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South Carolina · Current officeholder
Jeff Zell
Republican South Carolina Senate, District 36
Record last updated:
Sponsored legislation
158 bills in the current data (158 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S 779 | Legislative Expense Allowance | Primary sponsor | Enacted | August 19, 2026 |
| S 1043 | Civil Air Patrol Leave Act | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2026 |
| S 52 | Driving under the influence | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | June 25, 2026 |
| S 996 | Fingerprint Background Checks Update | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 5, 2026 |
| S 933 | Legislative compensation | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 5, 2026 |
| S 893 | SUPERB Law | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 5, 2026 |
| S 853 | Abandoned Buildings Tax Credit | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 5, 2026 |
| S 832 | University Campus Events Zoning | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 5, 2026 |
| S 751 | Prohibition of sale of nitrous oxide to minors | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 5, 2026 |
| S 508 | Monuments | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 5, 2026 |
| S 325 | Department of Consumer Affairs | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 5, 2026 |
| S 235 | Prostitution | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 5, 2026 |
| S 32 | Pregnancy Resource Act | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 2, 2026 |
| S 711 | School Guard Requirements | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2026 |
| S 585 | Motor Vehicle Registration | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 26, 2026 |
| S 439 | Manufacturing property tax exemption | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 26, 2026 |
| S 357 | Mail Theft | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 26, 2026 |
| S 1190 | Lung Cancer Awareness Month | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 13, 2026 |
| S 1187 | EMS Week in SC | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 13, 2026 |
| S 1133 | Lonnie Hosey Purple Heart Highway | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 7, 2026 |
| S 983 | Evictions | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 6, 2026 |
| S 867 | Data Center Development | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 6, 2026 |
| S 849 | Alcohol delivery and curbside pickup | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 6, 2026 |
| S 427 | Mistreating Horses Prohibited | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 6, 2026 |
| S 270 | Attempted Murder | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 6, 2026 |
| S 872 | Immigration Status on Driver's License | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 30, 2026 |
| S 631 | Limitation on places of residence of certain sex offenders; exceptions | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 30, 2026 |
| S 446 | Electric Rate Stabilization Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2026 |
| S 385 | Women's Childbirth Alternatives, Resources, and Education Act | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 30, 2026 |
| S 903 | HOA Change | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 29, 2026 |
| S 76 | Criminal Gang and Anti-Racketeering | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2026 |
| S 146 | Senator Roger A. Nutt Act, resident's rights in long-term care | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 23, 2026 |
| S 1121 | Colonel Claude Davis | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 14, 2026 |
| S 1088 | Pineview 6U rookie ball All-Star champs | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2026 |
| S 1087 | Multicultural Business Alliance Day in South Carolina | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2026 |
| S 1086 | Pineview Coach Pitch DYB World Series Championship | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2026 |
| S 1085 | Columbia Garden Club | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2026 |
| S 808 | Interference with workers providing critical services | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 26, 2026 |
| S 1060 | Educator Safety and Classroom Authority Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2026 |
| S 1056 | GWOT | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 26, 2026 |
| S 504 | Distribution of controlled substance within proximity | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 24, 2026 |
| S 1046 | Retirement-Chief Bobby Baker -Taylors Fire Department | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 24, 2026 |
| S 1045 | Suspend the Gas Tax | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2026 |
| S 1042 | Bill Reynolds | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 24, 2026 |
| S 1033 | Dale J. Moore | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 18, 2026 |
| S 1017 | St. Peter's AME Church | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 17, 2026 |
| S 964 | Suits and Sneakers Day | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 11, 2026 |
| S 415 | Child Welfare Caregivers | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 5, 2026 |
| S 383 | Official state migratory bird | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 5, 2026 |
| S 287 | Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Regulation | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 5, 2026 |
| S 974 | Lionel Smith, Ltd | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 4, 2026 |
| S 723 | CSAM penalties | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 26, 2026 |
| S 954 | Sgt. Bruce Cook awarded the French Legion of Honor from WWII | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 24, 2026 |
| S 950 | Heirs' property | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2026 |
| S 768 | Homestead exemption | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 24, 2026 |
| S 941 | C-funds | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| S 343 | Informed Consent to COVID 19 Vaccine | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| S 938 | Jesse Jackson sympathy | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 18, 2026 |
| S 932 | Digital Choice Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2026 |
| S 930 | Calculating Medical Expenses for Damage Awards | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2026 |
| S 236 | Anesthesiologist Assistants | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2026 |
| S 927 | Douglas Gant and William Hancock | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 17, 2026 |
| S 926 | Disability Advocacy Day | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 17, 2026 |
| S 908 | Michael �Mike� Carlisle | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | February 11, 2026 |
| S 865 | South Carolina Military Veterans Hall of Fame | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | February 3, 2026 |
| S 846 | James F. Byrnes Softball | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 30, 2026 |
| S 856 | Community development corporation tax credit | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2026 |
| S 850 | Honor Our First Responders Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2026 |
| S 847 | Challenger Space Shuttle and Ronald McNair Day | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 28, 2026 |
| S 844 | Carolina Day | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 21, 2026 |
| S 843 | Pamela J. Broughton, retirement | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 21, 2026 |
| S 842 | Thomas Stowe "Tom" Mulkin | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 21, 2026 |
| S 720 | South Carolina Humane Dog Breeding Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 21, 2026 |
| S 817 | Aiken Scholars Academy | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | January 20, 2026 |
| S 824 | South Carolina Fostering Futures Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 15, 2026 |
| S 811 | Non-teaching duties of public school educators | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2026 |
| S 784 | Energy | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2026 |
| S 771 | SC Military Retirement Tax Exemption | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2026 |
| S 755 | Gail Gingrey | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | January 14, 2026 |
| S 318 | Government Efficiency | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 14, 2026 |
| S 777 | Limits on SNAP Eligible Foods | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| S 754 | State Park Admissions | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| S 753 | Coroner Qualifications | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| S 752 | Excused School Attendance for Religious Instruction | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| S 733 | Children | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| S 728 | Tax Free Month | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| S 716 | Bonds | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| S 51 | Public Service Authority RFP for V.C. Summer | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 5, 2025 |
| S 282 | Clarendon County Aeronautics Commission | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 5, 2025 |
| S 393 | Optometrists | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 4, 2025 |
| S 685 | National Guard Day in South Carolina | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 28, 2025 |
| S 684 | Oath of office | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 28, 2025 |
| S 681 | Emily Cummings Cope Retirement | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| S 74 | Electronic Records | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| S 28 | AI Child Abuse | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| S 79 | Noncertified Teacher Pilot Program | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 19, 2025 |
| S 78 | Work Experience Credit for Educators | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 19, 2025 |
| S 77 | Streaming of School Board Meetings | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 19, 2025 |
| S 269 | Private Security Services in Public Schools | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 19, 2025 |
| S 275 | EV Charging Stations | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 16, 2025 |
| S 103 | Labeling of Synthetic Food Product | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 16, 2025 |
| S 668 | Ports Authority Board | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 8, 2025 |
| S 633 | Lung Cancer Awareness Month | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 1, 2025 |
| S 630 | Marine Corps 250th Anniversary | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 30, 2025 |
| S 611 | Diana Floyd Concurrent | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | April 30, 2025 |
| S 346 | Assault and battery | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| S 605 | June Brailsford-service to the GOP | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 24, 2025 |
| S 567 | James E. Stewart Co-Op Board | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | April 23, 2025 |
| S 592 | Moye Graham | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 22, 2025 |
| S 591 | Mary Elizabeth Mullikin Annual Legislative Softball Game | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 22, 2025 |
| S 590 | Term Limits Constitutional Amendment | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 22, 2025 |
| S 568 | Vicki Snelgrove Retirement | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 16, 2025 |
| S 565 | Excused student absences for Veteran's Day activities | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2025 |
| S 533 | Subpoena Powers | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 4, 2025 |
| S 544 | Kidney Disease Awareness Day | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 3, 2025 |
| S 540 | Definition of child abuse | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| S 537 | School District Grading Policies | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| S 233 | Sexually Violent Predator Act | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 2, 2025 |
| S 511 | Major James Capers, Jr. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 27, 2025 |
| S 503 | Riverbanks Botanical Garden, 30th anniversary | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 26, 2025 |
| S 170 | Surgical Smoke Evacuation System | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 20, 2025 |
| S 462 | Sales tax exemption | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2025 |
| S 456 | Forestry Commission | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 13, 2025 |
| S 111 | Failure to Stop | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2025 |
| S 421 | Participation in school activities and programs | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2025 |
| S 426 | Circuit Public Defenders | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| S 404 | Charlie Timmerman Death | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 5, 2025 |
| S 398 | Magistrates | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| S 394 | Suits and Sneakers Day | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 26, 2025 |
| S 310 | St. Jude Affilaite Program | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 25, 2025 |
| S 67 | Attorney General Retirement | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| S 370 | Williams Transco Southeast Supply Enhancement Project | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 20, 2025 |
| S 368 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| S 362 | Gambling | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2025 |
| S 38 | Special Elections | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 13, 2025 |
| S 340 | Unlawful to somke in a car with a minor in the vehicle | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| S 169 | Debit Cards used for Lottery Purchase | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| S 317 | House Boat taxes | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| S 143 | Household Member & Dating Relationship | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| S 305 | Voter registration, party affiliation | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| S 294 | Former Senator Robert Ford | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 30, 2025 |
| S 267 | Duties of the AG | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2025 |
| S 254 | Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 21, 2025 |
| S 234 | Income Tax | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 16, 2025 |
| S 232 | Charles Marshall Death | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 16, 2025 |
| S 223 | Homestead Exemption | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 15, 2025 |
| S 211 | Ad Valorem tax | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 15, 2025 |
| S 207 | Retirement Income Tax Deduction | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 15, 2025 |
| S 204 | Alien Ownership of Real Property | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 15, 2025 |
| S 71 | Enhanced Penalty for Law Enforcement Officer | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2025 |
| S 39 | Tree Limbs Encroaching Over Property Lines | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2025 |
| S 200 | Congressman John Spratt | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 14, 2025 |
| S 192 | DUI Blood Draw & Implied Consent | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2025 |
| S 175 | Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction (HALO) Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2025 |
| S 153 | Constitutional amendment | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2025 |
| S 14 | Tax Free Formula and Baby Food | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2025 |
| S 109 | Primaries | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2025 |
| S 105 | Convention of the States | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2025 |