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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Circuit Court Judges"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY REPEALING SECTION 14-5-130 RELATING TO JUDGES ABSENTING THEMSELVES FROM THE STATE. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "H 3776"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3776 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bamberg", "Bannister", "Caskey", "Collins", "Connell", "Elliott", "Garvin", "Gatch", "Guest", "Hager", "Hart", "Henderson-Myers", "Hyde", "J.E. Johnson", "Jordan", "McCabe", "McCravy", "Mitchell", "Pope", "Robbins", "Rose", "Rutherford", "Stavrinakis", "T. Moore", "Tedder", "W. Newton", "Weeks", "Wetmore", "Wheeler"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-24"
+last_action: "2024-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db7dca83-9c69-40e7-a990-546a889ee4b0"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3776&session=125&summary=B"
+source_hash: "7671e9ddb7922990467a4df2e8842a671df99a40bffd40ccd533d0f7607d5ca3"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
+---
+
+# South Carolina H 3776 (2023-2024) — Circuit Court Judges
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY REPEALING SECTION 14-5-130 RELATING TO JUDGES ABSENTING THEMSELVES FROM THE STATE. - RATIFIED TITLE
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3776.htm)
+2. **01/24/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3776_20230124.htm)
+3. **03/06/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3776_20240306.htm)
+4. **05/01/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3776_20240501.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage of Bill — **107–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bamberg — primary (person)
+- Bannister — primary (person)
+- Caskey — primary (person)
+- Collins — primary (person)
+- Connell — primary (person)
+- Elliott — primary (person)
+- Garvin — primary (person)
+- Gatch — primary (person)
+- Guest — primary (person)
+- Hager — primary (person)
+- Hart — primary (person)
+- Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
+- Hyde — primary (person)
+- J.E. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Jordan — primary (person)
+- McCabe — primary (person)
+- McCravy — primary (person)
+- Mitchell — primary (person)
+- Pope — primary (person)
+- Robbins — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- Rutherford — primary (person)
+- Stavrinakis — primary (person)
+- T. Moore — primary (person)
+- Tedder — primary (person)
+- W. Newton — primary (person)
+- Weeks — primary (person)
+- Wetmore — primary (person)
+- Wheeler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-24** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-01-24** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-06** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-20** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-20** Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
+- **2024-03-21** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-03-26** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2024-03-26** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-01** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-07** Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
+- **2024-05-08** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-15** Ratified R 209
+- **2024-05-20** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-29** Effective date 05/20/24
+- **2024-05-29** Act No. 172
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db7dca83-9c69-40e7-a990-546a889ee4b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+