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type: "Bill"
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title: "Family Court Judges, additional"
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description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-3-40, RELATING TO FAMILY COURT JUDGES ELECTED FROM EACH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SO AS TO INCREASE BY ONE THE NUMBER OF FAMILY COURT JUDGES IN THE NINTH, ELEVENTH, AND FOURTEENTH CIRCUITS. - 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 3529"
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citation: "South Carolina H 3529 (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: ["Ballentine", "Bannister", "C. Mitchell", "Calhoon", "Caskey", "Robbins", "Spann-Wilder", "W. Newton", "Weeks", "Wooten"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-12-05"
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last_action: "2025-05-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/681a8dec-ca14-464a-8ba1-03e046e36653"
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source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3529&session=126&summary=B"
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source_hash: "257ba50458b6e15616877593a684a6f8697c2c7e95eb02a359ba45e1901f163f"
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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 3529 (2025-2026) — Family Court Judges, additional
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-3-40, RELATING TO FAMILY COURT JUDGES ELECTED FROM EACH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SO AS TO INCREASE BY ONE THE NUMBER OF FAMILY COURT JUDGES IN THE NINTH, ELEVENTH, AND FOURTEENTH CIRCUITS. - 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/3529.htm)
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2. **02/06/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3529_20250206.htm)
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3. **03/12/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3529_20250312.htm)
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4. **03/13/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3529_20250313.htm)
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5. **12/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3529_20241205.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage of Bill — **106–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ballentine — primary (person)
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- Bannister — primary (person)
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- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Calhoon — primary (person)
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- Caskey — primary (person)
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- Robbins — primary (person)
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- Spann-Wilder — primary (person)
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- W. Newton — primary (person)
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- Weeks — 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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- **2025-02-05** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Calhoon, Ballentine
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- **2025-02-06** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins, C.Mitchell
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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: Weeks
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- **2025-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-12** Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
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- **2025-02-13** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-13** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-27** Referred to Subcommittee: Elliott (ch), Cash, Tedder, Devine, Fernandez, Kennedy, Walker
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- **2025-03-12** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-13** Scrivener's error corrected
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- **2025-03-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-18** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
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- **2025-03-19** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-24** Ratified R 18
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- **2025-04-28** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-07** Effective date 04/28/25
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- **2025-05-07** Act No. 7
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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/681a8dec-ca14-464a-8ba1-03e046e36653`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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