---
type: "Bill"
title: "Circuit Court Judges"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY REPEALING SECTION 14-5-130 RELATING TO JUDGES ABSENTING THEMSELVES FROM THE STATE. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 3776"
citation: "South Carolina H 3776 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bamberg", "Bannister", "Caskey", "Collins", "Connell", "Elliott", "Garvin", "Gatch", "Guest", "Hager", "Hart", "Henderson-Myers", "Hyde", "J.E. Johnson", "Jordan", "McCabe", "McCravy", "Mitchell", "Pope", "Robbins", "Rose", "Rutherford", "Stavrinakis", "T. Moore", "Tedder", "W. Newton", "Weeks", "Wetmore", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db7dca83-9c69-40e7-a990-546a889ee4b0"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3776&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "7671e9ddb7922990467a4df2e8842a671df99a40bffd40ccd533d0f7607d5ca3"
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 3776 (2023-2024) — Circuit Court Judges

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY REPEALING SECTION 14-5-130 RELATING TO JUDGES ABSENTING THEMSELVES FROM THE STATE. - 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/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3776.htm)
2. **01/24/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3776_20230124.htm)
3. **03/06/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3776_20240306.htm)
4. **05/01/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3776_20240501.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bamberg — primary (person)
- Bannister — primary (person)
- Caskey — primary (person)
- Collins — primary (person)
- Connell — primary (person)
- Elliott — primary (person)
- Garvin — primary (person)
- Gatch — primary (person)
- Guest — primary (person)
- Hager — primary (person)
- Hart — primary (person)
- Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
- Hyde — primary (person)
- J.E. Johnson — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- McCabe — primary (person)
- McCravy — primary (person)
- Mitchell — primary (person)
- Pope — primary (person)
- Robbins — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Rutherford — primary (person)
- Stavrinakis — primary (person)
- T. Moore — primary (person)
- Tedder — primary (person)
- W. Newton — primary (person)
- Weeks — primary (person)
- Wetmore — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-24** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
- **2024-03-21** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-26** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
- **2024-05-08** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Ratified R 209
- **2024-05-20** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29** Effective date 05/20/24
- **2024-05-29** Act No. 172

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db7dca83-9c69-40e7-a990-546a889ee4b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).