republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-5111.md

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Bill	Public Water System Connections	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 6-1-200 SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS AND PROHIBIT A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION FROM UNREASONABLY RESTRICTING PRIVATE WELLS ON AGRICULTURAL OR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND FROM REQUIRING CONNECTION TO A WATER SYSTEM IF THE SYSTEM IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 5111	South Carolina H 5111 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Duncan Forrest Gibson Hartz Lastinger McCravy Reese	6	20	2	2026-02-05	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/6642778d-16d1-4901-a952-d561afe23528	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5111&session=126&summary=B	794f454c97106120191fbe75719f8fdf820f2e0cde7b09603580fbc413e9a1db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 5111 (2025-2026) — Public Water System Connections

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 6-1-200 SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS AND PROHIBIT A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION FROM UNREASONABLY RESTRICTING PRIVATE WELLS ON AGRICULTURAL OR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND FROM REQUIRING CONNECTION TO A WATER SYSTEM IF THE SYSTEM IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - 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. 02/05/2026-A (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/02/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/14/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Duncan — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Gibson — primary (person)
• Hartz — primary (person)
• Lastinger — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• Reese — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-05 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-02-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lastinger
• 2026-04-01 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hartz
• 2026-04-02 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-14 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gibson, McCravy, Reese, Duncan
• 2026-04-14 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-04-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-14 Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
• 2026-04-15 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-15 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-04-15 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-04-29 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 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 211
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date 05/15/26
• 2026-05-26 Act No. 158

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6642778d-16d1-4901-a952-d561afe23528. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).