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type: "Bill"
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title: "Organized Retail Crime"
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description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-13-135, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT AND ASSOCIATED PENALTIES, SO AS TO REVISE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS, TO REVISE THE PREVIOUS OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT, TO CREATE THE OFFENSES OF ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME AND ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME OF AN AGGRAVATED NATURE, AND TO PROVIDE A GRADUATED PENALTY STRUCTURE. - 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 3523"
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citation: "South Carolina H 3523 (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: ["Bailey", "Bradley", "C. Mitchell", "Calhoon", "Cromer", "Erickson", "Gilreath", "Hager", "Hartz", "Hixon", "J.E. Johnson", "Long", "Oremus", "Pedalino", "Robbins", "Taylor", "W. Newton", "Weeks", "Whitmire", "Yow"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-12-05"
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last_action: "2025-03-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ec2c8c1-2731-425b-9cd8-bb33629277d3"
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source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3523&session=126&summary=B"
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source_hash: "e5e58187558d907b7734a604fd888142edb0a2140d5fa8d93cc59ee36ed0c0a4"
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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 3523 (2025-2026) — Organized Retail Crime
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-13-135, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT AND ASSOCIATED PENALTIES, SO AS TO REVISE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS, TO REVISE THE PREVIOUS OFFENSE OF RETAIL THEFT, TO CREATE THE OFFENSES OF ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME AND ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME OF AN AGGRAVATED NATURE, AND TO PROVIDE A GRADUATED PENALTY STRUCTURE. - 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/3523.htm)
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2. **02/06/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3523_20250206.htm)
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3. **02/19/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3523_20250219.htm)
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4. **02/25/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3523_20250225.htm)
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5. **02/25/2025-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3523_20250225a.htm)
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6. **12/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3523_20241205.htm)
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## Votes
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- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage of Bill — **101–0** (pass) · lower
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- Concur in Senate Amendments — **107–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bailey — primary (person)
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- Bradley — primary (person)
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- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Calhoon — primary (person)
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- Cromer — primary (person)
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- Erickson — primary (person)
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- Gilreath — primary (person)
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- Hager — primary (person)
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- Hartz — primary (person)
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- Hixon — primary (person)
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- J.E. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Long — primary (person)
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- Oremus — primary (person)
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- Pedalino — primary (person)
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- Robbins — primary (person)
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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- W. Newton — primary (person)
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- Weeks — primary (person)
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- Whitmire — primary (person)
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- Yow — 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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- **2025-01-29** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bailey
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- **2025-02-05** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Calhoon
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- **2025-02-06** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-12** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow, Weeks
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- **2025-02-12** Debate adjourned until Thur., 2-13-25
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- **2025-02-12** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, Bradley, Hager, Whitmire
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- **2025-02-13** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon, Cromer, Gilreath, Oremus, Hartz
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- **2025-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-13** Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
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- **2025-02-13** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
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- **2025-02-18** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-18** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
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- **2025-02-19** Scrivener's error corrected
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- **2025-02-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-25** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
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- **2025-02-26** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-27** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
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- **2025-02-27** Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
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- **2025-03-06** Ratified R 5
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- **2025-03-07** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-12** Effective date 03/07/25
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- **2025-03-12** Act No. 1
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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/9ec2c8c1-2731-425b-9cd8-bb33629277d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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