Voting Record
Joe Bustos
H 3096 (2022)
Constitutional Carry Act — Anti-Gun Vote
▶Voted AGAINST H 3096, the SC Constitutional Carry Act — voted against permitless carry, meaning South Carolinians need a government permission slip to carry a firearm for self-defense
H 4025 — Conf. Report (2025)
Appropriations — Legislator Pay Raise
▶Voted for a $30,000 legislator pay raise and 150% in-district expense increase — later ruled unconstitutional by the SC Supreme Court
H 4624 (2024)
Parental Notification — Gender Identity
⚠ PROCEDURAL — Voted to TABLE Amdt. 10
▶Tabled legislation that would notify parents if their child is struggling with their gender identity
H 4549 (2025)
Sine Die — Killed Pro-Life Bills
⚠ PROCEDURAL
▶Voted to prevent pro-life legislation from being considered after adjournment
H 4546 (2025)
Sine Die — Killed Bathroom Bill
⚠ PROCEDURAL
▶Voted to send the bathroom bill to the Rules Committee graveyard
H 3014 (2023)
Hate Crimes Bill — Bostock Gender Ideology
▶Voted for a bill that would have codified radical gender ideology into SC criminal law via the Bostock definition of ‘sex’
H 4020 (2024)
Film Tax Credit Expansion — Hollywood Subsidies
▶Tripled SC’s tax handouts to woke Hollywood film studios — voted for $30M in rebates and 30% cost reimbursement
H 3309 (2025)
Energy Bill — NukeGate 2.0
▶Voted for a bill subsidizing corporations’ electricity rates while SC families pay the difference
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