Welcome to the website of Jason S. Luck, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. I proudly serve the people of District 54, which includes Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, and Marlboro Counties.

The urban–rural divide is a real and growing challenge in South Carolina. As our state experiences rapid growth, urban counties now send a dozen or more legislators to Columbia, while many rural counties are represented by only a few. For instance, Marlboro and Dillon Counties each have three legislators, while Charleston County has twenty-two and Greenville County has twenty-four.

As the gulf between the haves and have-nots widens, my responsibility is to ensure that the people of District 54 have a strong voice and clear priority in the General Assembly. My constituents have equal dignity with citizens of urban areas, and whether it's infrastructure—roads, bridges, dams—teacher compensation, or smart, targeted tax relief, it is a privilege to fight for our fair share.

About Jason

I was born on July 4, 1977, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the son of a potter and a librarian. In 2000, I graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology and Mathematical Sciences (Computer Science concentration). I worked in the software industry in Research Triangle Park until I was laid off in 2001. That (forced) change in direction led me to law school at the University of South Carolina, where I earned my J.D. in 2005.

From 2005 to 2017 in Columbia, then Charleston, I primarily defended small businesses that had been sued in civil court. By 2017 I branched out to a more general practice. I love an underdog and hate a bully. During this period of my practice, I represented an indigent father who had his daughter wrongfully taken by DSS. Over three years later, he got his daughter back, and shortly thereafter I was named the 2013 Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year by the South Carolina Bar Association. Over the years, I’ve also represented indigent criminal defendants, individuals harmed by the recording industry, and numerous clients in both state and federal appellate courts.

On December 29, 2019, I married my wife Emzee Hilliard, daughter of the late Annie (Newton) Hilliard and the late Kenny Hilliard, at the Ralph Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, South Carolina. Annie was a teacher and taught many, many people in Marlboro County, first at Bennettsville High School, then at Marlboro County High School. Her father, M.L. Newton, was the first owner of the Dairy Dream here in Bennettsville.

I don’t think Emzee thought she was coming back to Marlboro County, but in August of 2020 we moved to Bennettsville, where I opened up my own law office.

In 2024, Representative Pat Henegan, after ten years of dedicated service, chose not to seek re-election. With her support—and that of former Representative Doug Jennings, who served District 54 for 23 years—I entered the race. The campaign was, to put it mildly, challenging. I was bitten by a rabid bat, and my daughter Elspeth was born eight weeks premature. I campaigned from the NICU while continuing to run my law office and argue two cases before the South Carolina Supreme Court.

Ultimately, I won both the primary and general elections and was sworn in as a member of South Carolina’s 126th General Assembly on December 3, 2024. The Speaker of the House saw fit to honor me with appointments to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions.