# Murrell Smith

Murrell Smith is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 67.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 67
- Serving since: 2000-11-28
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bc549137-780f-4b77-9438-61a92d3dce48

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bc549137-780f-4b77-9438-61a92d3dce48 (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

99% of the 1,036 bills Smith sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the South Carolina House.

## What Smith says (SC 2025–26 session)

239 classified statements: 239 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Smith | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 1.3% | 9.3% | 640 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 54.8% | 31.9% | 78 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.2% | 1.8% | 93 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 34.7% | 12.7% | 42 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Commerce 18% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (State House Republicans 12%); Armed Forces and National Security 13% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Education 9.9% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 9.9% (State House Republicans 18%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.26 (standard error 0.02), from 1,262 donors and 957 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 85% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 98.2% (93.8%). 12 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Concur in Senate Amendments · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted nay · Table Motion to Waive Rule 4.8 · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Table Amendment 1A · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Table Amendment 2A · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Waive Rule 4.8 · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-11 · voted yea · Table Motion to Reconsider · H 4042 Ivermectin · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4042/
- 2026-08-11 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · H 5126 Budget · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5126/
- 2026-08-11 · voted yea · Proviso to 117.220 · H 5126 Budget · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5126/
- 2026-08-11 · voted yea · Concur in Senate Amendments · H 4300 Retirement System for Judges and Solicitors · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4300/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · H 3924 Hemp-derived ingestible · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3924/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1,036 bills: 1,036 reached committee, 1,024 passed one chamber, 95 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 0. 98.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 3 of 124).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 5810: UNESCO Middle Passage Marker (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5810/
- H 5806: Pastor Sammie D. Simmons Day in SC (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5806/
- H 5800: Friendship United Methodist Church 160th Anniversary (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5800/
- H 5807: Alica James obituary and memorial service (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5807/
- H 5795: Katherine Liles, sympathy (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5795/
- H 5799: Harold Waynick sympathy (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5799/
- H 5797: Jack J. Parrish Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5797/
- H 5808: Cpt. Reed Koepp retirement (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5808/
- H 5798: Mark Williams (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5798/
- H 5802: Irmo Insurance Agency, 50th anniversary (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5802/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $576.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/schousespeaker murrellsmith/status/2112947218407981212
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/schousespeaker murrellsmith/status/2112669539934556256
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/schousespeaker murrellsmith/status/2112240322155606485
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/schousespeaker murrellsmith/status/2110773085494256060
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/schousespeaker murrellsmith/status/2109768574134813103
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/schousespeaker murrellsmith/status/2108974480835965116
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/schousespeaker murrellsmith/status/2107641314451787797
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/schousespeaker murrellsmith/status/2107845853125791999
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/schousespeaker murrellsmith/status/2106021887520203227
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/schousespeaker murrellsmith/status/2105738304457265219

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1703408887
- Campaign site: https://murrellsmith.com/
- X: https://x.com/schousespeaker
- X: https://x.com/murrellsmith
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MurrellSmithSCHouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/murrell.smith
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schousespeaker/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murrellsmith/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SCHD67
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/murrell-smith-4442869/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bc549137-780f-4b77-9438-61a92d3dce48