republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3523.md

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Bill	Organized Retail Crime	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-13-135, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT AND ASSOCIATED PENALTIES, SO AS TO REVISE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS, TO REVISE THE PREVIOUS OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT, TO CREATE THE OFFENSES OF ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME AND ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME OF AN AGGRAVATED NATURE, AND TO PROVIDE A GRADUATED PENALTY STRUCTURE. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3523	South Carolina H 3523 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Bailey Bradley C. Mitchell Calhoon Cromer Erickson Gilreath Hager Hartz Hixon J.E. Johnson Long Oremus Pedalino Robbins Taylor W. Newton Weeks Whitmire Yow	6	28	3	2024-12-05	2025-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/9ec2c8c1-2731-425b-9cd8-bb33629277d3	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3523&session=126&summary=B	e5e58187558d907b7734a604fd888142edb0a2140d5fa8d93cc59ee36ed0c0a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3523 (2025-2026) — Organized Retail Crime

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-13-135, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT AND ASSOCIATED PENALTIES, SO AS TO REVISE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS, TO REVISE THE PREVIOUS OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT, TO CREATE THE OFFENSES OF ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME AND ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME OF AN AGGRAVATED NATURE, AND TO PROVIDE A GRADUATED PENALTY STRUCTURE. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/06/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/19/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/25/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 02/25/2025-A (committee substitute) — source
6. 12/05/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 101–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 107–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bailey — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• C. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Calhoon — primary (person)
• Cromer — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Gilreath — primary (person)
• Hager — primary (person)
• Hartz — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• J.E. Johnson — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Pedalino — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Weeks — primary (person)
• Whitmire — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-05 Prefiled filing
• 2024-12-05 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
• 2025-01-29 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bailey
• 2025-02-05 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Calhoon
• 2025-02-06 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-12 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow, Weeks
• 2025-02-12 Debate adjourned until Thur., 2-13-25
• 2025-02-12 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, Bradley, Hager, Whitmire
• 2025-02-13 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon, Cromer, Gilreath, Oremus, Hartz
• 2025-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-13 Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
• 2025-02-13 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2025-02-18 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-18 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-02-19 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 2025-02-19 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-02-25 Amended 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 returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-27 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2025-02-27 Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
• 2025-03-06 Ratified R 5
• 2025-03-07 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2025-03-12 Effective date 03/07/25
• 2025-03-12 Act No. 1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ec2c8c1-2731-425b-9cd8-bb33629277d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).