republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3551.md

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Bill	Poll Worker Pay	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 9-1-10, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SO AS TO PROVIDE EARNABLE COMPENSATION DOES NOT INCLUDE CERTAIN AMOUNTS PAID TO MANAGERS AND CLERKS OF ELECTIONS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 12-6-1120, RELATING TO THE COMPUTATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA GROSS INCOME, SO AS TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN AMOUNTS PAID TO MANAGERS AND CLERKS OF ELECTIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3551	South Carolina H 3551 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	B. Newton Ballentine Bowers C. Mitchell Calhoon Caskey Gilliam Hewitt Hixon Kilmartin M.M. Smith Oremus Pope Taylor Weeks Yow	5	27	3	2024-12-05	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/437a8bb8-886c-4869-8771-9eb03fd7920a	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3551&session=126&summary=B	fda07c190c61a917d026a0fea10e672fb6534de97c1cc79afc9b97b0d75d8262	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3551 (2025-2026) — Poll Worker Pay

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 9-1-10, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SO AS TO PROVIDE EARNABLE COMPENSATION DOES NOT INCLUDE CERTAIN AMOUNTS PAID TO MANAGERS AND CLERKS OF ELECTIONS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 12-6-1120, RELATING TO THE COMPUTATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA GROSS INCOME, SO AS TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN AMOUNTS PAID TO MANAGERS AND CLERKS OF ELECTIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/03/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/05/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/06/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 12/05/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Ballentine — primary (person)
• Bowers — primary (person)
• C. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Calhoon — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)
• Gilliam — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Kilmartin — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Weeks — 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 Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-14 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks
• 2026-02-03 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers, Yow
• 2026-02-03 Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-04 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, Caskey, Kilmartin, Oremus, Ballentine, C.Mitchell, Hewitt
• 2026-02-05 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon, Calhoon
• 2026-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-05 Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0
• 2026-02-05 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2026-02-06 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-02-10 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2026-05-05 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-06 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-05-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-06 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2026-05-07 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-12 Debate adjourned
• 2026-05-13 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-13 Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 176
• 2026-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-02 Effective date See Act for Effective Date
• 2026-06-02 Act No. 183

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/437a8bb8-886c-4869-8771-9eb03fd7920a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).