republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-4270.md

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Bill	Evictions	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 30-2-60 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF CERTAIN PUBLIC RECORDS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 4270	South Carolina H 4270 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Atkinson B.J. Cox Bannister Bauer Bernstein Bradley Brewer Brittain Burns C. Mitchell Calhoon Chapman Collins Dillard Gilliard Govan Guest Haddon Herbkersman J.L. Johnson Jones King Kirby Lowe Martin McGinnis Oremus Rivers Schuessler Scott Sessions Vaughan Waters Wetmore Wickensimer Willis Yow	8	33	9	2025-03-27	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/382cd4d4-888d-4f00-be76-6cb629c1ffb5	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4270&session=126&summary=B	9425c0df321f1edb0d622deec5f4621bec951d65943941f40bf00c960b52ea33	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4270 (2025-2026) — Evictions

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 30-2-60 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF CERTAIN PUBLIC RECORDS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 03/26/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/27/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/31/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/23/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/27/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 04/28/2026 (committee substitute) — source
8. 04/30/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 77–23 (pass) · lower
• Table Motion to Commit — 80–22 (fail) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 38–4 (pass) · upper
• Table Amendment 1A — 62–45 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 4 — 76–25 (pass) · lower
• Table Motion to Adjourn Debate — 64–27 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 81–28 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 6 — 70–30 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 5 — 75–28 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Atkinson — primary (person)
• B.J. Cox — primary (person)
• Bannister — primary (person)
• Bauer — primary (person)
• Bernstein — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• Brittain — primary (person)
• Burns — primary (person)
• C. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Calhoon — primary (person)
• Chapman — primary (person)
• Collins — primary (person)
• Dillard — primary (person)
• Gilliard — primary (person)
• Govan — primary (person)
• Guest — primary (person)
• Haddon — primary (person)
• Herbkersman — primary (person)
• J.L. Johnson — primary (person)
• Jones — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Kirby — primary (person)
• Lowe — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• McGinnis — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Rivers — primary (person)
• Schuessler — primary (person)
• Scott — primary (person)
• Sessions — primary (person)
• Vaughan — primary (person)
• Waters — primary (person)
• Wetmore — primary (person)
• Wickensimer — primary (person)
• Willis — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-27 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-03-27 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-04-01 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wetmore
• 2025-04-10 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bauer
• 2025-04-23 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Collins
• 2026-01-13 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wickensimer
• 2026-01-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brewer, Gilliard, Bernstein
• 2026-01-29 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bannister, Willis, J.L.Johnson, Guest
• 2026-02-10 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: King
• 2026-02-11 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Chapman
• 2026-02-12 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Herbkersman, Bradley, Brittain, Burns, Martin, Calhoon, Lowe, C.Mitchell, Oremus, Atkinson, Sessions
• 2026-02-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Haddon, Waters
• 2026-03-26 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-31 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-03-31 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Cromer, Harris, Gilreath, Pace, Magnuson, Edgerton, White, Terribile, Frank, Beach, McCabe
• 2026-04-23 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Rivers, Scott, Govan
• 2026-04-23 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-04-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-23 Roll call Yeas-77 Nays-23
• 2026-04-27 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-04-28 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-28 Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference introduction, reading-1
• 2026-04-30 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-04-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-30 Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-4
• 2026-05-06 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-12 Debate adjourned
• 2026-05-13 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-13 Roll call Yeas-81 Nays-28
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 194
• 2026-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-05 Effective date 01/01/27
• 2026-06-02 Act No. 214

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/382cd4d4-888d-4f00-be76-6cb629c1ffb5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).