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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pretrial Intervention Program eligibility"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 17-22-50 AND 17-22-60, BOTH RELATING TO PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY, BOTH SO AS TO PROVIDE A PERSON MAY PARTICIPATE IN A PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM IF TWENTY YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE DATE OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM BY THE PERSON, RATHER THAN LIMITING ELIGIBILITY OF PARTICIPATION TO ONLY ONCE. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 4720"
+citation: "South Carolina H 4720 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C. Mitchell", "McCravy", "Reese", "Rivers", "Rose", "Yow"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-12-16"
+last_action: "2026-06-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91acfa67-5212-4bdb-b545-0db7dec16838"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4720&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "2c9166080d640767a788c2864d1384687b3c77c2b7ec0d83687fb7835ea8e20e"
+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 4720 (2025-2026) — Pretrial Intervention Program eligibility
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 17-22-50 AND 17-22-60, BOTH RELATING TO PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY, BOTH SO AS TO PROVIDE A PERSON MAY PARTICIPATE IN A PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM IF TWENTY YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE DATE OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM BY THE PERSON, RATHER THAN LIMITING ELIGIBILITY OF PARTICIPATION TO ONLY ONCE. - 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/4720.htm)
+2. **01/29/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4720_20260129.htm)
+3. **01/30/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4720_20260130.htm)
+4. **02/03/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4720_20260203.htm)
+5. **04/09/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4720_20260409.htm)
+6. **12/17/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4720_20251217.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
+- McCravy — primary (person)
+- Reese — primary (person)
+- Rivers — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- Yow — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-12-16** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2025-12-16** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-13** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: C.Mitchell, Yow
+- **2026-01-29** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-30** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2026-02-03** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Reese, Rivers
+- **2026-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-03** Roll call Yeas-xxx Nays-xxx
+- **2026-02-03** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2026-02-04** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-04** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-09** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-29** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-29** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
+- **2026-04-30** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 199
+- **2026-05-19** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-05** Effective date 05/19/26
+- **2026-06-03** Act No. 216
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91acfa67-5212-4bdb-b545-0db7dec16838`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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