1b5d82fcbcf6