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Bill SC Hands-Free Act AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SOUTH CAROLINA HANDS-FREE AND DISTRACTED DRIVING ACT" BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-3890, RELATING TO UNLAWFUL USE OF WIRELESS ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES WHILE OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLES, SO AS TO DELETE CERTAIN TERMS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS, TO DEFINE THE TERM "MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE," TO PROVIDE THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES MAY NOT BE USED WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING AND PROVIDE PENALTIES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF FINES IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, TO PROVIDE THE CIRCUMSTANCES UPON WHICH THIS SECTION MAY BE ENFORCED, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SHARING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AND TO PROVIDE THIS SECTION IS NOT SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS RELATED TO CITIZENS ARRESTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 56-1-720, RELATING TO POINTS THAT MAY BE ASSESSED AGAINST A PERSON'S DRIVING RECORD FOR MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVING VIOLATIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING IS A TWO-POINT VIOLATION; TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT SIGNS ADVISING MOTORISTS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE ONLY WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD; AND TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SHALL FILE A REPORT WITH CERTAIN OFFICIALS CONTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT PERSONS STOPPED PURSUANT TO THIS ACT. - RATIFIED TITLE us/states/sc South Carolina General Assembly 2025-2026 H 3276 South Carolina H 3276 (2025-2026)
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South Carolina H 3276 (2025-2026) — SC Hands-Free Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SOUTH CAROLINA HANDS-FREE AND DISTRACTED DRIVING ACT" BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-3890, RELATING TO UNLAWFUL USE OF WIRELESS ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES WHILE OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLES, SO AS TO DELETE CERTAIN TERMS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS, TO DEFINE THE TERM "MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE," TO PROVIDE THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES MAY NOT BE USED WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING AND PROVIDE PENALTIES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF FINES IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, TO PROVIDE THE CIRCUMSTANCES UPON WHICH THIS SECTION MAY BE ENFORCED, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SHARING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AND TO PROVIDE THIS SECTION IS NOT SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS RELATED TO CITIZENS ARRESTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 56-1-720, RELATING TO POINTS THAT MAY BE ASSESSED AGAINST A PERSON'S DRIVING RECORD FOR MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVING VIOLATIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING IS A TWO-POINT VIOLATION; TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT SIGNS ADVISING MOTORISTS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE ONLY WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD; AND TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SHALL FILE A REPORT WITH CERTAIN OFFICIALS CONTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT PERSONS STOPPED PURSUANT TO THIS ACT. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

  1. Filed (filed) — source
  2. 03/20/2025 (committee substitute) — source
  3. 03/25/2025 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 03/27/2025 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 04/09/2025 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 04/09/2025-A (committee substitute) — source
  7. 04/16/2025 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 04/30/2025 (committee substitute) — source
  9. 12/05/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage of Bill — 85–25 (pass) · lower
  • Table Amendment 7 — 18–82 (fail) · lower
  • 2nd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Concur in Senate Amendments — 77–37 (pass) · lower
  • Adopt Amendment 1 — 70–29 (pass) · lower
  • Table Motion to Adjourn Debate — 53–39 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Anderson — primary (person)
  • Bernstein — primary (person)
  • Bradley — primary (person)
  • Calhoon — primary (person)
  • Chapman — primary (person)
  • Erickson — primary (person)
  • Forrest — primary (person)
  • Hart — primary (person)
  • Hartnett — primary (person)
  • Hixon — primary (person)
  • Ligon — primary (person)
  • M.M. Smith — primary (person)
  • McGinnis — primary (person)
  • Pope — primary (person)
  • Robbins — primary (person)
  • Schuessler — primary (person)
  • Taylor — primary (person)
  • W. Newton — 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
  • 2025-01-29 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McGinnis
  • 2025-02-11 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Calhoon
  • 2025-02-13 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bernstein
  • 2025-02-18 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wooten
  • 2025-03-20 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hart, Henderson-Myers, Erickson, Bradley
  • 2025-03-25 Scrivener's error corrected
  • 2025-03-26 Debate adjourned until Thur., 3-27-25
  • 2025-03-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ligon
  • 2025-03-27 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard, Anderson, Rivers, Schuessler
  • 2025-03-27 Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Henderson-Myers
  • 2025-03-27 Requests for debate-Rep(s). King, Long, Gibson, Frank, Edgerton, Magnuson, Kilmartin, White, Terribile, Chumley, Cromer, Gilreath, Huff, Williams, McDaniel, Grant, Garvin, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Rose, Kirby, Hosey, Taylor
  • 2025-03-27 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-03-27 Debate adjourned
  • 2025-04-01 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon
  • 2025-04-03 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith
  • 2025-04-09 Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Gilliard, Rivers
  • 2025-04-09 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hartnett
  • 2025-04-09 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-09 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-04-09 Roll call Yeas-85 Nays-25
  • 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 Transportation referral-committee
  • 2025-04-16 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-29 Special order, set for April 29, 2025
  • 2025-04-30 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-30 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-30 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-04-30 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
  • 2025-05-01 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2025-05-06 Debate adjourned until Wed., 5-7-25
  • 2025-05-07 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
  • 2025-05-07 Roll call Yeas-77 Nays-37
  • 2025-05-08 Ratified R 59
  • 2025-05-12 Signed By Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-05-19 Effective date 09/01/25
  • 2025-05-19 Act No. 40

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c55dc506-8d86-4d3e-a075-2d732b6e9bb6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).

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