SC S 159
in committeeOrganized Retail Crime
South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Did SC S 159 pass?
Not yet. SC S 159 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-02-26): Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary
What is SC S 159 about?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-13-135, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT AND ASSOCIATED PENALTIES, SO AS TO REVISE THE PREVIOUS OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT TO CREATE THE OFFENSES OF ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME AND ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME OF AN AGGRAVATED NATURE, TO PROVIDE A GRADUATED PENALTY STRUCTURE, AND TO REVISE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS.
Who sponsors SC S 159?
Turner, Garrett, Climer and 5 others are the primary sponsors of SC S 159.
Description
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-13-135, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT AND ASSOCIATED PENALTIES, SO AS TO REVISE THE PREVIOUS OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT TO CREATE THE OFFENSES OF ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME AND ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME OF AN AGGRAVATED NATURE, TO PROVIDE A GRADUATED PENALTY STRUCTURE, AND TO REVISE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-14
- Latest action
- 2025-02-26 — Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Turnerprimary
- Garrettprimary
- Climerprimary
- Adamsprimary
- Grahamprimary
- Alexanderprimary
- Youngprimary
- Walkerprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-02-26
Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee
2025-02-25
Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
2025-02-25
Read second time
reading-2
2025-02-25
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-02-19
Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-07
Referred to Subcommittee: Adams (ch), Tedder, Fernandez, Kennedy, Sutton
2025-01-14
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee
2025-01-14
Introduced and read first time
introduction,reading-1
Versions
Documents
Votes
2nd Reading
2025-02-25 · pass · 43-0
Member-level votes (46)
- Adams, Brian: yes
- Alexander, Thomas C.: yes
- Allen, Karl B.: yes
- Bennett, Sean M.: yes
- Blackmon, Allen: yes
- Cash, Richard J.: yes
- Chaplin, JD: yes
- Climer, Wes: yes
- Corbin, Thomas D.: yes
- Cromer, Ronnie W.: yes
- Davis, Tom: yes
- Elliott, Jason: yes
- Fernandez, Tom: yes
- Gambrell, Michael W.: yes
- Garrett, Billy: yes
- Goldfinch, Stephen L.: yes
- Graham, Jeffrey R.: yes
- Grooms, Lawrence K.: yes
- Hembree, Greg: 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
- 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
- Stubbs, Everett: 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
- Campsen, George E., III: excused
- Devine, Tameika Isaac: excused
- Hutto, Brad: excused
Related bills
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