South Carolina House Bill 4805

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on May 26 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-26 - Act No. 154
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

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

Judicial Seats

Rep. Weston Newton [R]	Rep. Cody Mitchell [R]	Rep. Brandon Newton [R]	Rep. Thomas Pope [R]
Rep. Joe White [R]	Rep. Robby Robbins [R]	Rep. Christopher Hart [D]

2026-05-05 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-04-01 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 109 N: 0 NV: 9 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-26		Act No. 154
2026-05-26		Effective date 05/15/26
2026-05-15		Signed By Governor
2026-05-14		Ratified R 205
2026-05-06	Senate	Read third time and enrolled
2026-05-05	Senate	Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
2026-05-05	Senate	Read second time
2026-04-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2026-04-07	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2026-04-02	House	Read third time and sent to Senate
2026-04-01	House	Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
2026-04-01	House	Read second time
2026-04-01	House	Amended
2026-04-01	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hart
2026-03-31	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2026-03-31	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins
2026-01-20	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White
2026-01-13	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2026-01-13	House	Introduced and read first time
2025-12-16	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2025-12-16	House	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
14	5	610	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	3	40	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	8	60	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4805&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4805_20251217.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4805_20260331.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4805_20260401.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4805_20260429.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4805_20260429A.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/fiscalimpactstatements/H4805%202026-01-13%20introduced.pdf
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/fiscalimpactstatements/H4805%202026-03-26%20amended.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=27132
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=27546