SC H 3557
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South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 7-11-15, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS TO RUN AS A CANDIDATE IN GENERAL ELECTIONS, SO AS TO SHORTEN THE CANDIDATE FILING PERIOD, TO PROVIDE FILING FEES FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING NOMINATION BY POLITICAL PARTY PRIMARY OR CONVENTION, TO ALLOW POLITICAL PARTIES TO CHARGE CANDIDATES A CERTIFICATION FEE, AND TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR A STATE OR COUNTY COMMITTEE TO ALLOW ENTRY OF OTHER CANDIDATES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER A CANDIDATE HAS DIED OR WITHDRAWN; BY AMENDING SECTION 7-11-210, RELATING TO THE FILING OF PARTY PLEDGES BY CANDIDATES, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; BY AMENDING SECTION 7-13-40, RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF PARTY PRIMARIES, SO AS TO DELETE LANGUAGE REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION AND USE OF CANDIDATE FILING FEES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7-13-190, RELATING TO SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES IN OFFICE, SO AS TO AMEND THE APPLICABLE DATES FOR CANDIDATE FILING AND THE CONDUCT OF SPECIAL PRIMARIES, SPECIAL RUNOFF PRIMARIES, AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE
- Introduced
- 2025-01-14
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-05-26 — Act No. 137
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- B. Newtonprimary
- Pedalinoprimary
- Taylorprimary
- Guestprimary
- Crawfordprimary
- Schuesslerprimary
- Hixonprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2024-12-05
Prefiled
filing
2024-12-05
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee
2025-01-14
Introduced and read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-01-14
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee
2025-02-26
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guest, Crawford
2025-03-20
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-26
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler, Hixon
2025-03-26
Requests for debate-Rep(s). Magnuson, Beach, Pace, Frank, White, Cromer, Gilreath, Ligon, Terribile, B Newton, Jordan, Guest
2025-03-26
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-03-26
Read second time
reading-2
2025-03-26
Roll call Yeas-87 Nays-18
2025-03-27
Read third time and sent to Senate
passage,reading-3
2025-03-27
Scrivener's error corrected
2025-04-01
Introduced and read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-01
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee
2026-02-18
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-31
Amended
amendment-passage
2026-03-31
Read second time
reading-2
2026-03-31
Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-1
2026-04-01
Read third time and returned to House with amendments
passage,reading-3
2026-04-01
Scrivener's error corrected
2026-04-15
Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
2026-04-15
Roll call Yeas-85 Nays-22
2026-05-14
Ratified R 178
2026-05-15
Signed By Governor
executive-signature
2026-05-26
Effective date See Act for Effective Date
2026-05-26
Act No. 137
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Votes
Passage of Bill
2025-03-26 · pass · 87-18
Member-level votes (121)
- Alexander, Terry: yes
- Anderson, Carl L.: yes
- Atkinson, Lucas: yes
- Bailey, William H.: yes
- Ballentine, Nathan: yes
- Bamberg, Justin T.: yes
- Bauer, Heather: yes
- Bernstein, Beth E.: yes
- Bowers, Phillip: yes
- Bradley, Jeff: yes
- Brewer, Gary S., Jr.: yes
- Bustos, Joseph M.: yes
- Calhoon, Paula Rawl: yes
- Caskey, Micajah P., IV: yes
- Chapman, Donald G.: yes
- Clyburn, William: yes
- Cobb-Hunter, Gilda: yes
- Collins, Neal A.: yes
- Cox, Bobby J.: yes
- Cox, Brandon L.: yes
- Crawford, Heather Ammons: yes
- Davis, Sylleste H.: yes
- Dillard, Chandra E.: yes
- Erickson, Shannon S.: yes
- Forrest, Cally R., Jr.: yes
- Gagnon, Craig A.: yes
- Garvin, Kambrell H.: yes
- Gibson, Daniel: yes
- Gilliam, Leon D.: yes
- Gilliard, Wendell G.: yes
- Guest, Thomas Duval, Jr.: yes
- Guffey, Brandon: yes
- Hager, William: yes
- Hardee, Kevin: yes
- Hartnett, Thomas F., Jr.: yes
- Hartz, Charles V.: yes
- Hayes, Jackie E.: yes
- Herbkersman, William G.: yes
- Hewitt, Lee: yes
- Hixon, William M.: yes
- Holman, Harriet A.: yes
- Hosey, Lonnie: yes
- Howard, Leon: yes
- Jordan, Wallace H., Jr.: 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
- Martin, David: yes
- McCravy, John R., III: yes
- McGinnis, Timothy A.: yes
- Mitchell, Cody T.: yes
- Montgomery, W. Scott, IV: yes
- Moore, JA: yes
- Moore, Travis A.: yes
- Moss, Dennis C.: yes
- Neese, Mike M.: yes
- Newton, Brandon: yes
- Newton, Wm. Weston J.: yes
- Oremus, Melissa Lackey: yes
- Pedalino, Fawn M.: yes
- Pope, Thomas E.: yes
- Rankin, Luke S.: yes
- Reese, Robert T.: yes
- Rivers, Michael F., Sr.: yes
- Robbins, Robby: yes
- Rose, Seth: yes
- Sanders, Richard Blake: 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
- Vaughan, David: yes
- Weeks, J. David: yes
- Wetmore, Elizabeth: yes
- Wickensimer, Paul B.: yes
- Williams, Robert Q.: yes
- Willis, Mark N.: yes
- Wooten, Chris: yes
- Yow, Richard L.: yes
- Beach, Thomas: no
- Burns, James Mikell: no
- Chumley, William M.: no
- Cromer, April: no
- Duncan, Adam L.: no
- Edgerton, Sarita L.: no
- Frank, Stephen D.: no
- Gilreath, Thomas Lee: no
- Huff, William C.: no
- Kilmartin, John Gregory: no
- Magnuson, Josiah: no
- May, Robert J., III: no
- McCabe, Donald Ryan, Jr.: no
- Morgan, T. Alan, Jr.: no
- Pace, Jordan S.: no
- Terribile, Jackie R.: no
- White, Joseph S.: no
- Whitmire, William R.: no
- Haddon, Patrick B.: excused
- Harris, Robert J.: excused
- Hiott, David R.: excused
- Murphy, Chris: excused
- Bannister, Bruce W.: excused
- Brittain, T. Case, Jr.: excused
- Gatch, Gil: excused
- Govan, Jerry N., Jr.: excused
- Grant, Hamilton R.: excused
- Hart, Christopher R.: excused
- Henderson-Myers,, Rosalyn D., Ph.D. Johnson, Jeffrey E.: excused
- Johnson, Jermaine L., Sr.: excused
- Jones, Wendell K.: excused
- King, John Richard C.: excused
- McDaniel, Annie E.: excused
- Rutherford, J. Todd: excused
Table Amendment 2
2025-03-26 · pass · 82-23
Member-level votes (121)
- Alexander, Terry: yes
- Anderson, Carl L.: yes
- Atkinson, Lucas: yes
- Bailey, William H.: yes
- Ballentine, Nathan: yes
- Bamberg, Justin T.: yes
- Bauer, Heather: yes
- Bernstein, Beth E.: yes
- Bowers, Phillip: yes
- Bradley, Jeff: yes
- Brewer, Gary S., Jr.: yes
- Brittain, T. Case, Jr.: yes
- Bustos, Joseph M.: yes
- Calhoon, Paula Rawl: yes
- Caskey, Micajah P., IV: yes
- Chapman, Donald G.: yes
- Clyburn, William: yes
- Cobb-Hunter, Gilda: yes
- Collins, Neal A.: yes
- Cox, Bobby J.: yes
- Cox, Brandon L.: yes
- Crawford, Heather Ammons: yes
- Davis, Sylleste H.: yes
- Dillard, Chandra E.: yes
- Erickson, Shannon S.: yes
- Forrest, Cally R., Jr.: yes
- Gagnon, Craig A.: yes
- Garvin, Kambrell H.: yes
- Gatch, Gil: yes
- Gibson, Daniel: yes
- Gilliam, Leon D.: yes
- Gilliard, Wendell G.: yes
- Guest, Thomas Duval, Jr.: yes
- Guffey, Brandon: yes
- Hager, William: yes
- Hardee, Kevin: yes
- Hartnett, Thomas F., Jr.: yes
- Hartz, Charles V.: yes
- Hayes, Jackie E.: yes
- Henderson-Myers,, Rosalyn D., Ph.D. Hixon, William M.: yes
- Holman, Harriet A.: yes
- Johnson, Jeffrey E.: yes
- Jordan, Wallace H., Jr.: 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
- Martin, David: yes
- McCravy, John R., III: yes
- Montgomery, W. Scott, IV: yes
- Moore, JA: yes
- Moore, Travis A.: yes
- Moss, Dennis C.: yes
- Neese, Mike M.: yes
- Newton, Brandon: yes
- Newton, Wm. Weston J.: yes
- Pedalino, Fawn M.: yes
- Pope, Thomas E.: yes
- Rankin, Luke S.: yes
- Reese, Robert T.: yes
- Rivers, Michael F., Sr.: yes
- Robbins, Robby: yes
- Rose, Seth: yes
- Sanders, Richard Blake: 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
- Vaughan, David: yes
- Weeks, J. David: yes
- Wetmore, Elizabeth: yes
- Whitmire, William R.: yes
- Williams, Robert Q.: yes
- Wooten, Chris: yes
- Beach, Thomas: no
- Burns, James Mikell: no
- Chumley, William M.: no
- Cromer, April: no
- Duncan, Adam L.: no
- Edgerton, Sarita L.: no
- Frank, Stephen D.: no
- Gilreath, Thomas Lee: no
- Hosey, Lonnie: no
- Howard, Leon: no
- Huff, William C.: no
- Kilmartin, John Gregory: no
- Magnuson, Josiah: no
- May, Robert J., III: no
- McCabe, Donald Ryan, Jr.: no
- McGinnis, Timothy A.: no
- Morgan, T. Alan, Jr.: no
- Oremus, Melissa Lackey: no
- Pace, Jordan S.: no
- Terribile, Jackie R.: no
- White, Joseph S.: no
- Wickensimer, Paul B.: no
- Willis, Mark N.: no
- Haddon, Patrick B.: excused
- Harris, Robert J.: excused
- Hiott, David R.: excused
- Murphy, Chris: excused
- Bannister, Bruce W.: excused
- Govan, Jerry N., Jr.: excused
- Grant, Hamilton R.: excused
- Hart, Christopher R.: excused
- Herbkersman, William G.: excused
- Hewitt, Lee: excused
- Johnson, Jermaine L., Sr.: excused
- Jones, Wendell K.: excused
- King, John Richard C.: excused
- McDaniel, Annie E.: excused
- Mitchell, Cody T.: excused
- Rutherford, J. Todd: excused
- Yow, Richard L.: excused
2nd Reading
2026-03-31 · pass · 40-1
Member-level votes (44)
- 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
- Corbin, Thomas D.: yes
- Cromer, Ronnie W.: yes
- Davis, Tom: yes
- Devine, Tameika Isaac: yes
- Elliott, Jason: yes
- Garrett, Billy: yes
- Goldfinch, Stephen L.: yes
- Graham, Jeffrey R.: yes
- Grooms, Lawrence K.: yes
- Hutto, Brad: yes
- Jackson, Darrell: yes
- Johnson, Michael: yes
- Kennedy, Carlisle: yes
- Kimbrell, Josh: yes
- Leber, Matthew W.: yes
- Martin, Shane R.: yes
- Massey, A. Shane: yes
- Matthews, Margie Bright: 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
- Williams, Kent M.: yes
- Young, Tom, Jr.: yes
- Zell, Jeff: yes
- Bright, Lee: no
- Climer, Wes: excused
- Gambrell, Michael W.: excused
- Hembree, Greg: excused
Concur in Senate Amendments
2026-04-15 · pass · 85-22
Member-level votes (124)
- Anderson, Carl L.: yes
- Atkinson, Lucas: yes
- Bailey, William H.: yes
- Ballentine, Nathan: yes
- Bamberg, Justin T.: yes
- Bannister, Bruce W.: yes
- Bauer, Heather: yes
- Bernstein, Beth E.: yes
- Bowers, Phillip: yes
- Bradley, Jeff: yes
- Brewer, Gary S., Jr.: yes
- Brittain, T. Case, Jr.: yes
- Bustos, Joseph M.: yes
- Calhoon, Paula Rawl: yes
- Caskey, Micajah P., IV: yes
- Chapman, Donald G.: yes
- Clyburn, William: yes
- Cobb-Hunter, Gilda: yes
- Collins, Neal A.: yes
- Cox, Brandon L.: yes
- Davis, Sylleste H.: yes
- Dillard, Chandra E.: yes
- Erickson, Shannon S.: yes
- Forrest, Cally R., Jr.: yes
- Gagnon, Craig A.: yes
- Gibson, Daniel: yes
- Gilliam, Leon D.: yes
- Gilliard, Wendell G.: yes
- Govan, Jerry N., Jr.: yes
- Grant, Hamilton R.: yes
- Guest, Thomas Duval, Jr.: yes
- Guffey, Brandon: yes
- Hager, William: yes
- Hardee, Kevin: yes
- Hart, Christopher R.: yes
- Hartnett, Thomas F., Jr.: yes
- Hartz, Charles V.: yes
- Hayes, Jackie E.: yes
- Henderson-Myers,, Rosalyn D., Ph.D.: yes
- Herbkersman, William G.: yes
- Hewitt, Lee: yes
- Hiott, David R.: yes
- Hixon, William M.: yes
- Holman, Harriet A.: yes
- Hosey, Lonnie: yes
- Howard, Leon: yes
- Johnson, Jeffrey E.: yes
- Jones, Wendell K.: yes
- Jordan, Wallace H., Jr.: yes
- Kirby, Roger K.: yes
- Landing, Kathy: yes
- Lawson, M. Brian: yes
- Ligon, Thomas R.: yes
- Luck, Jason: yes
- Martin, David: yes
- McGinnis, Timothy A.: yes
- Montgomery, W. Scott, IV: yes
- Moore, JA: yes
- Moore, Travis A.: yes
- Moss, Dennis C.: yes
- Newton, Brandon: yes
- Newton, Wm. Weston J.: yes
- Oremus, Melissa Lackey: yes
- Pedalino, Fawn M.: yes
- Pope, Thomas E.: yes
- Rankin, Luke S.: yes
- Reese, Robert T.: yes
- Rivers, Michael F., Sr.: yes
- Robbins, Robby: yes
- Rose, Seth: yes
- Rutherford, J. Todd: yes
- Schuessler, Carla: yes
- Scott, Keishan M.: yes
- Sessions, Heath: yes
- Smith, G. Murrell, Jr.: yes
- Smith, Marvin: yes
- Stavrinakis, Leonidas E.: yes
- Taylor, Bill: yes
- Teeple, James E.: yes
- Waters, Courtney S.: yes
- Weeks, J. David: yes
- Wetmore, Elizabeth: yes
- Wickensimer, Paul B.: yes
- Williams, Robert Q.: yes
- Yow, Richard L.: yes
- Beach, Thomas: no
- Burns, James Mikell: no
- Chumley, William M.: no
- Cromer, April: no
- Duncan, Adam L.: no
- Edgerton, Sarita L.: no
- Frank, Stephen D.: no
- Gilreath, Thomas Lee: no
- Huff, William C.: no
- Kilmartin, John Gregory: no
- Lastinger, John T., Jr.: no
- Long, Steven Wayne: no
- Magnuson, Josiah: no
- McCravy, John R., III: no
- Mitchell, Cody T.: no
- Mitchell, Dianne: no
- Morgan, T. Alan, Jr.: no
- Pace, Jordan S.: no
- Terribile, Jackie R.: no
- White, Joseph S.: no
- Whitmire, William R.: no
- Willis, Mark N.: no
- Crawford, Heather Ammons: excused
- Ford, Greg: excused
- Haddon, Patrick B.: excused
- Spann-Wilder, Tiffany: excused
- Vaughan, David: excused
- Alexander, Terry: excused
- Garvin, Kambrell H.: excused
- Gatch, Gil: excused
- Harris, Robert J.: excused
- Johnson, Jermaine L., Sr.: excused
- King, John Richard C.: excused
- Lowe, Phillip D.: excused
- McCabe, Donald Ryan, Jr.: excused
- McDaniel, Annie E.: excused
- Neese, Mike M.: excused
- Sanders, Richard Blake: excused
- Wooten, Chris: excused
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