republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-4813.md

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Bill	Magistrate court fees and costs	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 8-21-1010 AND 8-21-1060, BOTH RELATING TO FEES AND COSTS TO BE COLLECTED BY MAGISTRATES, BOTH SO AS TO INCREASE VARIOUS FEES AND COSTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 22-3-340, RELATING TO ASSESSMENTS ON FILINGS IN MAGISTRATES COURT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE ASSESSMENT ON SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT FILINGS AND ALL OTHER CIVIL FILINGS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 22-2-5, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY EXAMINATIONS FOR MAGISTRATES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME ELIGIBILITY EXAMINATIONS ARE VALID. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 4813	South Carolina H 4813 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	C. Mitchell Oremus Pope Robbins	7	28	3	2025-12-16	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/d56d9c8f-f61c-4cb0-86e5-ae174dee137d	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4813&session=126&summary=B	e75c9c301362c55e2c5c9eaaf943c87fbdfa5c9a1852e2d5d6c348326ba168a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4813 (2025-2026) — Magistrate court fees and costs

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 8-21-1010 AND 8-21-1060, BOTH RELATING TO FEES AND COSTS TO BE COLLECTED BY MAGISTRATES, BOTH SO AS TO INCREASE VARIOUS FEES AND COSTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 22-3-340, RELATING TO ASSESSMENTS ON FILINGS IN MAGISTRATES COURT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE ASSESSMENT ON SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT FILINGS AND ALL OTHER CIVIL FILINGS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 22-2-5, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY EXAMINATIONS FOR MAGISTRATES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME ELIGIBILITY EXAMINATIONS ARE VALID. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/05/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/18/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/19/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/05/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 12/17/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–3 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 99–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• C. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Robbins — 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
• 2026-02-04 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins
• 2026-02-05 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-10 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Oremus
• 2026-02-11 Debate adjourned
• 2026-02-12 Debate adjourned until Tues., 2-17-26
• 2026-02-17 Debate adjourned
• 2026-02-18 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-18 Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-10
• 2026-02-19 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-02-19 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-19 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-02-19 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-04-29 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-05 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-05-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-05 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-3
• 2026-05-06 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-07 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-07 Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-0
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 206
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date 01/01/27
• 2026-05-26 Act No. 155

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d56d9c8f-f61c-4cb0-86e5-ae174dee137d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).