republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-779.md

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Bill	Legislative Expense Allowance	A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL RECEIVE A MONTHLY LEGISLATIVE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ALLOCATION OF LEGISLATIVE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS BETWEEN MEMBERS WHOSE SEATS WERE VACATED DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 AND THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO FILL THE VACANCY; AND TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHOSE SEATS WERE VACATED DUE TO THE MEMBER BEING CONVICTED OF OR PLEADING GUILTY OR NOLO CONTENDERE TO A FELONY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO A LEGISLATIVE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE PAYMENT PURSUANT TO THIS JOINT RESOLUTION. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 779	South Carolina S 779 (2025-2026)	joint resolution		enacted	Adams Devine Hutto Massey Zell	4	14	2	2026-01-13	2026-02-09	openstates	ocd-bill/6ecc2262-f27a-44f3-85c9-280f22ea3932	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=779&session=126&summary=B	ec9315e52f6c2a24ae62307317d7982a76961786c4daf76f10fbb989fefde96e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 779 (2025-2026) — Legislative Expense Allowance

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL RECEIVE A MONTHLY LEGISLATIVE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ALLOCATION OF LEGISLATIVE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS BETWEEN MEMBERS WHOSE SEATS WERE VACATED DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 AND THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO FILL THE VACANCY; AND TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHOSE SEATS WERE VACATED DUE TO THE MEMBER BEING CONVICTED OF OR PLEADING GUILTY OR NOLO CONTENDERE TO A FELONY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO A LEGISLATIVE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE PAYMENT PURSUANT TO THIS JOINT RESOLUTION. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/13/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/21/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 01/28/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Joint Resolution — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adams — primary (person)
• Devine — primary (person)
• Hutto — primary (person)
• Massey — primary (person)
• Zell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Committee report: Favorable Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-21 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2026-01-22 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2026-01-28 Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-29 Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
• 2026-01-29 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2026-01-30 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-03 Ratified R 99
• 2026-02-05 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-09 Effective date 02/05/26

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ecc2262-f27a-44f3-85c9-280f22ea3932. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).