republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3650.md

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Bill	Discharging firearms into dwellings and other structures	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-1-60, RELATING TO OFFENSES DEFINED AS VIOLENT CRIMES, SO AS TO INCLUDE THE OFFENSE OF DISCHARGING FIREARMS AT OR INTO A DWELLING HOUSE, OTHER BUILDING, STRUCTURE, ENCLOSURE, VEHICLE, AIRCRAFT, WATERCRAFT, OR OTHER CONVEYANCE, DEVICE, OR EQUIPMENT; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 16-23-440, RELATING TO DISCHARGING FIREARMS INTO A DWELLING HOUSE, OTHER BUILDING, STRUCTURE, ENCLOSURE, VEHICLE, AIRCRAFT, WATERCRAFT, OR OTHER CONVEYANCE, DEVICE, OR EQUIPMENT, SO AS TO CREATE A TIERED PENALTY STRUCTURE. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3650	South Carolina H 3650 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	B. Newton Bailey Caskey Chapman Crawford Forrest G.M. Smith Guest Hixon Pope Robbins Taylor W. Newton Wooten	6	27	3	2024-12-12	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/f735703d-e038-4b45-b758-75f79e596a7c	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3650&session=126&summary=B	6cbceb3c130fbe7f2cb0e9c6b96ca19cf2402fa2a115438967a17da4ccf96441	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3650 (2025-2026) — Discharging firearms into dwellings and other structures

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-1-60, RELATING TO OFFENSES DEFINED AS VIOLENT CRIMES, SO AS TO INCLUDE THE OFFENSE OF DISCHARGING FIREARMS AT OR INTO A DWELLING HOUSE, OTHER BUILDING, STRUCTURE, ENCLOSURE, VEHICLE, AIRCRAFT, WATERCRAFT, OR OTHER CONVEYANCE, DEVICE, OR EQUIPMENT; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 16-23-440, RELATING TO DISCHARGING FIREARMS INTO A DWELLING HOUSE, OTHER BUILDING, STRUCTURE, ENCLOSURE, VEHICLE, AIRCRAFT, WATERCRAFT, OR OTHER CONVEYANCE, DEVICE, OR EQUIPMENT, SO AS TO CREATE A TIERED PENALTY STRUCTURE. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/26/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/16/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/22/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 12/12/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 106–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Bailey — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)
• Chapman — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Guest — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Wooten — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-12-12 Prefiled filing
• 2024-12-12 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: Bailey
• 2025-01-30 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins
• 2025-02-13 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Crawford, Guest
• 2025-02-26 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-27 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey
• 2025-03-04 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest, B.Newton, Hixon, Taylor
• 2025-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-03-04 Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
• 2025-03-05 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-06 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-03-06 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-04-16 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-15 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-04-15 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-15 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
• 2026-04-16 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-22 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-04-23 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-04-23 Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 181
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date 05/15/26
• 2026-05-26 Act No. 138

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f735703d-e038-4b45-b758-75f79e596a7c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).