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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Small Estates"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1201, RELATING TO COLLECTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY BY AFFIDAVIT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1203, RELATING TO SMALL ESTATES AND SUMMARY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1204, RELATING TO SMALL ESTATES AND CLOSING BY SWORN STATEMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 62-2-401, RELATING TO EXEMPT PROPERTIES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF EXEMPT PROPERTIES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 3472"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3472 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C. Mitchell", "Calhoon", "Gagnon", "Gibson", "Hixon", "Ligon", "McCabe", "Pedalino", "W. Newton", "Yow"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-12-05"
+last_action: "2025-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed633a86-4092-4ea0-a4e1-d428e1d97f7f"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3472&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "46f22201971a7c6ed0a1a0ffe082de8ac314f635e8ad2bb74ee8d2acd6cc2284"
+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 3472 (2025-2026) — Small Estates
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1201, RELATING TO COLLECTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY BY AFFIDAVIT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1203, RELATING TO SMALL ESTATES AND SUMMARY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1204, RELATING TO SMALL ESTATES AND CLOSING BY SWORN STATEMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 62-2-401, RELATING TO EXEMPT PROPERTIES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF EXEMPT PROPERTIES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. - 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/3472.htm)
+2. **02/12/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3472_20250212.htm)
+3. **02/13/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3472_20250213.htm)
+4. **04/16/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3472_20250416.htm)
+5. **12/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3472_20241205.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage of Bill — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
+- Calhoon — primary (person)
+- Gagnon — primary (person)
+- Gibson — primary (person)
+- Hixon — primary (person)
+- Ligon — primary (person)
+- McCabe — primary (person)
+- Pedalino — primary (person)
+- W. Newton — primary (person)
+- Yow — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **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`
+- **2025-01-28** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pedalino, Hixon
+- **2025-01-29** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gibson, Gagnon
+- **2025-02-05** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Calhoon
+- **2025-02-12** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: C.Mitchell, Yow
+- **2025-02-12** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-13** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ligon
+- **2025-02-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-13** Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-0
+- **2025-02-13** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
+- **2025-02-18** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-18** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-16** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-24** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-24** Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
+- **2025-04-29** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-06** Ratified R 44
+- **2025-05-08** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-16** Effective date 05/08/25
+- **2025-05-16** Act No. 26
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed633a86-4092-4ea0-a4e1-d428e1d97f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+