---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence in rental properties"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 27-40-350 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT RESIDENTIAL TENANTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF CERTAIN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES MAY TERMINATE A RENTAL AGREEMENT AND TO PROVIDE FOR NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 27-40-210, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 3569"
citation: "South Carolina H 3569 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cobb-Hunter", "Davis", "Erickson", "Gilliard", "Henderson-Myers", "M.M. Smith", "Pope", "Rivers", "Wetmore"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-12"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d5067b5-0f80-4d53-aead-c1abe8e479d4"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3569&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "902ea0780894125d82db9bb97dc4fa789f6c6b41644a26372df0fb0be1316887"
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 3569 (2025-2026) — Domestic violence in rental properties

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 27-40-350 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT RESIDENTIAL TENANTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF CERTAIN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES MAY TERMINATE A RENTAL AGREEMENT AND TO PROVIDE FOR NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 27-40-210, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS. - 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/3569.htm)
2. **02/05/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20250205.htm)
3. **04/02/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20250402.htm)
4. **04/04/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20250404.htm)
5. **04/08/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20250408.htm)
6. **04/09/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20250409.htm)
7. **04/29/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20250429.htm)
8. **04/29/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20260429.htm)
9. **05/06/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20260506.htm)
10. **05/06/2026-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20260506a.htm)
11. **05/12/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20260512.htm)
12. **05/13/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20260513.htm)
13. **12/12/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3569_20241212.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Amendment 1A — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Erickson — primary (person)
- Gilliard — primary (person)
- Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
- Pope — primary (person)
- Rivers — primary (person)
- Wetmore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-12** Prefiled `filing`
- **2024-12-12** 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`
- **2025-01-15** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Davis
- **2025-02-05** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2025-02-18** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wetmore
- **2025-04-02** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers
- **2025-04-04** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2025-04-08** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, Rivers, Gilliard
- **2025-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
- **2025-04-09** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2025-04-29** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2026-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-12** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-4
- **2026-05-13** Senate amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2026-05-13** Returned to Senate with amendments
- **2026-05-13** Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
- **2026-05-13** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 180
- **2026-05-18** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-02** Effective date 05/18/26
- **2026-06-02** Act No. 184

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d5067b5-0f80-4d53-aead-c1abe8e479d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).