---
type: "Bill"
title: "Racing facility"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 15-1-350 SO AS TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN RACING FACILITIES, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, FROM BEING SUBJECT TO NUISANCE AND TAKING CAUSES OF ACTION FROM A SURROUNDING LANDOWNER, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 4706"
citation: "South Carolina H 4706 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chumley", "Gilliard", "Hartnett", "Neese", "Rivers", "Rutherford", "Williams"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-16"
last_action: "2026-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1431590-8768-4226-8be8-16eba4ee97be"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4706&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "ef9a8b89638cff47825fed53688137bb8818fd49a1dd85942740c425ff2d18c0"
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 4706 (2025-2026) — Racing facility

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 15-1-350 SO AS TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN RACING FACILITIES, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, FROM BEING SUBJECT TO NUISANCE AND TAKING CAUSES OF ACTION FROM A SURROUNDING LANDOWNER, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS. - 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/4706.htm)
2. **04/02/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4706_20260402.htm)
3. **04/14/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4706_20260414.htm)
4. **04/29/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4706_20260429.htm)
5. **05/13/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4706_20260513.htm)
6. **05/14/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4706_20260514.htm)
7. **12/17/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4706_20251217.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Amendment 1 — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chumley — primary (person)
- Gilliard — primary (person)
- Hartnett — primary (person)
- Neese — primary (person)
- Rivers — primary (person)
- Rutherford — primary (person)
- Williams — 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`
- **2026-03-26** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hartnett
- **2026-04-02** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-14** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard, Rivers, Williams
- **2026-04-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-04-14** Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
- **2026-04-15** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-15** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-29** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-13** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-13** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
- **2026-05-14** Senate amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2026-05-14** Returned to Senate with amendments
- **2026-05-14** Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
- **2026-05-14** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
- **2026-05-15** Ratified R 252
- **2026-05-19** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-05** Effective date 05/19/26
- **2026-06-03** Act No. 238

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1431590-8768-4226-8be8-16eba4ee97be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).