republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-695.md

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Bill	Unauthorized Fees for Claim Assistance	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA SAFEGUARDING AMERICAN VETERANS' BENEFITS ACT"; AND BY ADDING ARTICLE 8 TO CHAPTER 11, TITLE 25, SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS, SET GUIDELINES AND LIMITS FOR COMPENSATION, MEMORIALIZE TERMS, AND STATE PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 695	South Carolina S 695 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Devine Graham Sutton Walker Young	9	25	2	2025-12-10	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/dbb12867-ea07-47a6-b0bc-a4f9f301fa13	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=695&session=126&summary=B	0b74308e807126ece3559d76bc79516b99cc84533f25e7420ee93e6d3d278c4f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 695 (2025-2026) — Unauthorized Fees for Claim Assistance

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA SAFEGUARDING AMERICAN VETERANS' BENEFITS ACT"; AND BY ADDING ARTICLE 8 TO CHAPTER 11, TITLE 25, SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS, SET GUIDELINES AND LIMITS FOR COMPENSATION, MEMORIALIZE TERMS, AND STATE PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/05/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/05/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/06/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/07/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/08/2026 (committee substitute) — source
8. 12/10/2025 (committee substitute) — source
9. 12/10/2025-A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 100–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Devine — primary (person)
• Graham — primary (person)
• Sutton — primary (person)
• Walker — primary (person)
• 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 Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-05 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-02-05 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-05 Roll call Ayes-46 Nays-0
• 2026-02-10 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-02-11 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2026-05-05 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-06 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-05-07 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-05-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-07 Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-0
• 2026-05-07 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2026-05-08 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-08 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-05-13 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 146
• 2026-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-05 Effective date 05/19/26
• 2026-06-02 Act No. 211

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dbb12867-ea07-47a6-b0bc-a4f9f301fa13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).