Wendell Jones
Democratic · SC · South Carolina State Representative, District 25
South Carolina State Representative Wendell K. Jones represents District 25 and serves on the Government Efficiency and Legislative Oversight and Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committees. He is a pastor, business owner, and founder of the Wendell Jones Leadership Institute.
Where Wendell Jones stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (2 records), Labor Rights (2 records), Government Efficiency (4 records),
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 2 support
Introduced H4605, the Veteran Suicide and Mental Health Crisis Response Act, creating same-day crisis access and mobile veteran crisis-response teams.
January 13, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Introduced H4383, the South Carolina Medicaid Protection and Expansion Act, creating a Medicaid stability fund and providing for full Medicaid expansion and health-impact assessments.
April 23, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 2 support
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
Source: legiscan.com
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
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 4 support
Voted for a House amendment letting lawmakers order a review of old state agency rules, with those rules expiring in three years unless the agency reissues them. The amendment passed 112-0 (House Bill 3021, Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act).
May 13, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Introduced H4607, the Military Skills to Civilian Licensure Act, requiring licensing boards to credit substantially equivalent military training and expedite applications for veterans and military spouses.
January 13, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Voted yes, 108-0, to pass a bill requiring lawmakers to approve any new state agency rule expected to cost $1 million or more over five years. It became law in 2026 (House Bill 3021, Act 251).
March 6, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Voted yea on passage of H3021, the Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act.
March 5, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Voted for a law making it a violent crime to fire a gun into a home, building, or vehicle, and setting penalties that rise with the harm done (House Bill 3650, Act 138). The House approved the final version 106-0 and the governor signed it May 15, 2026.
May 15, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Voted yes, 106-0, on the final version of a bill making it a violent crime to fire a gun into a home, building, vehicle, or boat (H. 3650), which became Act 138 of 2026.
April 23, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: scstatehouse.gov
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
Source: legiscan.com
Voted yea on passage of H3650, legislation revising penalties for discharging firearms into dwellings and other occupied structures.
March 4, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Voted yea on passage of H3019, which provided for destruction of arrest records in mistaken-identity cases and certain old, unadjudicated charges.
March 8, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 4 support
Introduced H4606, the Veteran Housing Stability and Security Act, establishing veteran housing priority zones, landlord risk mitigation, and streamlined supportive-housing approvals.
January 13, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Introduced H3458, the Religious Institutions Affordable Housing Act, allowing qualifying religious organizations to build affordable housing while retaining property-tax-exempt status.
January 14, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Introduced H4334 authorizing local inclusionary-zoning strategies to increase affordable housing.
April 18, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Introduced H4015 proposing itemized rental-application fee disclosures, limits on screening fees, and written reasons for rental denials.
February 23, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 4 support
Introduced H5477, the Working Family Child Tax Credit, providing refundable income-tax credits for qualifying children.
March 31, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: scstatehouse.gov
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
Source: legiscan.com
Introduced H4401, the South Carolina EBT Fraud Reimbursement and Economic Protection Act, establishing a fund and program to reimburse eligible SNAP beneficiaries for verified stolen benefits.
April 23, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Introduced H5307 proposing an income-tax credit and sales-tax exemption for grocers opening locations in food deserts.
March 21, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Introduced H5020 proposing a 25 percent increase to specified lottery scholarships and future inflation adjustments.
February 1, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support
Introduced H5477, the Working Family Child Tax Credit, providing refundable income-tax credits for qualifying children.
March 31, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: scstatehouse.gov
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
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
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — General
General · 10 records
Voted against passing House Bill 5683, a bill to redraw South Carolina's seven U.S. House districts. The South Carolina House passed it 74-37. The Senate voted to continue the bill, so it has not passed and is not law.
May 20, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against 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
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass 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
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against agreeing 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against agreeing 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, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against H 4760, a bill to make giving a pregnant woman abortion-inducing drugs a felony. The South Carolina House passed it 76-28. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it has not become law.
February 5, 2026
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against passing 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, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against 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, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against 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
Past race Wendell Jones ran in:
- South Carolina House of Representatives District 25 · November 3, 2026 · State House District 25; South Carolina · incumbent