Ways and Means Committee, South Carolina House of Representatives

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The Ways and Means 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

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024 legislative session

Ways and Means Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (15)	Third-party members(0)
Gilda Cobb-Hunter 1st Vice Chair J. David Weeks Leonidas Stavrinakis James Rutherford Lonnie Hosey Leon Howard Jackie Hayes Chandra Dillard William Clyburn Sr. Beth Bernstein	Bruce Bannister Chairman Bill Herbkersman 2nd Vice Chair Max Hyde Bill Whitmire Bill Taylor Brandon Newton Chris Murphy Dennis Moss Phillip Lowe Lee Hewitt Craig Gagnon Heather Ammons Crawford Neal Collins Nathan Ballentine Mark Willis

2021-2022 legislative session

Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (17)	Third-party members(0)
Gilda Cobb-Hunter 1st vice chairman Leonidas Stavrinakis James Rutherford Lonnie Hosey William Clyburn Sr. J. David Weeks Jackie Hayes Chandra Dillard	G. Murrell Smith Jr. Chairman Gary Simrill 2nd vice chairman Phillip Lowe Bill Herbkersman Craig Gagnon Shannon Erickson Joseph Daning Nathan Ballentine Mark Willis Garry Smith Dennis Moss Chip Huggins Lee Hewitt Kirkman Finlay III Heather Ammons Crawford Bruce Bannister Bill Whitmire

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2017 legislative session

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

2015 legislative session

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

Ways and Means Committee Members, 2015
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (17)
• William Clyburn, Sr., Third Vice Chair	• Brian White, Chair
• Jimmy Bales	• Harry B. "Chip" Limehouse, III, First Vice Chair
• Michael A. "Mike" Anthony	• Michael A. Pitts, Second Vice Chair
• Gilda Cobb-Hunter	• Derham Cole, Jr.
• Jackie E. "Coach" Hayes	• Nelson Hardwick
• Lonnie Hosey	• Phillip Lowe
• Joseph H. "Joe" Neal	• G. Murrell Smith, Jr.
• Leonidas Stavrinakis	• William G. "Bill" Herbkersman
	• Chip Huggins
	• James H. Merrill
	• Shannon Erickson
	• Garry R. Smith
	• William R. "Bill" Whitmire
	• Kenneth A. "Kenny" Bingham
	• Dwight A. Loftis
	• J. Gary Simrill
	• Alan Clemmons

2011-2012

Ways and Means Committee Members, 2011
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (16)
• Daniel Cooper, Chair Note: Cooper retired mid-term.	• Brian White, Vice Chair
• Denny Neilson, Secretary/Treasurer	• Michael Pitts, Vice Chair
• Michael Anthony	• Merita Ann Allison
• James Battle, Jr.	• Liston Barfield
• Gilda Cobb-Hunter	• Kenneth Bingham
• William Clyburn, Sr.	• Tracy Edge
• Lonnie Hosey	• Bill Herbkersman
• Joseph Neal	• Chip Huggins
• Harry Ott, Jr.	• Harry Limehouse
	• Dwight Loftis
	• James Merrill
	• B.R. Skelton
	• George Smith, Jr.
	• James Smith
	• Gary Simrill
	• C. David Umphlett, Jr.

2009-2010

Ways and Means Committee Members, 2009
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (17)
• Herbert Kirsh, Secretary	• Annette Young, Vice Chair
• Harry Ott, Jr.	• Rex Rice, Vice Chair
• Denny Neilson	• Lanny Littlejohn, Vice Chair
• Joseph Neal	• Brian White
• Kenneth Kennedy	• James Smith
• Gilda Cobb-Hunter	• Garry Smith
• William Clyburn, Sr.	• Gary Simrill
• James Battle, Jr.	• Michael Pitts
	• James Merrill
	• James Lucas
	• Dwight Loftis
	• Harry Limehouse
	• Bill Herbkersman
	• Tracy Edge
	• Daniel Cooper
	• Kenneth Bingham
	• Liston Barfield

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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)

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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)