republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3259.md

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Bill	First responder automobile insurance premiums	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 38-77-128 SO AS TO PROHIBIT INSURERS OR AGENTS FROM CONSIDERING THE WORK-RELATED DRIVING RECORD OF A FIRST RESPONDER IN DETERMINING THE PREMIUM RATE FOR THE FIRST RESPONDER'S PERSONAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE POLICY. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3259	South Carolina H 3259 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	B.L. Cox Chapman Davis Gibson Gilliam Holman Lawson Ligon M.M. Smith McCravy Pedalino Pope	5	22	2	2024-12-05	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/34e70e52-d052-4655-982f-c82f47634c36	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3259&session=126&summary=B	ae5edc9250e0d74cad14fb696c432b354ed2a89053408e7fcaa72c2d15b08018	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3259 (2025-2026) — First responder automobile insurance premiums

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 38-77-128 SO AS TO PROHIBIT INSURERS OR AGENTS FROM CONSIDERING THE WORK-RELATED DRIVING RECORD OF A FIRST RESPONDER IN DETERMINING THE PREMIUM RATE FOR THE FIRST RESPONDER'S PERSONAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE POLICY. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/26/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/27/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/16/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 12/05/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B.L. Cox — primary (person)
• Chapman — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Gibson — primary (person)
• Gilliam — primary (person)
• Holman — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• Pedalino — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-05 Prefiled filing
• 2024-12-05 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-14 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2025-02-19 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, Davis, Holman, B.L.Cox, Ligon
• 2025-02-26 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-27 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gibson
• 2025-02-27 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-27 Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
• 2025-02-27 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2025-02-28 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-04 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-03-04 Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance referral-committee
• 2025-04-16 Committee report: Favorable Banking and Insurance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-29 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2026-04-30 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 172
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date 05/15/26
• 2026-05-26 Act No. 133

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34e70e52-d052-4655-982f-c82f47634c36. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).