SC S0983 | 2025-2026 | 126th General Assembly

South Carolina Senate Bill 983

Status

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 5 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-05-06 - Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 30-2-60 So As To Provide That Eviction Filings And Records That Include Personal Information Of A Defendant Are Automatically Removed From The Public Index After Five Years If No Subsequent Evictions Or Ejectments Have Occurred.

Title

Evictions

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-06	Senate	Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary
2026-04-09	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2026-03-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2026-03-05	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	2	60	(n/a)	See Bill Text

South Carolina State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0983&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/983_20260305.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/983_20260409.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/fiscalimpactstatements/S0983%202026-03-05%20introduced.pdf