---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Salaries"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 14-1-200, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SALARIES OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND COURT OF APPEALS, CIRCUIT COURT, AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES, SO AS TO PROVIDE A REVISED SALARY SCHEDULE FOR JUDGES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 1005"
citation: "South Carolina S 1005 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackmon", "Elliott", "Garrett", "Stubbs", "Walker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-11"
last_action: "2026-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f96daf4b-11dc-4834-9186-6b17309d50d7"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=1005&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "a5eac56e907b6072749fa04074dee38d01eb1709b974c4c02ed264e12091a8af"
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 S 1005 (2025-2026) — Judicial Salaries

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 14-1-200, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SALARIES OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND COURT OF APPEALS, CIRCUIT COURT, AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES, SO AS TO PROVIDE A REVISED SALARY SCHEDULE FOR JUDGES. - 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/1005.htm)
2. **03/11/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/1005_20260311.htm)
3. **04/09/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/1005_20260409.htm)
4. **05/06/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/1005_20260506.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **39–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **96–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blackmon — primary (person)
- Elliott — primary (person)
- Garrett — primary (person)
- Stubbs — primary (person)
- Walker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-11** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-04-28** Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-4
- **2026-04-29** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-30** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-30** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-06** Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-12** Roll call Yeas-96 Nays-17
- **2026-05-13** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 163
- **2026-05-18** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-05** Effective date 05/18/26
- **2026-06-02** Act No. 182

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f96daf4b-11dc-4834-9186-6b17309d50d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).