republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-508.md

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Bill	Monuments	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 10-1-165, RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF CERTAIN MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS, SO AS TO EXPAND THE TYPE OF MONUMENTS OR MEMORIALS THAT MAY NOT BE RELOCATED, REMOVED, OR DISTURBED, TO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY JOINT RESOLUTION, TO TAKE ACTIONS REGARDING CERTAIN MONUMENTS, TO ALLOW FOR CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE THE MANNER IN WHICH AN AFFINITY ORGANIZATION MAY BRING A CIVIL ACTION TO PREVENT CERTAIN ACTIONS REGARDING CERTAIN MONUMENTS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 508	South Carolina S 508 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Adams Alexander Bennett Blackmon Bright Campsen Cash Chaplin Climer Corbin Cromer Davis Fernandez Gambrell Garrett Goldfinch Grooms Hembree Johnson Kennedy Kimbrell Leber Martin Massey Nutt Peeler Reichenbach Rice Turner Verdin Young Zell	9	32	10	2025-03-27	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/8cfe860b-b1de-420b-a26c-013a6991dd70	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=508&session=126&summary=B	1dd7b5d247a2f1e2b96a3b4f3072ca0d0ee986989a28f40363e82e27b88c16a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 508 (2025-2026) — Monuments

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 10-1-165, RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF CERTAIN MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS, SO AS TO EXPAND THE TYPE OF MONUMENTS OR MEMORIALS THAT MAY NOT BE RELOCATED, REMOVED, OR DISTURBED, TO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY JOINT RESOLUTION, TO TAKE ACTIONS REGARDING CERTAIN MONUMENTS, TO ALLOW FOR CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE THE MANNER IN WHICH AN AFFINITY ORGANIZATION MAY BRING A CIVIL ACTION TO PREVENT CERTAIN ACTIONS REGARDING CERTAIN MONUMENTS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 03/18/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/27/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/01/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/14/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 04/30/2026 (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/07/2026 (committee substitute) — source
9. 05/14/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Table Amendment 6 — 74–27 (pass) · lower
• to adopt the conference report — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Table Amendment 13 — 70–26 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 74–28 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 10 — 74–28 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 11 — 74–28 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 79–28 (pass) · lower
• to lay on the table — 28–15 (pass) · upper
• to lay on the table — 31–10 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 31–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adams — primary (person)
• Alexander — primary (person)
• Bennett — primary (person)
• Blackmon — primary (person)
• Bright — primary (person)
• Campsen — primary (person)
• Cash — primary (person)
• Chaplin — primary (person)
• Climer — primary (person)
• Corbin — primary (person)
• Cromer — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Fernandez — primary (person)
• Gambrell — primary (person)
• Garrett — primary (person)
• Goldfinch — primary (person)
• Grooms — primary (person)
• Hembree — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kimbrell — primary (person)
• Leber — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• Massey — primary (person)
• Nutt — primary (person)
• Peeler — primary (person)
• Reichenbach — primary (person)
• Rice — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)
• Verdin — primary (person)
• Young — primary (person)
• Zell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-27 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-03-27 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-18 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-31 Special order, set for March 31, 2026
• 2026-04-01 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-04-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-14 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-04-15 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-15 Roll call Ayes-31 Nays-7
• 2026-04-16 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-04-16 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-04-29 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-30 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-04-30 Debate adjourned until Tues., 5-5-26
• 2026-05-05 Debate adjourned until Wed., 5-6-26
• 2026-05-06 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Taylor, Oremus, Forrest, Harts, Bowers, Edgerton, Magnuson, Pope, White, Caskey, Hewitt, Weeks, Scott
• 2026-05-07 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-05-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-07 Roll call Yeas-74 Nays-28
• 2026-05-12 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-12 Non-concurrence in House amendment
• 2026-05-13 House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. T Moore, Taylor, Govan
• 2026-05-13 Conference committee appointed Verdin, Goldfinch, Sutton
• 2026-05-14 Conference report received and adopted
• 2026-05-14 Roll call Yeas-79 Nays-28
• 2026-05-14 Conference report received and adopted
• 2026-05-14 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2026-05-14 Conference report enrolled for ratificatiom
• 2026-05-15 Ratified R 228
• 2026-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-05 Effective date 05/19/26
• 2026-06-03 Act No. 224

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8cfe860b-b1de-420b-a26c-013a6991dd70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).