republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3569.md

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Bill	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	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3569	South Carolina H 3569 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Cobb-Hunter Davis Erickson Gilliard Henderson-Myers M.M. Smith Pope Rivers Wetmore	13	34	3	2024-12-12	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/8d5067b5-0f80-4d53-aead-c1abe8e479d4	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3569&session=126&summary=B	902ea0780894125d82db9bb97dc4fa789f6c6b41644a26372df0fb0be1316887	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 02/05/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/02/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/04/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/08/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/09/2025 (committee substitute) — source
7. 04/29/2025 (committee substitute) — source
8. 04/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source
9. 05/06/2026 (committee substitute) — source
10. 05/06/2026-A (committee substitute) — source
11. 05/12/2026 (committee substitute) — source
12. 05/13/2026 (committee substitute) — source
13. 12/12/2024 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/8d5067b5-0f80-4d53-aead-c1abe8e479d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).