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+type: "Bill"
+title: "County veterans' affairs office"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 25-11-50, RELATING TO COUNTY VETERANS' AFFAIRS OFFICERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECRETARY SHALL EVALUATE EACH COUNTY VETERANS' AFFAIRS OFFICE NO MORE THAN TWICE PER YEAR. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 3563"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3563 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["B.J. Cox", "Chapman", "Cromer", "Davis", "Gilreath", "Govan", "Holman", "Kirby", "McCravy", "Spann-Wilder", "Taylor", "Weeks", "Williams"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-12-12"
+last_action: "2025-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86060605-c3f5-4169-a8c3-15c52d548fed"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3563&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "e841d54b8ad1a4028e56de801f2ee349b5bcc3101f3b2ec4ea67791243c83d95"
+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 3563 (2025-2026) — County veterans' affairs office
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 25-11-50, RELATING TO COUNTY VETERANS' AFFAIRS OFFICERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECRETARY SHALL EVALUATE EACH COUNTY VETERANS' AFFAIRS OFFICE NO MORE THAN TWICE PER YEAR. - 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/3563.htm)
+2. **02/12/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3563_20250212.htm)
+3. **04/15/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3563_20250415.htm)
+4. **05/06/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3563_20250506.htm)
+5. **12/12/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3563_20241212.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage of Bill — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+- Concur in Senate Amendments — **104–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- B.J. Cox — primary (person)
+- Chapman — primary (person)
+- Cromer — primary (person)
+- Davis — primary (person)
+- Gilreath — primary (person)
+- Govan — primary (person)
+- Holman — primary (person)
+- Kirby — primary (person)
+- McCravy — primary (person)
+- Spann-Wilder — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Weeks — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-12** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2024-12-12** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-15** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
+- **2025-01-16** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Chapman, Kirby
+- **2025-02-12** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-13** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer, Gilreath, Weeks
+- **2025-02-18** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Williams
+- **2025-02-19** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Holman
+- **2025-02-20** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan
+- **2025-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-19** Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
+- **2025-02-20** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-26** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-26** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-15** Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-24** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-24** Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
+- **2025-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-06** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-06** Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
+- **2025-05-08** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
+- **2025-05-08** Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
+- **2025-05-08** Ratified R 62
+- **2025-05-12** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-19** Effective date 05/12/25
+- **2025-05-19** Act No. 43
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86060605-c3f5-4169-a8c3-15c52d548fed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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