Randy Ligon

Voted to pass Senate Bill 287, which limits vape sales to products cleared by the federal Food and Drug Administration. The South Carolina House passed it 66-33, and the act became law.

January 21, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 171, which makes it illegal to put an unsafe used tire on a car or light truck. The South Carolina House passed it 79-23, and the act became law.

May 1, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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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

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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

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Voted to pass H 4767, a bill to ban noncompete clauses in doctors' employment contracts. 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

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Voted to pass H 3645, a bill to increase paid parental leave for state employees. 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

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

January 26, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted to pass H 4764, a bill to require every jail-running agency to sign a federal immigration enforcement agreement. 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

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Voted to agree to the Senate's changes to House Bill 3276, the Hands-Free and Distracted Driving Act, which bars drivers from holding a phone. 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

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Voted to pass H 3045, a bill to create the crime of obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse. 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

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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. Filed the same bill in earlier sessions: H3927 (2023).

January 15, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass H 3645, a bill to increase paid parental leave for state employees. 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

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Voted to agree to the Senate's changes to House Bill 4216, an income tax cut: 1.99 percent on the first $30,000, 5.21 percent above. 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

Voted to agree to the Senate's changes to House Bill 4756, the Student Physical Privacy Act, separating school restrooms and locker rooms by birth sex. The South Carolina House voted 77-31 to accept the Senate's version, and the act became law.

April 15, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 214, which rewrote the Commission for Minority Affairs as the Commission for Community Advancement and Engagement. The South Carolina House passed it 76-31, and the act became law.

May 7, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to pass H 4767, a bill to ban noncompete clauses in doctors' employment contracts. 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

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

February 12, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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

April 4, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

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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

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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

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Voted to override the Governor's veto of House Bill 3558, which set the rules for South Carolina's commissioners to an Article V constitutional convention. The House voted 74-27 to override and the Senate followed 20-5, so the act became law as Act 247.

June 25, 2026

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Voted to adopt the conference report on Senate Bill 508, which widened which monuments and memorials may not be moved without the General Assembly's approval. The South Carolina House adopted the report 79-28, and it became law as Act 224.

May 14, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 933, which set legislator pay at $15,000 plus a $32,500 in-district allowance. The South Carolina House passed it 59-48, and it became law as Act 200.

May 13, 2026

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

February 24, 2026

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Introduced H5140 proposing to raise the maximum fees notaries may charge for notarial acts to ten dollars. Filed the same bill in earlier sessions: H3907 (2023), H3190 (2025).

February 10, 2026

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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

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Voted to pass H 3927, the Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity Act, a bill to bar diversity offices in government and schools. 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, 2025

Source: legiscan.com

Introduced H3096 proposing regulation of gene therapy through product labeling, disclosures, and informed consent. Filed the same bill in earlier sessions: H4873 (2024).

January 14, 2025

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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

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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

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

January 24, 2023

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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