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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Poll Worker Pay"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 9-1-10, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SO AS TO PROVIDE EARNABLE COMPENSATION DOES NOT INCLUDE CERTAIN AMOUNTS PAID TO MANAGERS AND CLERKS OF ELECTIONS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 12-6-1120, RELATING TO THE COMPUTATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA GROSS INCOME, SO AS TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN AMOUNTS PAID TO MANAGERS AND CLERKS OF ELECTIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 3551"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3551 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["B. Newton", "Ballentine", "Bowers", "C. Mitchell", "Calhoon", "Caskey", "Gilliam", "Hewitt", "Hixon", "Kilmartin", "M.M. Smith", "Oremus", "Pope", "Taylor", "Weeks", "Yow"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-12-05"
+last_action: "2026-06-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/437a8bb8-886c-4869-8771-9eb03fd7920a"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3551&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "fda07c190c61a917d026a0fea10e672fb6534de97c1cc79afc9b97b0d75d8262"
+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 3551 (2025-2026) — Poll Worker Pay
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 9-1-10, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SO AS TO PROVIDE EARNABLE COMPENSATION DOES NOT INCLUDE CERTAIN AMOUNTS PAID TO MANAGERS AND CLERKS OF ELECTIONS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 12-6-1120, RELATING TO THE COMPUTATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA GROSS INCOME, SO AS TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN AMOUNTS PAID TO MANAGERS AND CLERKS OF ELECTIONS. - 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/3551.htm)
+2. **02/03/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3551_20260203.htm)
+3. **05/05/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3551_20260505.htm)
+4. **05/06/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3551_20260506.htm)
+5. **12/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3551_20241205.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Concur in Senate Amendments — **110–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage of Bill — **112–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- B. Newton — primary (person)
+- Ballentine — primary (person)
+- Bowers — primary (person)
+- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
+- Calhoon — primary (person)
+- Caskey — primary (person)
+- Gilliam — primary (person)
+- Hewitt — primary (person)
+- Hixon — primary (person)
+- Kilmartin — primary (person)
+- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
+- Oremus — primary (person)
+- Pope — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Weeks — 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 Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks
+- **2026-02-03** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers, Yow
+- **2026-02-03** Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-04** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, Caskey, Kilmartin, Oremus, Ballentine, C.Mitchell, Hewitt
+- **2026-02-05** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon, Calhoon
+- **2026-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-05** Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0
+- **2026-02-05** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
+- **2026-02-06** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-05** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-06** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-05-06** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
+- **2026-05-07** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-12** Debate adjourned
+- **2026-05-13** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
+- **2026-05-13** Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
+- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 176
+- **2026-05-18** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-02** Effective date See Act for Effective Date
+- **2026-06-02** Act No. 183
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/437a8bb8-886c-4869-8771-9eb03fd7920a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+