SC H5495 | 2025-2026 | 126th General Assembly

South Carolina House Resolution 5495

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 2 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-02 - Introduced and adopted
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Declare April 2026 As "second Chance Month" In South Carolina And To Commend Soteria Community Development Corporation On Its Outstanding Work In Assisting Formerly Incarcerated Individuals To Reenter Society.

Title

Second Chance Month

Sponsors

Rep. Chandra Dillard [D]	Rep. Terry Alexander [D]	Rep. Carl Anderson [D]	Rep. Frank Atkinson [D]
Rep. William Bailey [R]	Rep. Nathan Ballentine [R]	Rep. Justin Bamberg [D]	Rep. Bruce Bannister [R]
Rep. Heather Bauer [D]	Rep. Thomas Beach [R]	Rep. Beth Bernstein [D]	Rep. Phillip Bowers [R]
Rep. Jeffrey Bradley [R]	Rep. Gary Brewer [R]	Rep. Thomas Brittain [R]	Rep. James Burns [R]
Rep. Joseph Bustos [R]	Rep. Paula Rawl Calhoon [R]	Rep. Micajah Caskey [R]	Rep. Don Chapman [R]
Rep. William Chumley [R]	Rep. William Clyburn [D]	Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter [D]	Rep. Neal Collins [R]
Rep. Brandon Cox [R]	Rep. Heather Crawford [R]	Rep. April Cromer [R]	Rep. Sylleste Davis [R]
Rep. Adam Duncan [R]	Rep. Sarita Edgerton [R]	Rep. Shannon Erickson [R]	Rep. Greg Ford [R]
Rep. Cally Forrest [R]	Rep. Stephen Frank [R]	Rep. Craig Gagnon [R]	Rep. Kambrell Garvin [D]
Rep. Gil Gatch [R]	Rep. Daniel Gibson [R]	Rep. Doug Gilliam [R]	Rep. Wendell Gilliard [D]
Rep. Lee Gilreath [R]	Rep. Jerry Govan [D]	Rep. Hamilton Grant [D]	Rep. Val Guest [R]
Rep. Brandon Guffey [R]	Rep. Patrick Haddon [R]	Rep. Bill Hager [R]	Rep. Kevin Hardee [R]
Rep. Rob Harris [R]	Rep. Christopher Hart [D]	Rep. Tom Hartnett [R]	Rep. Charles Hartz [R]
Rep. Jackie Hayes [D]	Rep. Rosalyn Henderson-Myers [D]	Rep. William Herbkersman [R]	Rep. William Hewitt [R]
Rep. Davey Hiott [R]	Rep. William Hixon [R]	Rep. Harriet Holman [R]	Rep. Lonnie Hosey [D]
Rep. Leon Howard [D]	Rep. Chris Huff [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Johnson [R]	Rep. Jermaine Johnson [D]
Rep. Wendell Jones [D]	Rep. Wallace Jordan [R]	Rep. Jay Kilmartin [R]	Rep. John King [D]
Rep. Roger Kirby [D]	Rep. Kathy Landing [R]	Rep. John Lastinger [R]	Rep. Brian Lawson [R]
Rep. Randy Ligon [R]	Rep. Steven Long [R]	Rep. Phillip Lowe [R]	Rep. Jason Luck [D]
Rep. Josiah Magnuson [R]	Rep. David Martin [R]	Rep. Donald McCabe [R]	Rep. John Mccravy [R]
Rep. Annie McDaniel [D]	Rep. Timothy McGinnis [R]	Rep. Cody Mitchell [R]	Rep. Dianne Mitchell [R]
Rep. Scott Montgomery [R]	Rep. JA Moore [D]	Rep. Travis Moore [R]	Rep. Alan Morgan [R]
Rep. Dennis Moss [R]	Rep. Mike Neese [R]	Rep. Brandon Newton [R]	Rep. Weston Newton [R]
Rep. Melissa Oremus [R]	Rep. Jordan Pace [R]	Rep. Fawn Pedalino [R]	Rep. Thomas Pope [R]
Rep. Luke Rankin [R]	Rep. Robert Reese [D]	Rep. Michael Rivers [D]	Rep. Robby Robbins [R]
Rep. Seth Rose [D]	Rep. Todd Rutherford [D]	Rep. Blake Sanders [R]	Rep. Carla Schuessler [R]
Rep. Keishan Scott [D]	Rep. Heath Sessions [R]	Rep. Murrell Smith [R]	Rep. Marvin Smith [R]
Rep. Tiffany Spann-Wilder [D]	Rep. Leonidas Stavrinakis [D]	Rep. Bill Taylor [R]	Rep. James Teeple [R]
Rep. Jackie Terribile [R]	Rep. David Vaughan [R]	Rep. Courtney Waters [D]	Rep. David Weeks [D]
Rep. Elizabeth Wetmore [D]	Rep. Joe White [R]	Rep. William Whitmire [R]	Rep. Paul Wickensimer [R]
Rep. Robert Williams [D]	Rep. Mark Willis [R]	Rep. Christopher Wooten [R]	Rep. Richard Yow [R]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-02	House	Introduced and adopted

South Carolina State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5495&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5495_20260402.htm