# Greg Hembree

Greg Hembree is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate for district 28.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 28
- Serving since: 2012-12-12
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d09cb270-bb44-44e7-86d6-a880ce40d93d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d09cb270-bb44-44e7-86d6-a880ce40d93d (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

Hembree sits at +0.16 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 78% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.16 (standard error 0.02), from 228 donors and 923 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

702 roll calls. Attendance 93.5% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 84% (84%). 18 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 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 89 bills: 89 reached committee, 68 passed one chamber, 24 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 76.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 19 of 46).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 1237: HCS Scholars Academy High School (passed one chamber, 2026-09-23) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1237/
- 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 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 1127: Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1127/
- 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 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0819318084
- Campaign site: https://www.greghembree.com/
- X: https://x.com/GregHembree
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorGregHembree
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greghembreeforsenate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jghembree/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-hembree-64b31632/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d09cb270-bb44-44e7-86d6-a880ce40d93d