republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3472.md

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Bill	Small Estates	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1201, RELATING TO COLLECTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY BY AFFIDAVIT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1203, RELATING TO SMALL ESTATES AND SUMMARY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1204, RELATING TO SMALL ESTATES AND CLOSING BY SWORN STATEMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 62-2-401, RELATING TO EXEMPT PROPERTIES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF EXEMPT PROPERTIES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3472	South Carolina H 3472 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	C. Mitchell Calhoon Gagnon Gibson Hixon Ligon McCabe Pedalino W. Newton Yow	5	24	2	2024-12-05	2025-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/ed633a86-4092-4ea0-a4e1-d428e1d97f7f	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3472&session=126&summary=B	46f22201971a7c6ed0a1a0ffe082de8ac314f635e8ad2bb74ee8d2acd6cc2284	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3472 (2025-2026) — Small Estates

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1201, RELATING TO COLLECTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY BY AFFIDAVIT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1203, RELATING TO SMALL ESTATES AND SUMMARY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; BY AMENDING SECTION 62-3-1204, RELATING TO SMALL ESTATES AND CLOSING BY SWORN STATEMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF ESTATES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 62-2-401, RELATING TO EXEMPT PROPERTIES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT OF EXEMPT PROPERTIES TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/12/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/13/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/16/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 12/05/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Calhoon — primary (person)
• Gagnon — primary (person)
• Gibson — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• McCabe — primary (person)
• Pedalino — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Yow — 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: Pedalino, Hixon
• 2025-01-29 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gibson, Gagnon
• 2025-02-05 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Calhoon
• 2025-02-12 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: C.Mitchell, Yow
• 2025-02-12 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-13 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ligon
• 2025-02-13 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-13 Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-0
• 2025-02-13 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2025-02-18 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-18 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-04-16 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-24 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2025-04-29 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-06 Ratified R 44
• 2025-05-08 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-16 Effective date 05/08/25
• 2025-05-16 Act No. 26

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed633a86-4092-4ea0-a4e1-d428e1d97f7f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).