---
type: "Bill"
title: "Beaufort County voting precincts"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 7-7-110, RELATING TO DESIGNATION OF VOTING PRECINCTS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, SO AS TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE PRECINCTS ARE DELINEATED. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 5089"
citation: "South Carolina H 5089 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herbkersman", "W. Newton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dea88ece-2430-452c-a80a-d80623c1da94"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5089&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "6a9e418bccc655cdb522bf7f00f3d731a01fc1a4a9641d925169c95be4787031"
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 5089 (2025-2026) — Beaufort County voting precincts

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 7-7-110, RELATING TO DESIGNATION OF VOTING PRECINCTS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, SO AS TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE PRECINCTS ARE DELINEATED. - 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/5089.htm)
2. **02/04/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5089_20260204.htm)
3. **03/03/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5089_20260303.htm)
4. **03/17/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5089_20260317.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Herbkersman — primary (person)
- W. Newton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Beaufort Delegation
- **2026-03-03** Delegation report: Favorable Beaufort Delegation
- **2026-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
- **2026-03-05** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-05** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
- **2026-03-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
- **2026-03-26** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-01** Ratified R 126
- **2026-04-06** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-23** Effective date 04/06/26
- **2026-04-23** Act No. 118

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dea88ece-2430-452c-a80a-d80623c1da94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).