2025-2026 Regular Session • South Carolina Legislature
H3529: Family Court Judges, additional
Legislative Summary
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-3-40, Relating To Family Court Judges Elected From Each Judicial Circuit, So As To Increase By One The Number Of Family Court Judges In The Ninth, Eleventh, And Fourteenth Circuits. - Ratified Title
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Bill History
12/5/2024
Prefiled
House of Representatives
12/5/2024
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
House of Representatives
1/14/2025
Introduced and read first time
House of Representatives
1/14/2025
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Calhoon, Ballentine
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins, Mitchell
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
Read second time
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
House of Representatives
2/13/2025
Read third time and sent to Senate
House of Representatives
2/13/2025
Introduced and read first time
Senate
2/13/2025
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Senate
2/27/2025
Referred to Subcommittee: Elliott (ch), Cash, Tedder, Devine, Fernandez, Kennedy, Walker
Senate
3/12/2025
Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
Senate
3/13/2025
Scrivener's error corrected
3/18/2025
Read second time
Senate
3/18/2025
Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
Senate
3/19/2025
Read third time and enrolled
Senate
4/24/2025
Ratified R 18
Roll Call Votes
Senate: 2nd Reading
3/18/2025
44
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Passage Of Bill
2/12/2025
106
Yea
0
Nay
7
Not Voting
9
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Enrolled(3/19/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Republican: 8
Democrat: 2
Primary Sponsor
Weston Newton
Republican