---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mail Theft"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 16-13-190 SO AS TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF MAIL THEFT AND PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 357"
citation: "South Carolina S 357 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Climer", "Hembree", "Rankin", "Reichenbach", "Young", "Zell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bd90ba4-894f-4043-b031-d680b51c945d"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=357&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "1886345a9bac75e1036b399cb79509fcb99bb2125827eec6fee77bf1281b7e9f"
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 357 (2025-2026) — Mail Theft

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 16-13-190 SO AS TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF MAIL THEFT AND PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. - 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/357.htm)
2. **02/18/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/357_20250218.htm)
3. **04/16/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/357_20250416.htm)
4. **04/29/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/357_20260429.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Climer — primary (person)
- Hembree — primary (person)
- Rankin — primary (person)
- Reichenbach — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
- **2025-04-29** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-30** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-29** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-30** Debate adjourned until Tues., 5-5-26
- **2026-05-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-05** Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
- **2026-05-06** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 135
- **2026-05-15** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date 05/15/26
- **2026-05-26** Act No. 121

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bd90ba4-894f-4043-b031-d680b51c945d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).