republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3557.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Candidate filing	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 7-11-15, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS TO RUN AS A CANDIDATE IN GENERAL ELECTIONS, SO AS TO SHORTEN THE CANDIDATE FILING PERIOD, TO PROVIDE FILING FEES FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING NOMINATION BY POLITICAL PARTY PRIMARY OR CONVENTION, TO ALLOW POLITICAL PARTIES TO CHARGE CANDIDATES A CERTIFICATION FEE, AND TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR A STATE OR COUNTY COMMITTEE TO ALLOW ENTRY OF OTHER CANDIDATES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER A CANDIDATE HAS DIED OR WITHDRAWN; BY AMENDING SECTION 7-11-210, RELATING TO THE FILING OF PARTY PLEDGES BY CANDIDATES, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; BY AMENDING SECTION 7-13-40, RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF PARTY PRIMARIES, SO AS TO DELETE LANGUAGE REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION AND USE OF CANDIDATE FILING FEES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7-13-190, RELATING TO SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES IN OFFICE, SO AS TO AMEND THE APPLICABLE DATES FOR CANDIDATE FILING AND THE CONDUCT OF SPECIAL PRIMARIES, SPECIAL RUNOFF PRIMARIES, AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3557	South Carolina H 3557 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	B. Newton Crawford Guest Hixon Pedalino Schuessler Taylor	8	27	4	2024-12-05	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/197589de-26a1-41e6-9e36-8068015ffad9	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3557&session=126&summary=B	b3af7cd3dcfbd462786698fa1d48c5a9df89bbca1d517ae08ba2864f5b2b9f68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3557 (2025-2026) — Candidate filing

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 7-11-15, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS TO RUN AS A CANDIDATE IN GENERAL ELECTIONS, SO AS TO SHORTEN THE CANDIDATE FILING PERIOD, TO PROVIDE FILING FEES FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING NOMINATION BY POLITICAL PARTY PRIMARY OR CONVENTION, TO ALLOW POLITICAL PARTIES TO CHARGE CANDIDATES A CERTIFICATION FEE, AND TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR A STATE OR COUNTY COMMITTEE TO ALLOW ENTRY OF OTHER CANDIDATES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER A CANDIDATE HAS DIED OR WITHDRAWN; BY AMENDING SECTION 7-11-210, RELATING TO THE FILING OF PARTY PLEDGES BY CANDIDATES, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; BY AMENDING SECTION 7-13-40, RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF PARTY PRIMARIES, SO AS TO DELETE LANGUAGE REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION AND USE OF CANDIDATE FILING FEES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7-13-190, RELATING TO SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES IN OFFICE, SO AS TO AMEND THE APPLICABLE DATES FOR CANDIDATE FILING AND THE CONDUCT OF SPECIAL PRIMARIES, SPECIAL RUNOFF PRIMARIES, AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/18/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/20/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/26/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/27/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 03/31/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 04/01/2026 (committee substitute) — source
8. 12/05/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 40–1 (pass) · upper
• Table Amendment 2 — 82–23 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 87–18 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 85–22 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Guest — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Pedalino — primary (person)
• Schuessler — primary (person)
• Taylor — 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
• 2025-02-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guest, Crawford
• 2025-03-20 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler, Hixon
• 2025-03-26 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Magnuson, Beach, Pace, Frank, White, Cromer, Gilreath, Ligon, Terribile, B Newton, Jordan, Guest
• 2025-03-26 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-03-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-03-26 Roll call Yeas-87 Nays-18
• 2025-03-27 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-27 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-04-01 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-04-01 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-31 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-1
• 2026-04-01 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-01 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-04-15 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-04-15 Roll call Yeas-85 Nays-22
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 178
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date See Act for Effective Date
• 2026-05-26 Act No. 137

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/197589de-26a1-41e6-9e36-8068015ffad9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).