South Carolina House Bill 4513

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on May 6 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-05-08 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ligon
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-5-35 So As To Require County Boards Of Voter Registration And Elections To Maintain Certain Records That Must Be Provided, Upon Request, To Qualified Electors Free Of Charge; By Adding Section 7-13-870 So As To Establish Certain Inherent Rights Of Observation With Regards To Election Processes For Every Citizen Of This State; By Adding Section 7-13-880 So As To Establish Certain Inventory Record-keeping Protocols And Chain Of Custody Requirements For Voting System Components And Other Systems, Equipment, Materials, Or Devices Used In Election-related Processes; By Adding Section 7-13-1180 So As To Conduct Postelection Audits In Which All Votes Cast Are Hand Counted; And By Adding Section 7-13-1455 So As To Provide Actions And Protocols That Must Be Taken When There Is A Discrepancy Between Postelection Audit Results And Tabulated Vote Counts That Equals Or Exceeds A Certain Amount.

Election Transparency and Accountability Act

Rep. Thomas Pope [R]

Rep. Randy Ligon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-05-08	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ligon
2025-05-06	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2025-05-06	House	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
7	13	1180	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	13	1455	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	13	870	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	13	880	(n/a)	See Bill Text
7	5	35	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4513&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4513_20250506.htm