# Rex Rice

Rex Rice is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 2
- Serving since: 2016-11-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bfea6436-5d17-4d26-bc37-15f1a975575e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bfea6436-5d17-4d26-bc37-15f1a975575e (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

54% of the 101 bills Rice sponsored got out of committee, the lowest of 46 in the South Carolina Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.60 (standard error 0.02), from 8 donors and 1,001 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

707 roll calls. Attendance 100% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 96.3% (84%). 25 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-25 · voted nay · 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 yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4248 Food labeling · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4248/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 101 bills: 101 reached committee, 55 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 0. 54.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 46 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 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/
- S 1133: Lonnie Hosey Purple Heart Highway (passed both chambers, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1133/
- S 1130: Apply Ethics Laws to Political Party Chairmen (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1130/
- S 1121: Colonel Claude Davis (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1121/
- S 1106: Public Institutions of Higher Learning disclosures (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1106/
- S 1095: Prohibit Abortions (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1095/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,400 (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=1547727087
- Campaign site: https://www.rexrice.com/
- X: https://x.com/RexRiceSC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RexRiceSC/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rex.rice
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RexRice2012
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rex-rice-39b84570/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bfea6436-5d17-4d26-bc37-15f1a975575e