republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-157.md

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Bill	Storm Damage Recovery	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 58-27-1105, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE "QUALIFIED INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY" AND TO ALLOW AN ELECTRICAL UTILITY TO INCLUDE STORM RECOVERY COSTS FOR HURRICANE HELENE IN ITS COST OF CAPITAL FROM THE DATE OF THE STORM THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF STORM RECOVERY BONDS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 58-27-1110, RELATING TO THE PETITION FOR FINANCING ORDER AND REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO ALLOW AN ELECTRICAL UTILITY TO DEFER THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF A FINANCING ORDER, AND PROVIDE FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF A QUALIFIED INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY RETAINED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 157	South Carolina S 157 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Alexander Garrett Graham Rankin	10	20	2	2025-01-14	2025-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/4bf8fb18-a412-4a17-9b12-6a071ceece55	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=157&session=126&summary=B	3e2e2ea407986003963713750170f9b4c8212ab9ec49b72fbc75f7edc339721a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 157 (2025-2026) — Storm Damage Recovery

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 58-27-1105, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE "QUALIFIED INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY" AND TO ALLOW AN ELECTRICAL UTILITY TO INCLUDE STORM RECOVERY COSTS FOR HURRICANE HELENE IN ITS COST OF CAPITAL FROM THE DATE OF THE STORM THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF STORM RECOVERY BONDS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 58-27-1110, RELATING TO THE PETITION FOR FINANCING ORDER AND REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO ALLOW AN ELECTRICAL UTILITY TO DEFER THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF A FINANCING ORDER, AND PROVIDE FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF A QUALIFIED INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY RETAINED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/14/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/17/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/19/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 02/25/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 02/25/2025-A (committee substitute) — source
7. 03/04/2025 (committee substitute) — source
8. 03/05/2025 (committee substitute) — source
9. 03/06/2025 (committee substitute) — source
10. 03/10/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 101–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Garrett — primary (person)
• Graham — primary (person)
• Rankin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-14 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-01-16 Referred to Subcommittee: Rankin (ch), Campsen, Massey, Adams, Devine, Elliott, Ott
• 2025-01-17 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-02-19 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-25 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-03-04 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-03-04 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2025-03-05 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-03-05 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-06 Introduced, placed on calendar without reference introduction
• 2025-03-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-03-10 Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
• 2025-03-10 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-03-11 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-11 Ratified R 7
• 2025-03-13 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2025-03-19 Effective date 03/13/25
• 2025-03-19 Act No. 2

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4bf8fb18-a412-4a17-9b12-6a071ceece55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).