republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3798.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Military chaplains	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 25-1-180 SO AS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN CRITERIA FOR MILITARY CHAPLAINS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT MILITARY CHAPLAINS HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO REFUSE TO DISCLOSE CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3798	South Carolina H 3798 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Bradley Brewer C. Mitchell Erickson G.M. Smith Gilliard Govan Guest Hager Hart Lawson Murphy Rivers Stavrinakis T. Moore W. Newton Weeks Williams Yow	5	23	3	2025-01-28	2026-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/88be18ef-4413-429b-89c2-c75f2f657c72	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3798&session=126&summary=B	aef8a1274316d7a19735050cbaa4a85a3686a364a50af4c6017f7c1a215e7a24	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3798 (2025-2026) — Military chaplains

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 25-1-180 SO AS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN CRITERIA FOR MILITARY CHAPLAINS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT MILITARY CHAPLAINS HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO REFUSE TO DISCLOSE CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/28/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/11/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/12/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 02/18/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bradley — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• C. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Gilliard — primary (person)
• Govan — primary (person)
• Guest — primary (person)
• Hager — primary (person)
• Hart — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Rivers — primary (person)
• Stavrinakis — primary (person)
• T. Moore — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Weeks — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-28 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-02-04 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan, Erickson, Bradley
• 2025-02-12 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-13 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks
• 2025-02-18 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hart, Williams, Rivers, Gilliard
• 2025-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-18 Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
• 2025-02-19 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-19 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-18 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-02-18 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-18 Roll call Ayes-30 Nays-13
• 2026-02-19 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-03 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-03-03 Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
• 2026-03-05 Ratified R 109
• 2026-03-09 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-12 Effective date 03/09/26
• 2026-03-12 Act No. 104

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88be18ef-4413-429b-89c2-c75f2f657c72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).