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| Bill | Polling Places in Aiken County | AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 7-7-40, RELATING TO DESIGNATION OF VOTING PRECINCTS IN AIKEN COUNTY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS DETERMINES THAT A PRECINCT CONTAINS NO SUITABLE LOCATION FOR A POLLING PLACE, THE BOARD, UPON APPROVAL OF A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, MAY LOCATE THE POLLING PLACE INSIDE THE COUNTY AND WITHIN FIVE MILES OF THE PRECINCT'S BOUNDARIES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 5-15-60, RELATING TO MUNICIPALITIES ADOPTING METHODS OF NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR AND DETERMINING RESULTS OF NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY MUNICIPALITY WHICH ELECTS TO HOLD PARTISAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS MUST PAY ALL COSTS AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONDUCT OF A MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTION. - RATIFIED TITLE | us/states/sc | South Carolina General Assembly | 2025-2026 | S 694 | South Carolina S 694 (2025-2026) |
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South Carolina S 694 (2025-2026) — Polling Places in Aiken County
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 7-7-40, RELATING TO DESIGNATION OF VOTING PRECINCTS IN AIKEN COUNTY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS DETERMINES THAT A PRECINCT CONTAINS NO SUITABLE LOCATION FOR A POLLING PLACE, THE BOARD, UPON APPROVAL OF A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, MAY LOCATE THE POLLING PLACE INSIDE THE COUNTY AND WITHIN FIVE MILES OF THE PRECINCT'S BOUNDARIES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 5-15-60, RELATING TO MUNICIPALITIES ADOPTING METHODS OF NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR AND DETERMINING RESULTS OF NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY MUNICIPALITY WHICH ELECTS TO HOLD PARTISAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS MUST PAY ALL COSTS AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONDUCT OF A MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTION. - RATIFIED TITLE
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Filed (filed) — source
- 02/18/2026 (committee substitute) — source
- 03/03/2026 (committee substitute) — source
- 03/25/2026 (committee substitute) — source
- 03/26/2026 (committee substitute) — source
- 03/26/2026-A (committee substitute) — source
- 12/10/2025 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passage of Bill — 105–1 (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
- to concur — 41–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Young — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-10 Prefiled
filing - 2025-12-10 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 - 2026-02-18 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-03 Amended
amendment-passage - 2026-03-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-03 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
- 2026-03-04 Read third time and sent to House
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-05 Introduced and read first time
introduction, reading-1 - 2026-03-05 Referred to Aiken Delegation
- 2026-03-25 Delegation report: Favorable Aiken Delegation
- 2026-03-26 Scrivener's error corrected
- 2026-03-26 Amended
amendment-passage - 2026-03-26 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-26 Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-1
- 2026-03-26 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- 2026-03-27 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-04-01 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
- 2026-04-01 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
- 2026-04-01 Ratified R 121
- 2026-04-06 Signed By Governor
executive-signature - 2026-04-23 Effective date 04/06/26
- 2026-04-23 Act No. 113
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ae023a1-14d4-42e8-b67c-fc1256731f01. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).