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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Magistrate court fees and costs"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 8-21-1010 AND 8-21-1060, BOTH RELATING TO FEES AND COSTS TO BE COLLECTED BY MAGISTRATES, BOTH SO AS TO INCREASE VARIOUS FEES AND COSTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 22-3-340, RELATING TO ASSESSMENTS ON FILINGS IN MAGISTRATES COURT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE ASSESSMENT ON SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT FILINGS AND ALL OTHER CIVIL FILINGS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 22-2-5, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY EXAMINATIONS FOR MAGISTRATES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME ELIGIBILITY EXAMINATIONS ARE VALID. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 4813"
+citation: "South Carolina H 4813 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C. Mitchell", "Oremus", "Pope", "Robbins"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-12-16"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d56d9c8f-f61c-4cb0-86e5-ae174dee137d"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4813&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "e75c9c301362c55e2c5c9eaaf943c87fbdfa5c9a1852e2d5d6c348326ba168a5"
+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 4813 (2025-2026) — Magistrate court fees and costs
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 8-21-1010 AND 8-21-1060, BOTH RELATING TO FEES AND COSTS TO BE COLLECTED BY MAGISTRATES, BOTH SO AS TO INCREASE VARIOUS FEES AND COSTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 22-3-340, RELATING TO ASSESSMENTS ON FILINGS IN MAGISTRATES COURT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE ASSESSMENT ON SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT FILINGS AND ALL OTHER CIVIL FILINGS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 22-2-5, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY EXAMINATIONS FOR MAGISTRATES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME ELIGIBILITY EXAMINATIONS ARE VALID. - 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/4813.htm)
+2. **02/05/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4813_20260205.htm)
+3. **02/18/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4813_20260218.htm)
+4. **02/19/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4813_20260219.htm)
+5. **04/29/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4813_20260429.htm)
+6. **05/05/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4813_20260505.htm)
+7. **12/17/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4813_20251217.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Concur in Senate Amendments — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **42–3** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **99–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
+- Oremus — primary (person)
+- Pope — primary (person)
+- Robbins — 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`
+- **2026-02-04** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins
+- **2026-02-05** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-10** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Oremus
+- **2026-02-11** Debate adjourned
+- **2026-02-12** Debate adjourned until Tues., 2-17-26
+- **2026-02-17** Debate adjourned
+- **2026-02-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-18** Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-10
+- **2026-02-19** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2026-02-19** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-19** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-29** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-05** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-05** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-05-05** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-3
+- **2026-05-06** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-07** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
+- **2026-05-07** Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-0
+- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 206
+- **2026-05-15** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-26** Effective date 01/01/27
+- **2026-05-26** Act No. 155
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d56d9c8f-f61c-4cb0-86e5-ae174dee137d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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