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type: "Bill"
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title: "Failure to stop a motor vehicle"
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description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-750, RELATING TO FAILURE TO STOP MOTOR VEHICLES WHEN SIGNALED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES, SO AS TO REVISE THE PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES, TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL FELONY OFFENSE WHEN A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS LED ON A HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
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legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "H 3127"
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citation: "South Carolina H 3127 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bradley", "Chapman", "Cromer", "Davis", "Duncan", "Erickson", "Gagnon", "Gilreath", "Hartz", "Hixon", "Lawson", "M.M. Smith", "Oremus", "Pedalino", "Pope", "Robbins", "Sanders", "Taylor", "Vaughan", "W. Newton", "Williams", "Wooten"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-12-05"
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last_action: "2025-05-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a7ab081-cb78-4635-99ae-f92732078c5f"
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source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3127&session=126&summary=B"
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source_hash: "a66b93c3dc3d524b72e355d54d19e698098d2ba64e34dbaa89a651e3eec7faf2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
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---
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# South Carolina H 3127 (2025-2026) — Failure to stop a motor vehicle
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-750, RELATING TO FAILURE TO STOP MOTOR VEHICLES WHEN SIGNALED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES, SO AS TO REVISE THE PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES, TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL FELONY OFFENSE WHEN A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS LED ON A HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES. - RATIFIED TITLE
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/3127.htm)
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2. **02/26/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3127_20250226.htm)
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3. **04/09/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3127_20250409.htm)
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4. **04/16/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3127_20250416.htm)
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5. **04/30/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3127_20250430.htm)
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6. **05/07/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3127_20250507.htm)
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7. **12/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3127_20241205.htm)
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## Votes
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- Table Amendment 4 — **79–25** (pass) · lower
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- Passage of Bill — **98–10** (pass) · lower
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- Table Amendment 3 — **84–27** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt Amendment 3a — **95–14** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **35–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bradley — primary (person)
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- Chapman — primary (person)
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- Cromer — primary (person)
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- Davis — primary (person)
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- Duncan — primary (person)
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- Erickson — primary (person)
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- Gagnon — primary (person)
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- Gilreath — primary (person)
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- Hartz — primary (person)
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- Hixon — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
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- Oremus — primary (person)
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- Pedalino — primary (person)
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- Pope — primary (person)
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- Robbins — primary (person)
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- Sanders — primary (person)
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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- Vaughan — primary (person)
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- W. Newton — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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- Wooten — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-05** Prefiled `filing`
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- **2024-12-05** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-28** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sanders, Duncan
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- **2025-02-26** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** Debate adjourned until Tues., 3-25-25
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- **2025-03-04** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon, Taylor, Gagnon, Oremus, Hartz, Davis
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- **2025-03-25** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith
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- **2025-03-25** Debate adjourned
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- **2025-03-26** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Vaughan
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- **2025-03-26** Requests for debate-Rep(s). B Newton, Martin, BL Cox, Collins, Bowers, Jordan, Guest, Hager, Whitmire
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- **2025-03-26** Debate adjourned
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- **2025-03-27** Debate adjourned
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- **2025-04-01** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Williams, Erickson, Bradley
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- **2025-04-02** Debate adjourned
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- **2025-04-03** Debate adjourned
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- **2025-04-09** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer, Gilreath
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- **2025-04-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-09** Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-10
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- **2025-04-10** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-15** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-16** Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
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- **2025-04-29** Special order, set for April 29, 2025
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- **2025-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-01** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-01** Roll call Ayes-35 Nays-5
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- **2025-05-06** Debate adjourned until Wed., 5-7-25
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- **2025-05-07** Senate amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
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- **2025-05-07** Returned to Senate with amendments
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- **2025-05-07** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
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- **2025-05-08** Ratified R 57
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- **2025-05-12** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-19** Effective date 05/12/26
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- **2025-05-19** Act No. 38
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a7ab081-cb78-4635-99ae-f92732078c5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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