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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pretrial Intervention Program eligibility"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 17-22-50 AND 17-22-60, BOTH RELATING TO PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY, BOTH SO AS TO PROVIDE A PERSON MAY PARTICIPATE IN A PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM IF TWENTY YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE DATE OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM BY THE PERSON, RATHER THAN LIMITING ELIGIBILITY OF PARTICIPATION TO ONLY ONCE. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 4720"
citation: "South Carolina H 4720 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Mitchell", "McCravy", "Reese", "Rivers", "Rose", "Yow"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-12-16"
last_action: "2026-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91acfa67-5212-4bdb-b545-0db7dec16838"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4720&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "2c9166080d640767a788c2864d1384687b3c77c2b7ec0d83687fb7835ea8e20e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
---
# South Carolina H 4720 (2025-2026) — Pretrial Intervention Program eligibility
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 17-22-50 AND 17-22-60, BOTH RELATING TO PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY, BOTH SO AS TO PROVIDE A PERSON MAY PARTICIPATE IN A PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM IF TWENTY YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE DATE OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM BY THE PERSON, RATHER THAN LIMITING ELIGIBILITY OF PARTICIPATION TO ONLY ONCE. - RATIFIED TITLE
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/4720.htm)
2. **01/29/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4720_20260129.htm)
3. **01/30/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4720_20260130.htm)
4. **02/03/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4720_20260203.htm)
5. **04/09/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4720_20260409.htm)
6. **12/17/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4720_20251217.htm)
## Votes
- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
- McCravy — primary (person)
- Reese — primary (person)
- Rivers — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Yow — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-12-16** Prefiled `filing`
- **2025-12-16** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: C.Mitchell, Yow
- **2026-01-29** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2026-02-03** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Reese, Rivers
- **2026-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** Roll call Yeas-xxx Nays-xxx
- **2026-02-03** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2026-02-04** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-04-29** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
- **2026-04-30** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 199
- **2026-05-19** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-05** Effective date 05/19/26
- **2026-06-03** Act No. 216
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91acfa67-5212-4bdb-b545-0db7dec16838`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).