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