republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-4805.md

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Bill	Judicial Seats	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 14-5-610, RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF THE STATE INTO SIXTEEN JUDICIAL CIRCUITS, THE NUMBER OF JUDGES TO BE ELECTED FROM EACH CIRCUIT, AND THE ELECTION OF AT-LARGE JUDGES WITHOUT REGARD TO COUNTY OR CIRCUIT OF RESIDENCE, SO AS TO CONVERT THREE AT-LARGE CIRCUIT COURT SEATS TO RESIDENT SEATS AND CREATE FOUR NEW JUDGESHIPS; BY AMENDING SECTION 63-3-40, RELATING TO THE NUMBER OF FAMILY COURT JUDGES TO BE ELECTED FROM EACH CIRCUIT, SO AS TO CONVERT FOUR AT-LARGE FAMILY COURT SEATS TO RESIDENT SEATS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 9-8-60, RELATING TO RETIREMENT OF JUDGES, SOLICITORS, AND CIRCUIT PUBLIC DEFENDERS, SO AS TO REQUIRE EIGHT YEARS OF EARNED SERVICE RATHER THAN TEN. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 4805	South Carolina H 4805 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	B. Newton C. Mitchell Hart Pope Robbins W. Newton White	6	21	2	2025-12-16	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/e4bb6dba-6590-4d52-afae-3c2c055a9666	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4805&session=126&summary=B	ef4646ba5067c1be16c47fe5ef85581e19c08a50174920f674f8adfe6b762e44	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4805 (2025-2026) — Judicial Seats

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 14-5-610, RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF THE STATE INTO SIXTEEN JUDICIAL CIRCUITS, THE NUMBER OF JUDGES TO BE ELECTED FROM EACH CIRCUIT, AND THE ELECTION OF AT-LARGE JUDGES WITHOUT REGARD TO COUNTY OR CIRCUIT OF RESIDENCE, SO AS TO CONVERT THREE AT-LARGE CIRCUIT COURT SEATS TO RESIDENT SEATS AND CREATE FOUR NEW JUDGESHIPS; BY AMENDING SECTION 63-3-40, RELATING TO THE NUMBER OF FAMILY COURT JUDGES TO BE ELECTED FROM EACH CIRCUIT, SO AS TO CONVERT FOUR AT-LARGE FAMILY COURT SEATS TO RESIDENT SEATS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 9-8-60, RELATING TO RETIREMENT OF JUDGES, SOLICITORS, AND CIRCUIT PUBLIC DEFENDERS, SO AS TO REQUIRE EIGHT YEARS OF EARNED SERVICE RATHER THAN TEN. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 03/31/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/01/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/29/2026-A (committee substitute) — source
6. 12/17/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Newton — primary (person)
• C. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Hart — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• White — 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
• 2026-01-20 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White
• 2026-03-31 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins
• 2026-03-31 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-01 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hart
• 2026-04-01 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-04-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-01 Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
• 2026-04-02 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-07 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-04-07 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-05-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-05 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
• 2026-05-06 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 205
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date 05/15/26
• 2026-05-26 Act No. 154

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4bb6dba-6590-4d52-afae-3c2c055a9666. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).