South Carolina · Current officeholder
Russell Ott
Democratic South Carolina Senate, District 26
Record last updated:
Sponsored legislation
129 bills in the current data (129 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S 751 | Prohibition of sale of nitrous oxide to minors | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 5, 2026 |
| S 222 | Utility terrain vehicle | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 5, 2026 |
| S 477 | Pharmacy access | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2026 |
| S 1199 | Chief Paul Shirer Retirement | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 21, 2026 |
| S 1198 | Ebony Young | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 18, 2026 |
| S 1197 | Calhoun Academy Champions | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 14, 2026 |
| S 1191 | Level Up Elevate SC Day | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 13, 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 355 | Micro-distillery tastings | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 7, 2026 |
| S 1182 | Brantley Lombr | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | May 7, 2026 |
| S 983 | Evictions | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 6, 2026 |
| S 849 | Alcohol delivery and curbside pickup | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 6, 2026 |
| S 371 | Mobile Driver's License | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2026 |
| S 1169 | Marion Anderson | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 30, 2026 |
| S 1131 | Provider Appreciation Day | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 30, 2026 |
| S 1155 | Dylan Carter | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 29, 2026 |
| S 1146 | James Denny | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 28, 2026 |
| S 1139 | Youngs Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 22, 2026 |
| S 344 | SC Equine Advancement Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| S 888 | Voluntary Conservation Easements | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| S 1121 | Colonel Claude Davis | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 14, 2026 |
| S 1104 | Phillips Family Reunion | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 7, 2026 |
| S 682 | Timber | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 2, 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 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 1041 | Multicultural Business Alliance Day in South Carolina | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2026 |
| S 1033 | Dale J. Moore | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 18, 2026 |
| S 1023 | Joseph Marion Corbett | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 17, 2026 |
| S 964 | Suits and Sneakers Day | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 11, 2026 |
| S 976 | Marion Burnside Central Carolina Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 5, 2026 |
| S 415 | Child Welfare Caregivers | 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 954 | Sgt. Bruce Cook awarded the French Legion of Honor from WWII | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 24, 2026 |
| S 945 | Mendy Corder retirement | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 19, 2026 |
| S 938 | Jesse Jackson sympathy | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 18, 2026 |
| S 930 | Calculating Medical Expenses for Damage Awards | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 18, 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 874 | Engineers Day | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 11, 2026 |
| S 873 | Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 11, 2026 |
| S 892 | Civil Appeal Bonds | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 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 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 825 | Family Protection Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 21, 2026 |
| S 817 | Aiken Scholars Academy | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | January 20, 2026 |
| S 755 | Gail Gingrey | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | January 14, 2026 |
| S 803 | Tod Augsburger, retirement | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 13, 2026 |
| S 802 | Fresh Friends | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 13, 2026 |
| S 801 | Deacon Ike Holman | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 13, 2026 |
| S 800 | Eugene Seawright, sympathy | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 13, 2026 |
| S 799 | Tim James | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 13, 2026 |
| S 798 | Deacon Willie Snipes | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 13, 2026 |
| S 767 | Vehicle Glass Repair Procedures | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| S 763 | Bethlehem United and Mount Nebo | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 13, 2026 |
| S 762 | Reverend Kenneth C. Taylor | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 13, 2026 |
| S 760 | Chief Charles Rucker | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 13, 2026 |
| S 758 | John Emmette McLauchlin Jr. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 13, 2026 |
| S 757 | Reverend Dr. Mary Ann Hodge | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 13, 2026 |
| S 756 | Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 13, 2026 |
| S 750 | South Carolina Beverage Container Recycling Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| S 749 | Prescription Medicine Study Committee | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| S 748 | Handicapped parking | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| S 747 | Trespassing, graduated penalties | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| S 746 | Assault and Battery Third Degree, graduated penalties | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| S 745 | Help Find Missing Americans Act | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| S 744 | Eviction Expungement | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 13, 2026 |
| 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 681 | Emily Cummings Cope Retirement | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| S 673 | Reverend Thurmond Merchison | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | May 28, 2025 |
| S 74 | Electronic Records | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| S 29 | MPIC | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| S 28 | AI Child Abuse | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| S 221 | South Carolina Kratom Consumer Protection Act | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 19, 2025 |
| S 425 | School meals for students in poverty | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 16, 2025 |
| S 665 | Trade commissions | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 7, 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 629 | Placement of Modular Homes | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| S 615 | Community HealthWorker Awareness | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 30, 2025 |
| S 611 | Diana Floyd Concurrent | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | April 30, 2025 |
| S 607 | Medicaid | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 24, 2025 |
| S 567 | James E. Stewart Co-Op Board | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | April 23, 2025 |
| S 591 | Mary Elizabeth Mullikin Annual Legislative Softball Game | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 22, 2025 |
| S 578 | Dr. Louis C. Williams | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 16, 2025 |
| S 568 | Vicki Snelgrove Retirement | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 16, 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 538 | Agricultural Property | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| S 537 | School District Grading Policies | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 3, 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 465 | SC Society of Association Executives Day | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 26, 2025 |
| S 464 | SC Professional Land Surveyors Day | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 26, 2025 |
| S 456 | Forestry Commission | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 13, 2025 |
| S 422 | State Board of Pyrotechnic Safety | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2025 |
| S 423 | Statewide assessments | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| S 404 | Charlie Timmerman Death | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 5, 2025 |
| S 264 | Property tax exemptions | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 5, 2025 |
| S 184 | Dram Shop | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 5, 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 370 | Williams Transco Southeast Supply Enhancement Project | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 20, 2025 |
| S 362 | Gambling | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2025 |
| S 360 | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2025 |
| S 340 | Unlawful to somke in a car with a minor in the vehicle | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| S 330 | Cost sharing | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 11, 2025 |
| S 328 | Long-Term Care Facilities | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 11, 2025 |
| S 302 | Rusty Charpia | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 4, 2025 |
| S 294 | Former Senator Robert Ford | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 30, 2025 |
| S 232 | Charles Marshall Death | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 16, 2025 |
| S 230 | Deaconess Louise Seawright Myers, sympathy | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 16, 2025 |
| S 229 | Margaret Ellis Larrymore Death | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 16, 2025 |
| S 223 | Homestead Exemption | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 15, 2025 |
| S 42 | Insurance coverage for lactation services and doula services | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2025 |
| S 200 | Congressman John Spratt | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 14, 2025 |