Wendell Jones

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 · researched August 21, 2026

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 · 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

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 · researched August 21, 2026

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 · researched August 21, 2026

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 · researched August 21, 2026

Voted yea on passage of H3021, the Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act.

March 5, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

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 · researched August 21, 2026

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 · researched August 21, 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 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 · researched August 21, 2026

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 · researched August 21, 2026

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 · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced H4334 authorizing local inclusionary-zoning strategies to increase affordable housing.

April 18, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

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 · researched August 21, 2026

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 · 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

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 · researched August 21, 2026

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 · researched August 21, 2026

Introduced H5020 proposing a 25 percent increase to specified lottery scholarships and future inflation adjustments.

February 1, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: scstatehouse.gov · researched August 21, 2026

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 · researched August 21, 2026

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 Civil Rights

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 Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Voted against passing House Bill 5683, which would have redrawn South Carolina's seven U.S. House districts and repealed the map already in state law. State boards and commissions whose members are chosen by congressional district would have kept using the old lines. Because a new map would have arrived late in the election year, the bill would also have reopened candidate filing for June 1 to 5, 2026, and set a special primary for August 18. 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 · researched September 7, 2026

Voted against 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 to pass 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 against agreeing 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 over these votes, and the act became law.

April 15, 2026

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted against 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, 2026

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Voted against agreeing 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 over these votes, and the act became law.

March 10, 2026

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted against H 4760. It would make it a felony to give, sell or send a pregnant woman abortion-inducing drugs such as mifepristone or misoprostol. It would also list both drugs as Schedule IV controlled substances, so possessing them without a valid prescription would be a felony. The pregnant woman herself could not be charged for taking or possessing the drugs. Doctors and pharmacists prescribing or filling them for other medical reasons would be exempt. 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 · researched September 6, 2026

Voted against passing 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 over these votes, and the act became law.

May 7, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted against 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, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Voted against 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, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026