Bill Commons

SC H 3472

enacted

Small Estates

South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did SC H 3472 pass?

Yes. SC H 3472 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-16): Act No. 26

What is SC H 3472 about?

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1201, RELATING TO COLLECTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY BY AFFIDAVIT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1203, RELATING TO SMALL ESTATES AND SUMMARY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1204, RELATING TO SMALL ESTATES AND CLOSING BY SWORN STATEMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 62-2-401, RELATING TO EXEMPT PROPERTIES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF EXEMPT PROPERTIES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Who sponsors SC H 3472?

McCabe, W. Newton, Pedalino and 7 others are the primary sponsors of SC H 3472.

Description

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1201, RELATING TO COLLECTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY BY AFFIDAVIT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1203, RELATING TO SMALL ESTATES AND SUMMARY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1204, RELATING TO SMALL ESTATES AND CLOSING BY SWORN STATEMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 62-2-401, RELATING TO EXEMPT PROPERTIES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF EXEMPT PROPERTIES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Introduced
2025-01-14
Latest action
2025-05-16 — Act No. 26
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • McCabeprimary
  • W. Newtonprimary
  • Pedalinoprimary
  • Hixonprimary
  • Gibsonprimary
  • Gagnonprimary
  • Calhoonprimary
  • C. Mitchellprimary
  • Yowprimary
  • Ligonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-16

    Act No. 26

  2. 2025-05-16

    Effective date 05/08/25

  3. 2025-05-08

    Signed By Governor

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-05-06

    Ratified R 44

  5. 2025-04-29

    Read third time and enrolled

    passage,reading-3

  6. 2025-04-24

    Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0

  7. 2025-04-24

    Read second time

    reading-2

  8. 2025-04-16

    Committee report: Favorable Judiciary

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-02-18

    Introduced and read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  11. 2025-02-13

    Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day

  12. 2025-02-13

    Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-0

  13. 2025-02-13

    Read second time

    reading-2

  14. 2025-02-13

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  15. 2025-02-13

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ligon

  16. 2025-02-12

    Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-02-12

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: C.Mitchell, Yow

  18. 2025-02-05

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Calhoon

  19. 2025-01-29

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gibson, Gagnon

  20. 2025-01-28

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pedalino, Hixon

  21. 2025-01-14

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-01-14

    Introduced and read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  23. 2024-12-05

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary

    referral-committee

  24. 2024-12-05

    Prefiled

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Passage of Bill

    2025-02-13 · pass · 98-0

    Member-level votes (121)
    • Anderson, Carl L.: yes
    • Atkinson, Lucas: yes
    • Bailey, William H.: yes
    • Bowers, Phillip: yes
    • Brewer, Gary S., Jr.: yes
    • Brittain, T. Case, Jr.: yes
    • Burns, James Mikell: yes
    • Bustos, Joseph M.: yes
    • Calhoon, Paula Rawl: yes
    • Chapman, Donald G.: yes
    • Clyburn, William: yes
    • Cobb-Hunter, Gilda: yes
    • Collins, Neal A.: yes
    • Cox, Brandon L.: yes
    • Crawford, Heather Ammons: yes
    • Cromer, April: yes
    • Davis, Sylleste H.: yes
    • Duncan, Adam L.: yes
    • Edgerton, Sarita L.: yes
    • Erickson, Shannon S.: yes
    • Forrest, Cally R., Jr.: yes
    • Frank, Stephen D.: yes
    • Gagnon, Craig A.: yes
    • Garvin, Kambrell H.: yes
    • Gatch, Gil: yes
    • Gibson, Daniel: yes
    • Gilliard, Wendell G.: yes
    • Gilreath, Thomas Lee: yes
    • Govan, Jerry N., Jr.: yes
    • Guest, Thomas Duval, Jr.: yes
    • Guffey, Brandon: yes
    • Haddon, Patrick B.: yes
    • Hager, William: yes
    • Harris, Robert J.: yes
    • Hartnett, Thomas F., Jr.: yes
    • Hartz, Charles V.: yes
    • Henderson-Myers,, Rosalyn D., Ph.D. Hewitt, Lee: yes
    • Hiott, David R.: yes
    • Hixon, William M.: yes
    • Holman, Harriet A.: yes
    • Hosey, Lonnie: yes
    • Howard, Leon: yes
    • Huff, William C.: yes
    • Johnson, Jeffrey E.: yes
    • Jones, Wendell K.: yes
    • Jordan, Wallace H., Jr.: yes
    • Kilmartin, John Gregory: yes
    • King, John Richard C.: yes
    • Kirby, Roger K.: yes
    • Landing, Kathy: yes
    • Lawson, M. Brian: yes
    • Ligon, Thomas R.: yes
    • Long, Steven Wayne: yes
    • Lowe, Phillip D.: yes
    • Luck, Jason: yes
    • Magnuson, Josiah: yes
    • Martin, David: yes
    • May, Robert J., III: yes
    • McCabe, Donald Ryan, Jr.: yes
    • McCravy, John R., III: yes
    • McDaniel, Annie E.: yes
    • McGinnis, Timothy A.: yes
    • Mitchell, Cody T.: yes
    • Montgomery, W. Scott, IV: yes
    • Moore, JA: yes
    • Moore, Travis A.: yes
    • Morgan, T. Alan, Jr.: yes
    • Moss, Dennis C.: yes
    • Murphy, Chris: yes
    • Neese, Mike M.: yes
    • Newton, Brandon: yes
    • Newton, Wm. Weston J.: yes
    • Oremus, Melissa Lackey: yes
    • Pace, Jordan S.: yes
    • Pedalino, Fawn M.: yes
    • Pope, Thomas E.: yes
    • Reese, Robert T.: yes
    • Rivers, Michael F., Sr.: yes
    • Robbins, Robby: yes
    • Schuessler, Carla: yes
    • Sessions, Heath: yes
    • Smith, G. Murrell, Jr.: yes
    • Smith, Marvin: yes
    • Spann-Wilder, Tiffany: yes
    • Stavrinakis, Leonidas E.: yes
    • Taylor, Bill: yes
    • Teeple, James E.: yes
    • Terribile, Jackie R.: yes
    • Vaughan, David: yes
    • Weeks, J. David: yes
    • Wetmore, Elizabeth: yes
    • White, Joseph S.: yes
    • Whitmire, William R.: yes
    • Wickensimer, Paul B.: yes
    • Williams, Robert Q.: yes
    • Wooten, Chris: yes
    • Yow, Richard L.: yes
    • Bamberg, Justin T.: excused
    • Beach, Thomas: excused
    • Bradley, Jeff: excused
    • Caskey, Micajah P., IV: excused
    • Chumley, William M.: excused
    • Cox, Bobby J.: excused
    • Hardee, Kevin: excused
    • Hayes, Jackie E.: excused
    • Willis, Mark N.: excused
    • Alexander, Terry: excused
    • Ballentine, Nathan: excused
    • Bannister, Bruce W.: excused
    • Bauer, Heather: excused
    • Bernstein, Beth E.: excused
    • Dillard, Chandra E.: excused
    • Gilliam, Leon D.: excused
    • Grant, Hamilton R.: excused
    • Hart, Christopher R.: excused
    • Herbkersman, William G.: excused
    • Johnson, Jermaine L., Sr.: excused
    • Rankin, Luke S.: excused
    • Rose, Seth: excused
    • Rutherford, J. Todd: excused
    • Sanders, Richard Blake: excused
  • 2nd Reading

    2025-04-24 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (45)
    • Adams, Brian: yes
    • Alexander, Thomas C.: yes
    • Allen, Karl B.: yes
    • Bennett, Sean M.: yes
    • Blackmon, Allen: yes
    • Campsen, George E., III: yes
    • Cash, Richard J.: yes
    • Chaplin, JD: yes
    • Climer, Wes: yes
    • Corbin, Thomas D.: yes
    • Cromer, Ronnie W.: yes
    • Davis, Tom: yes
    • Devine, Tameika Isaac: yes
    • Elliott, Jason: yes
    • Gambrell, Michael W.: yes
    • Garrett, Billy: yes
    • Graham, Jeffrey R.: yes
    • Grooms, Lawrence K.: yes
    • Hembree, Greg: yes
    • Hutto, Brad: yes
    • Jackson, Darrell: yes
    • Kennedy, Carlisle: yes
    • Martin, Shane R.: yes
    • Massey, A. Shane: yes
    • Matthews, Margie Bright: yes
    • Nutt, Roger A.: yes
    • Ott, Russell L.: yes
    • Peeler, Harvey S., Jr.: yes
    • Rankin, Luke A.: yes
    • Reichenbach, Mike: yes
    • Rice, Rex F.: yes
    • Sabb, Ronnie A.: yes
    • Sutton, Ed: yes
    • Tedder, Deon T.: yes
    • Turner, Ross: yes
    • Verdin, Daniel B., III: yes
    • Walker, Overture: yes
    • Young, Tom, Jr.: yes
    • Zell, Jeff: yes
    • Goldfinch, Stephen L.: excused
    • Johnson, Michael: excused
    • Kimbrell, Josh: excused
    • Leber, Matthew W.: excused
    • Stubbs, Everett: excused
    • Williams, Kent M.: excused

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