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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Domestic violence in rental properties"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 27-40-350 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT RESIDENTIAL TENANTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF CERTAIN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES MAY TERMINATE A RENTAL AGREEMENT AND TO PROVIDE FOR NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 27-40-210, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 3569"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3569 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cobb-Hunter", "Davis", "Erickson", "Gilliard", "Henderson-Myers", "M.M. Smith", "Pope", "Rivers", "Wetmore"]
+version_count: 13
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-12-12"
+last_action: "2026-06-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d5067b5-0f80-4d53-aead-c1abe8e479d4"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3569&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "902ea0780894125d82db9bb97dc4fa789f6c6b41644a26372df0fb0be1316887"
+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 3569 (2025-2026) — Domestic violence in rental properties
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 27-40-350 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT RESIDENTIAL TENANTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF CERTAIN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES MAY TERMINATE A RENTAL AGREEMENT AND TO PROVIDE FOR NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 27-40-210, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS. - 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/3569.htm)
+2. **02/05/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20250205.htm)
+3. **04/02/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20250402.htm)
+4. **04/04/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20250404.htm)
+5. **04/08/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20250408.htm)
+6. **04/09/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20250409.htm)
+7. **04/29/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20250429.htm)
+8. **04/29/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20260429.htm)
+9. **05/06/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20260506.htm)
+10. **05/06/2026-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20260506a.htm)
+11. **05/12/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20260512.htm)
+12. **05/13/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20260513.htm)
+13. **12/12/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20241212.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading — **42–4** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **108–0** (pass) · lower
+- Adopt Amendment 1A — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
+- Davis — primary (person)
+- Erickson — primary (person)
+- Gilliard — primary (person)
+- Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
+- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
+- Pope — primary (person)
+- Rivers — primary (person)
+- Wetmore — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-12** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2024-12-12** 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`
+- **2025-01-15** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Davis
+- **2025-02-05** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2025-02-18** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wetmore
+- **2025-04-02** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers
+- **2025-04-04** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2025-04-08** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, Rivers, Gilliard
+- **2025-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-08** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-08** Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
+- **2025-04-09** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-09** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-09** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-09** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2025-04-29** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-06** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2026-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-12** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-12** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-4
+- **2026-05-13** Senate amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2026-05-13** Returned to Senate with amendments
+- **2026-05-13** Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
+- **2026-05-13** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
+- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 180
+- **2026-05-18** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-02** Effective date 05/18/26
+- **2026-06-02** Act No. 184
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d5067b5-0f80-4d53-aead-c1abe8e479d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+