republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-4679.md

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Bill	South Carolina Drone Regulation and Public Safety Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA DRONE REGULATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 3 TO CHAPTER 1, TITLE 55 SO AS TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE LAWFUL AND UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF DRONES, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF DRONES; AND BY REPEALING SECTIONS 24-1-300 AND 24-5-175 RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES NEAR CERTAIN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND LOCAL DETENTION FACILITIES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 4679	South Carolina H 4679 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	B.L. Cox C. Mitchell Chapman Gilliard Guest Hartnett Herbkersman M.M. Smith McCravy Rivers W. Newton Wickensimer Williams Wooten	9	30	3	2025-12-16	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/1af9c283-bd3e-4e28-a221-5db94addcab1	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4679&session=126&summary=B	6159bec37116e03b02592415f7e84a9ae1c18a6b4b3e351865fc0c1903cf2ed6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4679 (2025-2026) — South Carolina Drone Regulation and Public Safety Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA DRONE REGULATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 3 TO CHAPTER 1, TITLE 55 SO AS TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE LAWFUL AND UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF DRONES, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF DRONES; AND BY REPEALING SECTIONS 24-1-300 AND 24-5-175 RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES NEAR CERTAIN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND LOCAL DETENTION FACILITIES. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 04/02/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/13/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/14/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/15/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/06/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/07/2026 (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/08/2026 (committee substitute) — source
9. 12/17/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B.L. Cox — primary (person)
• C. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Chapman — primary (person)
• Gilliard — primary (person)
• Guest — primary (person)
• Hartnett — primary (person)
• Herbkersman — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• Rivers — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Wickensimer — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)
• Wooten — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-16 Prefiled filing
• 2025-12-16 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wooten, Chapman
• 2026-03-10 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton, Herbkersman
• 2026-03-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wickensimer
• 2026-03-31 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guest, McCravy
• 2026-04-02 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-13 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-04-14 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hartnett, Gilliard, Rivers, Williams
• 2026-04-14 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-04-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-14 Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
• 2026-04-15 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-04-15 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-15 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-04-15 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-05-06 Recalled from Committee on Transportation
• 2026-05-07 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-05-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-07 Roll call Ayes-46 Nays-0
• 2026-05-08 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-05-12 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-13 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-13 Roll call Yeas-92 Nays-0
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 198
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date 01/01/27
• 2026-05-26 Act No. 150

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1af9c283-bd3e-4e28-a221-5db94addcab1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).