Randy Ligon

Voted to pass Senate Bill 287, which sets rules for selling vapes. Only vapes cleared by the federal Food and Drug Administration may be sold in South Carolina. Products still waiting on an application filed on time, or whose FDA denial is on hold by the agency itself or a federal court, may also be sold. The Attorney General must publish a public list of the products that qualify. Once that list is out, and no sooner than February 2027, stores get 60 days to sell off any vape that is missing from it; after that, an unlisted product can be seized and destroyed at the seller's cost. A maker that offers one faces a $1,000 fine for each day it is on sale. The act also bars packaging and ads that borrow candy, dessert, cartoon or school-supply themes. A store must check identification before every sale. The South Carolina House passed it 66-33, and the act became law.

January 21, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted to pass Senate Bill 171, a law about waste tires and unsafe used tires. The act makes it illegal to put an unsafe used tire on a car or light truck in South Carolina. A tire counts as unsafe if the tread is worn to two thirty-seconds of an inch or less. It is also unsafe if cords show through damage, if it was repaired the wrong way, or if its federal number has worn off. Anyone hauling 15 or more waste tires must record where the tires came from and where they went. That record goes to the state, and the truck must show a decal. The act charges the $2 tire fee on used tires as well as new ones. A county may charge up to $400 a ton to take tires that came from another state. The South Carolina House passed it 79-23, and the act became law.

May 1, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Introduced House Bill 3656, proposing to bar the state Department of Environmental Services from stopping a property owner from repairing or replacing an existing well or septic tank just because public water or sewer service is available (H. 3656).

January 14, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced H3769 proposing to prohibit denial of specified well and septic-tank repair, replacement, or construction on rural lands.

January 24, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Voted to pass H 4767. It would ban noncompete clauses in doctors' employment contracts, treating them as void and against public policy because they get in the way of a patient's choice of doctor. A doctor who leaves a practice could keep treating their existing patients. The South Carolina House passed it 58-53. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it has not become law.

March 26, 2026Supports Labor Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Voted to pass H 3645. It would increase the number of weeks of paid parental leave that eligible state employees get when a child is born or adopted. The South Carolina House passed it 80-31. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it has not become law.

April 29, 2025Supports Labor Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Introduced H3833 proposing changes to judicial-sale procedures, including use of private selling officers.

January 26, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Voted to pass H 4764. It would require every law enforcement agency that runs a jail to sign an agreement with federal immigration authorities. Under it, jail officers would help enforce federal immigration law. An agency that could not get an agreement would have to ask again every year. A local governing body could opt out by formally finding that joining would be unaffordable or would impair the agency's core work. The attorney general would decide whether those findings hold up. The state law enforcement division would have to train agencies doing that work. The South Carolina House passed it 84-26. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it has not become law.

April 2, 2026Opposes Immigration

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Voted to agree to the Senate's changes to House Bill 3276, the South Carolina Hands-Free and Distracted Driving Act. The act bars a driver from holding a phone or other mobile device. It also bars texting and watching video at the wheel. Hands-free calls, maps that need no typing, and drivers who are parked are not covered. A first ticket costs $100. A later one costs $200 and puts two points on the driving record. An officer may not search the phone or the car just for this. The South Carolina House voted 77-37 to accept the Senate's version, and the act became law.

May 7, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted to pass H 3045. It would create the crime of obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse, set penalties for it, and add it to the state's sex offender registry. The South Carolina House passed it 76-20. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it has not become law.

April 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Introduced H3742 proposing to increase the homestead property-tax exemption from the first $50,000 to the first $75,000 and repeal an obsolete provision.

January 15, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced H3927 proposing to increase the homestead property-tax exemption from the first $50,000 to the first $75,000 and repeal an obsolete provision.

February 9, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Voted to pass H 3645. It would increase the number of weeks of paid parental leave that eligible state employees get when a child is born or adopted. The South Carolina House passed it 80-31. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it has not become law.

April 29, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Voted to agree to the Senate's changes to House Bill 4216, a state income tax cut. The act taxes the first $30,000 of taxable income at 1.99 percent. Income above that is taxed at 5.21 percent. The rate drops further on its own in any year when income tax money is expected to grow by at least 5 percent. The act also ends the state standard and itemized deductions. One deduction takes their place, worth $15,000 for a single filer and $30,000 for a married couple filing together, and it shrinks as income rises. The act caps the state earned income tax credit for low-paid workers at $200. That credit had no cap before. The South Carolina House voted 71-49 to accept the Senate's version, and the act became law.

March 10, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted to agree to the Senate's changes to House Bill 4756, the South Carolina Student Physical Privacy Act. Every shared restroom, locker room and shower room at a public school or public college must be set aside for one sex at a time. The act defines sex as the sex seen or medically confirmed at birth. Narrow exceptions cover cleaning an empty room, medical help and emergencies. On an overnight school trip, no student may be made to share sleeping quarters with a student of the other sex. Each school must also offer a single-user restroom or another private option. A district or college that breaks these rules loses a quarter of its state operating money until it complies. A person may sue the school if it let someone use the wrong-sex facility or failed to take reasonable steps, such as clear signage, to prevent it. The South Carolina House voted 77-31 to accept the Senate's version, and the act became law.

April 15, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted to pass Senate Bill 214, which rewrote the state Commission for Minority Affairs. The act renames it the State Commission for Community Advancement and Engagement. It removes the rule that most of the commission's members be African American. Instead, the Governor and the Senate must take all reasonable steps so that members reflect the state's ethnic and racial diversity. The commission's job is rewritten to study and serve communities, and rural and under-resourced areas. The old law had named African American, Native American, Hispanic and Latino, Asian and other minority groups. The act also ends the commission's duty to help the minority community with filings under the federal Voting Rights Act. The South Carolina House passed it 76-31, and the act became law.

May 7, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted to pass H 3927, the Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity Act. It would bar state agencies, local governments, public colleges and school districts from keeping diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices. They also could not require DEI statements or training, or give preference on DEI grounds. It would also repeal the law that makes each state agency keep an affirmative action plan. The bill defines DEI as programs that amount to illegal discrimination based on race, sex, religion, color or national origin. Anything federal law requires would stay. The South Carolina House passed it 82-32. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it has not become law.

April 2, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Voted to pass H 4767. It would ban noncompete clauses in doctors' employment contracts, treating them as void and against public policy because they get in the way of a patient's choice of doctor. A doctor who leaves a practice could keep treating their existing patients. The South Carolina House passed it 58-53. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it has not become law.

March 26, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Introduced H3971 proposing that retail establishments accepting a state retail license must accept cash for transactions.

February 12, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced H4247, the Unfair Service Agreements Act, proposing definitions, exceptions, recording limits, and penalties for unfair service contracts.

April 4, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Was the first-listed sponsor of the South Carolina Short Line Railroad Modernization Act, which creates an income-tax credit for money spent rebuilding or replacing short-line railroad track, and voted for it on passage (H. 3737).

April 5, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced H3737, the Short Line Railroad Modernization Act, proposing a 50 percent income-tax credit for eligible railroad reconstruction or replacement expenditures.

January 18, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Voted to override the Governor's veto of House Bill 3558. House Bill 3558 set the rules for the commissioners South Carolina would send to an Article V convention. That is the process the U.S. Constitution provides for proposing amendments to it. The act defines the terms, and sets who may serve, how they are picked, the oath they take, and what they must do. The House voted 74-27 to override and the Senate followed 20-5, so the act became law as Act 247.

June 25, 2026

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Voted to adopt the conference report on Senate Bill 508. Senate Bill 508 widened the set of monuments and memorials that may not be moved or disturbed. Only the General Assembly may act on one, and only by joint resolution, with a few stated exceptions. A heritage or monument-preservation nonprofit that is registered with the state and has a record of that work may go to court to stop an action the law forbids. The South Carolina House adopted the report 79-28, and it became law as Act 224.

May 14, 2026

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 933. Senate Bill 933 set what a South Carolina lawmaker is paid. Starting with the 128th General Assembly, a member gets $15,000 in legislative pay plus a $32,500 in-district allowance, or $47,500 together. That combined amount rises with inflation every two years, by no more than five percent. A member gets the raise only after filing a written acceptance with the clerk of their chamber; a member who does not file one keeps the old pay. The South Carolina House passed it 59-48, and it became law as Act 200.

May 13, 2026

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Voted yea on passage of H5140, which proposed raising the maximum fees notaries may charge for notarial acts to ten dollars.

February 24, 2026

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced H5140 proposing to raise the maximum fees notaries may charge for notarial acts to ten dollars.

February 10, 2026

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Was the sole sponsor of a South Carolina bill to write into insurance law the term 'contingent deferred annuity', an insurance contract that keeps paying a person a lifetime income after their own designated investments run out (House Bill 5094). The bill would exempt those products from parts of the state's standard nonforfeiture law, which sets the minimum value a buyer keeps if they stop paying, and would let the Insurance Department write rules instead. It was introduced on February 4, 2026 and stayed in the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee.

February 4, 2026

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced H3096 proposing regulation of gene therapy through product labeling, disclosures, and informed consent.

January 14, 2025

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced H3190 proposing to raise the maximum fees notaries may charge for notarial acts to ten dollars.

January 14, 2025

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced H4873 proposing regulation of gene therapy through product labeling, disclosures, and informed consent.

January 17, 2024

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing that farm-equipment makers approve or reject a dealer's warranty claim within 30 days, treating silence as approval, and pay dealers their normal shop labor rate plus parts cost and 15 percent (House Bill 4144). The bill never moved out of the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee.

March 14, 2023

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced H3907 proposing to raise the maximum fees notaries may charge for notarial acts to ten dollars.

February 8, 2023

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced H3885 proposing that United States flags flown at public buildings or bought with public funds be made in the United States.

February 7, 2023

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced H3770 proposing to prohibit municipal water and sewer extensions conditioned on annexation.

January 24, 2023

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced H3744 proposing to add the Catawba Indian Nation to the employer definition in the Police Officers Retirement System.

January 19, 2023

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026