Sen. Tim Scott

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Scott is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills legislators have sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Dec 10, 2024. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Tim Scott sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member
  Economic Policy, Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, National Security and International Trade and Finance, Securities, Insurance, and Investment subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Africa and Global Health Policy subcommittee Ranking Member

  East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues subcommittees
• Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
• Senate Committee on Finance
  Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure, Health Care, International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Senate Special Committee on Aging

Enacted Legislation

Scott was the primary sponsor of 14 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• S. 1271: FEND Off Fentanyl Act
• S. 578 (117th): FASTER Act of 2021
• S. 461 (116th): HBCU PARTNERS Act
• S. 4209 (116th): Protecting Nonprofits from Catastrophic Cash Flow Strain Act of 2020
• S. 4001 (116th): Protecting Nonprofits from Catastrophic Cash Flow Strain Act of 2020
• S. 2160 (116th): CO ALERTS Act of 2019
• S. 1099 (116th): Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil asset forfeiture Tools Act

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Does 14 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Scott sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (25%) Education (22%) Finance and Financial Sector (20%) International Affairs (10%) Taxation (8%) Labor and Employment (7%) Commerce (6%) Immigration (4%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Scott recently introduced the following legislation:

• S. 5357: SBA Disaster Transparency Act
• S. 5190: Blocking Bad Batteries Act
• S.Res. 861: A resolution expressing support for the designation of September 2024 as “Sickle Cell …
• S. 5139: Empowering Main Street in America Act of 2024
• S. 5037: Indian Ocean Region Strategic Review Act of 2024
• S. 5027: ROAD to Housing Act
• S.Res. 717: A resolution calling on the Biden Administration to pursue censure of Iran at …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Dec 2024, Scott missed 206 of 4,088 roll call votes, which is 5.0%. This is worse than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills