Margie Bright Matthews

Record at a glance

673

Final-passage votes

692

All recorded votes

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OfficeDemocratic

Office: State Senator
District: Senate District 45
Party: Democratic
Term: Since 2015-10-27
Body: California State Legislature
Website: Official site ↗

SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

No platform recorded yet

This tab shows Margie Bright Matthews's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.

How the platform is recorded

Showing final-passage votes only. Choose “All votes” to include procedural and other votes, clearly labeled.

S 307
Peer-to-peer Car Sharing

2nd Reading

Mar 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 190
Military Base TIF

2nd Reading

Mar 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 389
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE STATE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, RELATING TO LIFE SCHOLARSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP ENHANCEMENT, DESIGNATED AS

2nd Reading

Mar 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 388
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE STATE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, RELATING TO PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, DESIGNATED AS

2nd Reading

Mar 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 244
Tort Reform

2nd Reading

Mar 26, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
S 233
Sexually Violent Predator Act

2nd Reading

Mar 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 235
Prostitution

2nd Reading

Mar 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 367
Abandoned Vessels, Derelict Vessels, and Sunken Vessels

2nd Reading

Mar 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
H 3814
Surface Water Study Committee

2nd Reading

Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 336
Judicial Elections

2nd Reading

Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 287
Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Regulation

2nd Reading

Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
H 3933
Public Service Districts

2nd Reading

Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 279
DEW Restructuring

2nd Reading

Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 150
Rental Kart Age Act

2nd Reading

Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 165
South Carolina Conservation Education Act

2nd Reading

Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 126
Law Enforcement Personal Privacy Protection and Judicial Personal Privacy Protection

2nd Reading

Mar 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 244
Tort Reform

to carry over

Mar 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
H 3529
Family Court Judges, additional

2nd Reading

Mar 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 244
Tort Reform

to recede for 15 minutes

Mar 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
S 380
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, RELATING TO SPECIFIC INFORMATION SERVICE SIGNING, DESIGNATED AS

2nd Reading

Mar 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

Not voting Source ↗
S 170
Surgical Smoke Evacuation System

2nd Reading

Mar 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

Not voting Source ↗
H 3932
Clarendon County precincts

2nd Reading

Mar 11, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 176
Certified Public Accountants

2nd Reading

Mar 11, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 337
Blue Catfish

2nd Reading

Mar 11, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 345
Baiting Wild Turkeys

2nd Reading

Mar 11, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 244
Tort Reform

to lay on the table

Mar 6, 2025 · Result: Failed

No Source ↗
S 276
SC Child Abuse and Neglect Network

2nd Reading

Mar 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 157
Storm Damage Recovery

2nd Reading

Mar 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
H 3247
Excused school absences

2nd Reading

Mar 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 79
Noncertified Teacher Pilot Program

2nd Reading

Mar 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 244
Tort Reform

to set for Special Order

Feb 27, 2025 · Result: Passed

No Source ↗
S 275
EV Charging Stations

2nd Reading

Feb 26, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 219
Snapper-Grouper Fishery

2nd Reading

Feb 26, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 264
Property tax exemptions

2nd Reading

Feb 26, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 2
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

2nd Reading

Feb 26, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
H 3438
Catawba Indian Expansion

2nd Reading

Feb 26, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 125
Property tax exemption

2nd Reading

Feb 26, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 127
Catawba Nation

2nd Reading

Feb 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 51
Public Service Authority RFP for V.C. Summer

2nd Reading

Feb 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 183
Drug Induced Homicide

2nd Reading

Feb 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 136
Dismissal of pending gun possession charges

2nd Reading

Feb 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 156
Fentanyl Induced Homicide

2nd Reading

Feb 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
H 3523
Organized Retail Crime

2nd Reading

Feb 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 291
Continuing Resolution

2nd Reading

Feb 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 159
Organized Retail Crime

2nd Reading

Feb 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 363
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, RELATING TO ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO SPECIFIC PROPERTIES, DESIGNATED AS

2nd Reading

Feb 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 101
Firefighter registration requirements

2nd Reading

Feb 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 78
Work Experience Credit for Educators

2nd Reading

Feb 19, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 77
Streaming of School Board Meetings

2nd Reading

Feb 19, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗
S 28
AI Child Abuse

3rd Reading

Feb 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

Yes Source ↗

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