Education and Public Works Committee, South Carolina House of Representatives

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The Education and Public Works Committee is a standing committee of the South Carolina House of Representatives.

Per the House Rules, committees of the South Carolina House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House as soon as possible after members have been sworn in at the start of a new session. Chairs of committees are elected by the committee members unless otherwise established by rule or statute. Committees may choose to elect a vice-chair but are not required. The Speaker, Speaker Pro Tempore, and House Clerk serve as ex officio members of the Operations and Management Committee.

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Membership

2023-2024 legislative session

Education and Public Works Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (12)	Third-party members(0)
Terry Alexander 2nd Vice Chair Deon Tedder Michael Rivers Jermaine Johnson Wendell Jones Kambrell Garvin	Shannon Erickson Chairman Jeff Bradley 1st Vice Chair Adam Morgan Tim McGinnis Kathy Landing Jay Kilmartin Tom Hartnett Bill Hager Doug Gilliam April Cromer Paula Rawl Calhoon David Vaughan

2021-2022 legislative session

Education and Public Works Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (13)	Third-party members(0)
Terry Alexander 2nd vice chairman Jerry Govan Jr. Rosalyn Henderson Myers Annie McDaniel Michael Rivers	Merita Ann Allison Chairman Lin Bennett 1st vice chairman R. Raye Felder Gil Gatch Tim McGinnis Case Brittain Adam Morgan Melissa Oremus Mark Smith Tommy Stringer Ashley Trantham Paula Rawl Calhoon Travis Moore

2019-2020 legislative session

Education and Public Works Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (12)	Third-party members(0)
Robert Brown 2nd vice chairman Ivory Thigpen Jerry Govan Jr. Wendy Brawley Terry Alexander Robert Williams	Merita Ann Allison Chairman Richie Yow Chris Wooten Bill Taylor Tommy Stringer Tim McGinnis Steven Long R. Raye Felder Bobby Cox Con Chellis Paula Rawl Calhoon Lin Bennett

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2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Education and Public Works Members, 2017
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (13)
• Robert Brown, South Carolina Representative, Vice chair	• Merita Ann Allison, Chair
• Jerry Govan, Jr.	• R. Raye Felder, Vice chair
• Harold Mitchell, Jr.	• Lin Bennett
• Terry Alexander	• William S. Cogswell Jr.
• Patsy Knight	• Joseph Daning
	• Tommy Stringer
	• Jay West
	• Jeff Bradley
	• Neal Collins
	• Jason Elliott
	• Joshua Putnam
	• Bill Taylor
	• Mark Willis

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Education and Public Works Committee Members, 2015
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (13)
• Robert L. Brown, Second Vice Chair	• Rita Allison, Chair
• John Richard C. King	• Raye Felder, First Vice Chair
• J. Wayne George	• Gary Clary
• Jerry N. Govan, Jr.	• Jeff Bradley
• Harold Mitchell, Jr.	• Neal Collins
	• Joshua A. Putnam
	• Tommy M. Stringer
	• Mark N. Willis
	• Joseph S. Daning
	• Samuel Rivers, Jr.
	• Don L. Wells
	• Jeff Johnson
	• William Taylor

2013-2014

Education and Public Works Committee Members, 2013
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (12)
• Robert L. Brown, Vice Chair	• Phillip D. "Phil" Owens, Charir
• John Richard C. King	• Bill Taylor, Vice Charir
• Lester P. Branham, Jr.	• Norman D. "Doug" Brannon
• Jerry N. Govan, Jr.	• Raye Felder
• Harold Mitchell, Jr.	• Ralph W. Norman
	• Joshua A. Putnam
	• Tommy M. Stringer
	• Mark N. Willis
	• Joseph S. Daning
	• Samuel Rivers, Jr.
	• Don L. Wells
	• Donna H. Wood

2011-2012

Education and Public Works Committee Members, 2011
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (13)
• Lester Branham, Jr.	• Phillip Owens, Chair
• Robert Brown, South Carolina Representative	• Todd Atwater, Vice Charir
• Jerry Govan, Jr.	• Doug Brannon, Vice Chair
• Harold Mitchell, Jr.	• Eric Bikas
• James Neal	• Don Bowen
	• Joseph Daning
	• Ralph W. Norman
	• Andy Patrick
	• Rick Quinn
	• William Taylor
	• Anne Thayer
	• Bill Whitmire
	• Mark Willis

2009-2010

Education and Public Works Committee Members, 2009
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (11)
• James Neal, Vice Chair	• Phillip Owens, Chair
• Michael Anthony	• Don Smith, Vice Charir
• Lester Branham, Jr.	• Merita Ann Allison
• Robert Brown	• Don Bowen
• Jerry Govan, Jr.	• Joseph Daning
• Harold Mitchell, Jr.	• Nikki Haley
	• Edward Pitts, Jr.
	• B.R. Skelton
	• James Stewart, Jr.
	• Bill Whitmire
	• William Wylie

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Current members of the South Carolina House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:G. Murrell Smith

Majority Leader:Davey Hiott

Minority Leader:James Rutherford

Representatives

District 1

Bill Whitmire (R)

District 2

Adam Duncan (R)

District 3

Phillip Bowers (R)

District 4

Davey Hiott (R)

District 5

Neal Collins (R)

District 6

April Cromer (R)

District 7

Lee Gilreath (R)

District 8

Don Chapman (R)

District 9

Blake Sanders (R)

District 10

Thomas Beach (R)

District 11

Craig Gagnon (R)

District 12

Daniel Gibson (R)

District 13

John McCravy (R)

District 14

Luke Rankin (R)

District 15

JA Moore (D)

District 16

Mark Willis (R)

District 17

Mike Burns (R)

District 18

Alan Morgan (R)

District 19

Patrick Haddon (R)

District 20

Stephen Frank (R)

District 21

Vacant

District 22

Paul Wickensimer (R)

District 23

Chandra Dillard (D)

District 24

Bruce Bannister (R)

District 25

Wendell Jones (D)

District 26

David Martin (R)

District 27

David Vaughan (R)

District 28

Chris Huff (R)

District 29

Dennis Moss (R)

District 30

Brian Lawson (R)

District 31

Rosalyn Myers (D)

District 32

Scott Montgomery (R)

District 33

Travis Moore (R)

District 34

Sarita Edgerton (R)

District 35

Bill Chumley (R)

District 36

Robert Harris (R)

District 37

Steven Long (R)

District 38

Josiah Magnuson (R)

District 39

Cal Forrest (R)

District 40

Joe White (R)

District 41

Annie McDaniel (D)

District 42

Doug Gilliam (R)

District 43

Randy Ligon (R)

District 44

Mike Neese (R)

District 45

Brandon Newton (R)

District 46

Heath Sessions (R)

District 47

Tommy Pope (R)

District 48

Brandon Guffey (R)

District 49

John King (D)

District 50

Keishan Scott (D)

District 51

J. Weeks (D)

District 52

Jermaine Johnson (D)

District 53

Richie Yow (R)

District 54

Jason Luck (D)

District 55

Jackie Hayes (D)

District 56

Tim McGinnis (R)

District 57

Lucas Atkinson (D)

District 58

Jeff Johnson (R)

District 59

Terry Alexander (D)

District 60

Phillip Lowe (R)

District 61

Carla Schuessler (R)

District 62

Robert Williams (D)

District 63

Jay Jordan (R)

District 64

Fawn Pedalino (R)

District 65

Cody Mitchell (R)

District 66

Jackie Terribile (R)

District 67

G. Murrell Smith (R)

District 68

Heather Crawford (R)

District 69

Chris Wooten (R)

District 70

Robert Reese (D)

District 71

Nathan Ballentine (R)

District 72

Seth Rose (D)

District 73

Christopher Hart (D)

District 74

James Rutherford (D)

District 75

Heather Bauer (D)

District 76

Leon Howard (D)

District 77

Kambrell Garvin (D)

District 78

Beth Bernstein (D)

District 79

Hamilton Grant (D)

District 80

Kathy Landing (R)

District 81

Charles Hartz (R)

District 82

William Clyburn (D)

District 83

Bill Hixon (R)

District 84

Melissa Oremus (R)

District 85

Jay Kilmartin (R)

District 86

Bill Taylor (R)

District 87

Paula Calhoon (R)

District 88

Vacant

District 89

Micah Caskey (R)

District 90

Justin Bamberg (D)

District 91

Lonnie Hosey (D)

District 92

Brandon Cox (R)

District 93

Jerry Govan (D)

District 94

Gil Gatch (R)

District 95

Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D)

District 96

D. McCabe (R)

District 97

Robby Robbins (R)

District 98

Chris Murphy (R)

District 99

Mark Smith (R)

District 100

Sylleste Davis (R)

District 101

Roger Kirby (D)

District 102

Harriet Holman (R)

District 103

Carl Anderson (D)

District 104

William Bailey (R)

District 105

Kevin Hardee (R)

District 106

Val Guest (R)

District 107

Case Brittain (R)

District 108

Lee Hewitt (R)

District 109

Tiffany Spann-Wilder (D)

District 110

Tom Hartnett (R)

District 111

Wendell Gilliard (D)

District 112

Joe Bustos (R)

District 113

Courtney Waters (D)

District 114

Gary Brewer (R)

District 115

Spencer Wetmore (D)

District 116

James Teeple (R)

District 117

Jordan Pace (R)

District 118

Bill Herbkersman (R)

District 119

Leonidas Stavrinakis (D)

District 120

Weston Newton (R)

District 121

Michael Rivers (D)

District 122

Bill Hager (R)

District 123

Jeff Bradley (R)

District 124

Shannon Erickson (R)

Republican Party (86)

Democratic Party (36)

Vacancies (2)