republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-336.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	Judicial Elections	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 2-19-90, RELATING TO JUDICIAL ELECTIONS BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN JOINT SESSION, SO AS TO SET THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF MARCH FOR THE ELECTIONS OF JUDGES BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 2-19-80, RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMISSION AND NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES, SO AS TO REVISE THE TIME FRAME FOR THE RELEASE OF THE COMMISSION'S FORMAL REPORT AS TO QUALIFICATIONS OF ITS NOMINEES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 336	South Carolina S 336 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Alexander Massey Rankin	5	19	2	2025-02-12	2026-02-06	openstates	ocd-bill/d8123d55-49fa-4d92-bf84-26b33faacb58	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=336&session=126&summary=B	a145b6b03fda670859cd73b64788ecdea4627aaf54f6d88937a0d3fe5544b103	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 336 (2025-2026) — Judicial Elections

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 2-19-90, RELATING TO JUDICIAL ELECTIONS BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN JOINT SESSION, SO AS TO SET THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF MARCH FOR THE ELECTIONS OF JUDGES BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 2-19-80, RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMISSION AND NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES, SO AS TO REVISE THE TIME FRAME FOR THE RELEASE OF THE COMMISSION'S FORMAL REPORT AS TO QUALIFICATIONS OF ITS NOMINEES. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/28/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/12/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/12/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/20/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Massey — primary (person)
• Rankin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-12 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-02-27 Referred to Subcommittee: Elliott (ch), Cash, Tedder, Devine, Fernandez, Kennedy, Walker
• 2025-03-12 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-20 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-03-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-03-20 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2025-03-25 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-27 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-03-27 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-29 Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
• 2026-01-29 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2026-01-30 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-03 Ratified R 98
• 2026-02-05 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-06 Effective date 02/05/26
• 2026-02-06 Act No. 95

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8123d55-49fa-4d92-bf84-26b33faacb58. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).