republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-851.md

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Bill	Protection from Financial Exploitation	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 13 TO CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE 34 SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS PERTAINING TO THE FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF AN ELIGIBLE ADULT, AND TO SET FORTH PROCESSES BY WHICH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION MAY PROTECT AN ELIGIBLE ADULT, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING EMERGENCY CONTACTS FOR AN ELIGIBLE ADULT TO PROTECT THE ELIGIBLE ADULT. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 851	South Carolina S 851 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Alexander Garrett Young	6	25	2	2026-01-28	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/6ce98204-c336-4033-98a3-c8efb06b5c3e	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=851&session=126&summary=B	e502a922ce529a66e7cecebc2439f991c61f10dede0417d9729e75cb40dda9ff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 851 (2025-2026) — Protection from Financial Exploitation

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 13 TO CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE 34 SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS PERTAINING TO THE FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF AN ELIGIBLE ADULT, AND TO SET FORTH PROCESSES BY WHICH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION MAY PROTECT AN ELIGIBLE ADULT, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING EMERGENCY CONTACTS FOR AN ELIGIBLE ADULT TO PROTECT THE ELIGIBLE ADULT. - 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. 03/12/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/25/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/22/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/23/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 112–1 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Garrett — primary (person)
• Young — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-28 Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Banking and Insurance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-03-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-25 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2026-03-26 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-03-31 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2026-04-22 Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-23 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-04-28 Debate adjourned
• 2026-04-29 Debate adjourned
• 2026-04-30 Debate adjourned until Tues., 5-5-26
• 2026-05-05 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Edgerton, Gilreath, Cromer, White, Kilmartin, Beach, Morgan, Terribile
• 2026-05-05 Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Edgerton
• 2026-05-07 Debate adjourned
• 2026-05-12 Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Cromer, Terribile, Gilreath, Beach, White, Kilmartin
• 2026-05-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-13 Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-1
• 2026-05-14 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-15 Ratified R 235
• 2026-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-05 Effective date 05/19/26
• 2026-06-03 Act No. 226

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ce98204-c336-4033-98a3-c8efb06b5c3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).