# Heath Sessions

Heath Sessions is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 46.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 46
- Serving since: 2022-11-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/dbc0a5ad-b105-4cd9-8849-e2a7c77d23f0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dbc0a5ad-b105-4cd9-8849-e2a7c77d23f0 (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

2.7% of Sessions’s statements claim credit, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans (average 13%).

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

595 classified statements: 595 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 | Sessions | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.7% | 2.9% | 257 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 9.1% | 9.3% | 302 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 22.4% | 31.9% | 521 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.7% | 1.8% | 304 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 2.7% | 12.7% | 640 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.2% | 1.4% | 437 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 55% (State House Republicans 10%); Commerce 14% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Government Operations and Politics 11% (State House Republicans 18%); Taxation 9.0% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Education 6.8% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.23 (standard error 0.03), from 104 donors and 469 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 30% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 83% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 95.0% (93.8%). 18 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 nay · 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 not voting · Adopt Conference Report · H 3924 Hemp-derived ingestible · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3924/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1,078 bills: 1,078 reached committee, 1,028 passed one chamber, 101 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 0. 95.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 96 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 $38.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 86% 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.

- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/HeathSessions/status/2111432020802810057
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/HeathSessions/status/2111445695542575242
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/HeathSessions/status/2110325753707634884
- 2026-09-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/HeathSessions/status/2104279036176601097
- 2026-09-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/HeathSessions/status/2101158637519401057
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/HeathSessions/status/2100045141394231500
- 2026-09-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/HeathSessions/status/2099813160542695725
- 2026-09-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/HeathSessions/status/2099102979156533533
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/HeathSessions/status/2098012183980302788
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/HeathSessions/status/2098144184733483073

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1649715712
- Campaign site: https://www.heathsessions.com/
- X: https://x.com/HeathSessions
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SessionsforHouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heath.sessions.5
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heath533/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heath-sessions-71b86b66/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dbc0a5ad-b105-4cd9-8849-e2a7c77d23f0