republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-832.md

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Bill	University Campus Events Zoning	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 53-1-20, RELATING TO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITION ON SUNDAY PUBLIC SPORTS, SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS PERTAINING TO CAMPUS EVENTS AND LAND USE APPROVAL, TO PROVIDE THAT NO COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY MAY PROHIBIT, RESTRICT, CONDITION, DELAY, OR REQUIRE LAND USE APPROVAL FOR EVENTS HELD ON THE CAMPUS OF A STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING BASED ON ZONING ORDINANCES OR LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS, AND TO CLARIFY THE APPLICATION OF GENERALLY APPLICABLE SAFETY LAWS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 832	South Carolina S 832 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Goldfinch Graham Sutton Zell	6	21	7	2026-01-20	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/a3f0d666-2b06-4574-b4ad-b629477bc643	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=832&session=126&summary=B	52ca4117fde8abdf59a19695caf2f8bd02f4070d3addb6450b2306ea6849ee96	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 832 (2025-2026) — University Campus Events Zoning

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 53-1-20, RELATING TO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITION ON SUNDAY PUBLIC SPORTS, SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS PERTAINING TO CAMPUS EVENTS AND LAND USE APPROVAL, TO PROVIDE THAT NO COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY MAY PROHIBIT, RESTRICT, CONDITION, DELAY, OR REQUIRE LAND USE APPROVAL FOR EVENTS HELD ON THE CAMPUS OF A STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING BASED ON ZONING ORDINANCES OR LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS, AND TO CLARIFY THE APPLICATION OF GENERALLY APPLICABLE SAFETY LAWS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/20/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/28/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/04/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/05/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/13/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsider the Vote — 83–27 (pass) · lower
• to concur — 35–7 (pass) · upper
• 2nd Reading — 40–2 (pass) · upper
• Table Amendment 5 — 83–25 (pass) · lower
• Table Motion to Reconsider — 25–85 (fail) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 69–39 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 6 — 81–27 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Goldfinch — primary (person)
• Graham — primary (person)
• Sutton — primary (person)
• Zell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-20 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-20 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-04 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-04 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-2
• 2026-03-05 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-03-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2026-05-05 Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-07 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Gilliard, McDaniel, King, Garvin, Hosey, Rivers, Waters, Reese, Williams, Luck
• 2026-05-13 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-05-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-13 Roll call Yeas-69 Nays-39
• 2026-05-14 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-14 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-14 Roll call Ayes-35 Nays-7
• 2026-05-15 Ratified R 233
• 2026-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-05 Effective date 05/18/26
• 2026-06-02 Act No. 197

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3f0d666-2b06-4574-b4ad-b629477bc643. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).