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+type: "Bill"
+title: "First responder automobile insurance premiums"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 38-77-128 SO AS TO PROHIBIT INSURERS OR AGENTS FROM CONSIDERING THE WORK-RELATED DRIVING RECORD OF A FIRST RESPONDER IN DETERMINING THE PREMIUM RATE FOR THE FIRST RESPONDER'S PERSONAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE POLICY. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 3259"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3259 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["B.L. Cox", "Chapman", "Davis", "Gibson", "Gilliam", "Holman", "Lawson", "Ligon", "M.M. Smith", "McCravy", "Pedalino", "Pope"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-12-05"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34e70e52-d052-4655-982f-c82f47634c36"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3259&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "ae5edc9250e0d74cad14fb696c432b354ed2a89053408e7fcaa72c2d15b08018"
+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 3259 (2025-2026) — First responder automobile insurance premiums
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 38-77-128 SO AS TO PROHIBIT INSURERS OR AGENTS FROM CONSIDERING THE WORK-RELATED DRIVING RECORD OF A FIRST RESPONDER IN DETERMINING THE PREMIUM RATE FOR THE FIRST RESPONDER'S PERSONAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE POLICY. - 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/sess126_2025-2026/bills/3259.htm)
+2. **02/26/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3259_20250226.htm)
+3. **02/27/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3259_20250227.htm)
+4. **04/16/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3259_20250416.htm)
+5. **12/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3259_20241205.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage of Bill — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- B.L. Cox — primary (person)
+- Chapman — primary (person)
+- Davis — primary (person)
+- Gibson — primary (person)
+- Gilliam — primary (person)
+- Holman — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Ligon — primary (person)
+- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
+- McCravy — primary (person)
+- Pedalino — primary (person)
+- Pope — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-05** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2024-12-05** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-19** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, Davis, Holman, B.L.Cox, Ligon
+- **2025-02-26** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-27** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gibson
+- **2025-02-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-27** Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
+- **2025-02-27** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
+- **2025-02-28** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-04** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-04** Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-16** Committee report: Favorable Banking and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-29** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-29** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
+- **2026-04-30** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 172
+- **2026-05-15** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-26** Effective date 05/15/26
+- **2026-05-26** Act No. 133
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34e70e52-d052-4655-982f-c82f47634c36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+