Bill Commons

SC H 4642

in committee

Fitness to Stand Trial

South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did SC H 4642 pass?

Not yet. SC H 4642 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-13): Referred to Committee on Judiciary

What is SC H 4642 about?

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 44-23-470 SO AS TO CREATE ADDITIONAL JUDICIAL PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN DEFENDANTS WHOSE FITNESS TO STAND TRIAL IS IN ISSUE; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 44-23-430, RELATING TO FITNESS TO STAND TRIAL HEARINGS, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES.

Who sponsors SC H 4642?

Pope, Wooten, Gilliam and 1 others are the primary sponsors of SC H 4642.

Description

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 44-23-470 SO AS TO CREATE ADDITIONAL JUDICIAL PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN DEFENDANTS WHOSE FITNESS TO STAND TRIAL IS IN ISSUE; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 44-23-430, RELATING TO FITNESS TO STAND TRIAL HEARINGS, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Latest action
2026-01-13 — Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Popeprimary
  • Wootenprimary
  • Gilliamprimary
  • C. Mitchellprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-13

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-13

    Introduced and read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-12-16

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-12-16

    Prefiled

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4642&session=126&summary=B

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:32:06.227230Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=SC&identifier=H 4642. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.