---
type: "Bill"
title: "County veterans' affairs office"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 25-11-50, RELATING TO COUNTY VETERANS' AFFAIRS OFFICERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECRETARY SHALL EVALUATE EACH COUNTY VETERANS' AFFAIRS OFFICE NO MORE THAN TWICE PER YEAR. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 3563"
citation: "South Carolina H 3563 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B.J. Cox", "Chapman", "Cromer", "Davis", "Gilreath", "Govan", "Holman", "Kirby", "McCravy", "Spann-Wilder", "Taylor", "Weeks", "Williams"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-12-12"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86060605-c3f5-4169-a8c3-15c52d548fed"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3563&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "e841d54b8ad1a4028e56de801f2ee349b5bcc3101f3b2ec4ea67791243c83d95"
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 3563 (2025-2026) — County veterans' affairs office

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 25-11-50, RELATING TO COUNTY VETERANS' AFFAIRS OFFICERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECRETARY SHALL EVALUATE EACH COUNTY VETERANS' AFFAIRS OFFICE NO MORE THAN TWICE PER YEAR. - 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/3563.htm)
2. **02/12/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3563_20250212.htm)
3. **04/15/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3563_20250415.htm)
4. **05/06/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3563_20250506.htm)
5. **12/12/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3563_20241212.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B.J. Cox — primary (person)
- Chapman — primary (person)
- Cromer — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Gilreath — primary (person)
- Govan — primary (person)
- Holman — primary (person)
- Kirby — primary (person)
- McCravy — primary (person)
- Spann-Wilder — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Weeks — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-12** Prefiled `filing`
- **2024-12-12** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
- **2025-01-16** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Chapman, Kirby
- **2025-02-12** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer, Gilreath, Weeks
- **2025-02-18** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Williams
- **2025-02-19** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Holman
- **2025-02-20** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan
- **2025-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
- **2025-02-20** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
- **2025-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
- **2025-05-08** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2025-05-08** Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
- **2025-05-08** Ratified R 62
- **2025-05-12** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Effective date 05/12/25
- **2025-05-19** Act No. 43

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86060605-c3f5-4169-a8c3-15c52d548fed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).