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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Number of judges in certain circuits increased	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 14-5-610, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF THE STATE INTO SIXTEEN JUDICIAL CIRCUITS, SO AS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES BY ONE IN THE SECOND, NINTH, FOURTEENTH, AND FIFTEENTH CIRCUITS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-40, RELATING TO FAMILY COURT JUDGES ELECTED FROM EACH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SO AS TO INCREASE BY ONE THE NUMBER OF FAMILY COURT JUDGES IN THE FIRST, SEVENTH, AND SIXTEENTH CIRCUITS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 3696	South Carolina H 3696 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Bannister Bradley Carter Erickson G.M. Smith Gatch Govan Hart Herbkersman Jefferson Kimmons Lucas McGarry Murphy R. Williams Rivers Rutherford S. Williams Simrill Stavrinakis Thigpen W. Newton Weeks	8	37	5	2021-01-14	2022-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/638b8d2c-c997-465b-96c4-d86f16ccbe7b	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3696&session=124&summary=B	97785f4955e1d67ee05bda210eb8fcd818bf018ee86c77c491c7de0ef5020717	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3696 (2021-2022) — Number of judges in certain circuits increased

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 14-5-610, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF THE STATE INTO SIXTEEN JUDICIAL CIRCUITS, SO AS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES BY ONE IN THE SECOND, NINTH, FOURTEENTH, AND FIFTEENTH CIRCUITS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-40, RELATING TO FAMILY COURT JUDGES ELECTED FROM EACH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SO AS TO INCREASE BY ONE THE NUMBER OF FAMILY COURT JUDGES IN THE FIRST, SEVENTH, AND SIXTEENTH CIRCUITS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/14/2021 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/18/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 5/13/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/18/2021 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/5/2021 (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/6/2021 (committee substitute) — source
8. 6/15/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 38–3 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 113–2 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 0–104 (fail) · lower
• to adopt the conference report — 37–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bannister — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• Carter — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Gatch — primary (person)
• Govan — primary (person)
• Hart — primary (person)
• Herbkersman — primary (person)
• Jefferson — primary (person)
• Kimmons — primary (person)
• Lucas — primary (person)
• McGarry — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• R. Williams — primary (person)
• Rivers — primary (person)
• Rutherford — primary (person)
• S. Williams — primary (person)
• Simrill — primary (person)
• Stavrinakis — primary (person)
• Thigpen — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Weeks — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-14 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-01-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McGarry
• 2021-02-11 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Carter
• 2021-02-18 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-23 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hart, Jefferson, R.Williams
• 2021-02-23 Debate adjourned until Wed., 2-24-21
• 2021-02-24 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan, Thigpen
• 2021-02-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-24 Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-2
• 2021-02-25 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-25 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-19 Referred to Subcommittee: Young (ch), Sabb, Matthews, Garrett, M.Johnson
• 2021-05-05 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-06 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-05-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-05-13 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-05-13 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-05-13 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-13 Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-3
• 2021-05-18 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-01-26 Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-03-30 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 2022-03-31 Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
• 2022-03-31 Roll call Yeas-0 Nays-104
• 2022-04-05 Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Rankin, Hutto, Talley
• 2022-04-06 Conference committee appointed GM Smith, Rutherford, W Newton
• 2022-06-15 Conference report received and adopted
• 2022-06-15 Roll call Ayes-37 Nays-1
• 2022-06-15 Conference report received and adopted
• 2022-06-15 Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
• 2022-06-15 Ordered enrolled for ratification
• 2022-06-16 Ratified R 266
• 2022-06-17 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-06-28 Effective date 06/17/22
• 2022-06-28 Act No. 232

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/638b8d2c-c997-465b-96c4-d86f16ccbe7b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).