---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Service Authority RFP for V.C. Summer"
description: "A JOINT RESOLUTION TO ENCOURAGE SANTEE COOPER TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS ON UTILIZING ASSETS ASSOCIATED WITH V.C. SUMMER UNITS 2 AND 3, AND FOR CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 51"
citation: "South Carolina S 51 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Alexander", "Bennett", "Blackmon", "Campsen", "Chaplin", "Climer", "Corbin", "Cromer", "Davis", "Devine", "Elliott", "Fernandez", "Gambrell", "Garrett", "Goldfinch", "Graham", "Grooms", "Hembree", "Hutto", "Jackson", "Johnson", "Kennedy", "Kimbrell", "Leber", "Massey", "Matthews", "Reichenbach", "Rice", "Sabb", "Stubbs", "Sutton", "Tedder", "Turner", "Verdin", "Walker", "Williams", "Young", "Zell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-11"
last_action: "2025-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b42cc0cc-9f02-46fd-82a3-473dca019e65"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=51&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "e5a8e571d52c180aa4c78438f0181eead4c482ab07776ca1d38889437eeae7c4"
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 51 (2025-2026) — Public Service Authority RFP for V.C. Summer

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO ENCOURAGE SANTEE COOPER TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS ON UTILIZING ASSETS ASSOCIATED WITH V.C. SUMMER UNITS 2 AND 3, AND FOR CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. - 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/51.htm)
2. **02/19/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/51_20250219.htm)
3. **02/25/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/51_20250225.htm)
4. **04/30/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/51_20250430.htm)
5. **12/11/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/51_20241211.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Alexander — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Blackmon — primary (person)
- Campsen — primary (person)
- Chaplin — primary (person)
- Climer — primary (person)
- Corbin — primary (person)
- Cromer — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Devine — primary (person)
- Elliott — primary (person)
- Fernandez — primary (person)
- Gambrell — primary (person)
- Garrett — primary (person)
- Goldfinch — primary (person)
- Graham — primary (person)
- Grooms — primary (person)
- Hembree — primary (person)
- Hutto — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kimbrell — primary (person)
- Leber — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)
- Matthews — primary (person)
- Reichenbach — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)
- Sabb — primary (person)
- Stubbs — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Tedder — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Verdin — primary (person)
- Walker — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-11** Prefiled `filing`
- **2024-12-11** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Referred to Subcommittee: Rankin (ch), Campsen, Massey, Adams, Devine, Elliott, Ott
- **2025-02-19** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
- **2025-02-26** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
- **2025-05-01** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2025-05-02** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Ratified R 26
- **2025-05-08** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16** Effective date 05/08/25
- **2025-06-05** Act No. 73

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b42cc0cc-9f02-46fd-82a3-473dca019e65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).