---
type: "Bill"
title: "Roadway Protection and Safety Act"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE \"ROADWAY PROTECTION AND SAFETY ACT\" BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-3910 SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS, TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO PARTICIPATE IN, BE AN ORGANIZER OF, OR BE AN AIDER OR ABETTOR OF A STREET TAKEOVER, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 4292"
citation: "South Carolina H 4292 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B.L. Cox", "Bailey", "Brewer", "C. Mitchell", "Davis", "Duncan", "Gilreath", "Guffey", "Holman", "Lawson", "Ligon", "Long", "M.M. Smith", "Martin", "Montgomery", "Pope", "Robbins", "Sanders", "Teeple", "Terribile", "W. Newton", "Wooten", "Yow"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-03"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3917928e-3281-4b8e-96d5-0ee1cf609648"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4292&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "a84ad380cfa875cb7120c51a5f45c10393517c2e2a2826c59dc54aa36dfde7ea"
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 4292 (2025-2026) — Roadway Protection and Safety Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "ROADWAY PROTECTION AND SAFETY ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-3910 SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS, TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO PARTICIPATE IN, BE AN ORGANIZER OF, OR BE AN AIDER OR ABETTOR OF A STREET TAKEOVER, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES. - 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/4292.htm)
2. **03/26/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4292_20260326.htm)
3. **03/31/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4292_20260331.htm)
4. **03/31/2026-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4292_20260331a.htm)
5. **04/01/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4292_20260401.htm)
6. **04/03/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4292_20250403.htm)
7. **04/29/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4292_20260429.htm)
8. **04/30/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4292_20250430.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **109–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B.L. Cox — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Brewer — primary (person)
- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Duncan — primary (person)
- Gilreath — primary (person)
- Guffey — primary (person)
- Holman — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Ligon — primary (person)
- Long — primary (person)
- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
- Martin — primary (person)
- Montgomery — primary (person)
- Pope — primary (person)
- Robbins — primary (person)
- Sanders — primary (person)
- Teeple — primary (person)
- Terribile — primary (person)
- W. Newton — primary (person)
- Wooten — primary (person)
- Yow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-03** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Teeple
- **2025-04-09** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Montgomery
- **2025-04-30** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2026-03-25** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: C.Mitchell, Yow
- **2026-03-26** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2026-03-31** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-31** Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-1
- **2026-04-01** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-01** Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
- **2026-04-01** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2026-04-01** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-01** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-29** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-05** Roll call Ayes-46 Nays-0
- **2026-05-06** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 195
- **2026-05-15** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date 05/15/26
- **2026-05-26** Act No. 148

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3917928e-3281-4b8e-96d5-0ee1cf609648`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).