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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Family Court Judges, additional"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-3-40, RELATING TO FAMILY COURT JUDGES ELECTED FROM EACH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SO AS TO INCREASE BY ONE THE NUMBER OF FAMILY COURT JUDGES IN THE NINTH, ELEVENTH, AND FOURTEENTH CIRCUITS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 3529"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3529 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ballentine", "Bannister", "C. Mitchell", "Calhoon", "Caskey", "Robbins", "Spann-Wilder", "W. Newton", "Weeks", "Wooten"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-12-05"
+last_action: "2025-05-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/681a8dec-ca14-464a-8ba1-03e046e36653"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3529&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "257ba50458b6e15616877593a684a6f8697c2c7e95eb02a359ba45e1901f163f"
+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 3529 (2025-2026) — Family Court Judges, additional
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-3-40, RELATING TO FAMILY COURT JUDGES ELECTED FROM EACH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SO AS TO INCREASE BY ONE THE NUMBER OF FAMILY COURT JUDGES IN THE NINTH, ELEVENTH, AND FOURTEENTH CIRCUITS. - 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/3529.htm)
+2. **02/06/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3529_20250206.htm)
+3. **03/12/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3529_20250312.htm)
+4. **03/13/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3529_20250313.htm)
+5. **12/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3529_20241205.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage of Bill — **106–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ballentine — primary (person)
+- Bannister — primary (person)
+- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
+- Calhoon — primary (person)
+- Caskey — primary (person)
+- Robbins — primary (person)
+- Spann-Wilder — primary (person)
+- W. Newton — primary (person)
+- Weeks — primary (person)
+- Wooten — 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`
+- **2025-02-05** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Calhoon, Ballentine
+- **2025-02-06** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins, C.Mitchell
+- **2025-02-06** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-12** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks
+- **2025-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-12** Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
+- **2025-02-13** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-13** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-13** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to Subcommittee: Elliott (ch), Cash, Tedder, Devine, Fernandez, Kennedy, Walker
+- **2025-03-12** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-13** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2025-03-18** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-18** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
+- **2025-03-19** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** Ratified R 18
+- **2025-04-28** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-07** Effective date 04/28/25
+- **2025-05-07** Act No. 7
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/681a8dec-ca14-464a-8ba1-03e046e36653`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+