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2025-2026 Bill 3815 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 05, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3815

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A house RESOLUTION

TO AMEND RULES 6.3 14. AND 15., AND 8.9 OF THE RULES 
OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ALL RELATING TO THE MOTION PERIOD, SO AS TO 
DELETE THE MOTION PERIOD AND ALL REFERENCES TO IT, AND TO FURTHER AMEND 15. TO 
MAKE A TECHNICAL CHANGE TO MATTERS REGARDING SETTING SPECIAL ORDER; TO AMEND 
RULE 4.2 10., RELATING TO STANDING COMMITTEES AND THEIR MEMBERSHIPS, SO AS TO 
RENAME THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT 
EFFICIENCY AND LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT; TO AMEND RULE 5.20, RELATING TO RESOLUTIONS 
MEMORIALIZING CONGRESS, AN AGENCY, OR AN OFFICIAL, SO AS TO PROVIDE THESE MAY 
BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON INVITATIONS AND MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS OR TO THE 
APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE WITH SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION CONCERNING THE 
RESOLUTION; TO AMEND RULE 4.13, RELATING TO INVITATIONS, SO AS TO ALLOW THE 
COMMITTEE ON INVITATIONS AND MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS TO ACCEPT INVITATIONS AS 
EARLY AS 5:00 P.M.; TO DELETE RULE 5.12 RELATING TO THE APRIL TENTH CROSSOVER 
DEADLINE FOR LEGISLATION; TO AMEND RULE 4.4, RELATING TO COMMITTEE OPERATIONS, 
SO AS TO REQUIRE STREAMING OF COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS WHEN FEASIBLE 
AND PROVIDE A CAVEAT; TO ADD RULE 2.17 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE CLERK, READING 
CLERK, CHAPLAIN, AND SERGEANT AT ARMS MUST PERFORM THEIR DUTIES IN A FAIR AND 
PROFESSIONAL MANNER THAT DOES NOT OPENLY REFLECT THEIR PERSONAL POLITICAL 
BELIEFS OR OPINIONS CONCERNING ISSUES, CAMPAIGNS, OR OTHER MATTERS BEFORE THE 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND TO DELETE RULES 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, AND 4.12, ALL RELATING 
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND ITS OPERATION. 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

(1) That Rule 6.3 
14. and 15. of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read:

14. a. motion period;

 b. consideration 
of local contested bills and joint resolutions on second reading;

15. consideration of 
statewide contested bills and joint resolutions on second reading in the order 
in which they appear on the Calendar;

 a. Notwithstanding 
the order of business set forth in Rule 6.3 a matter may be set for Special 
Order for consideration on a particular day at a particular hour or at a 
particular place on the Calendar.

 b. Special orders 
may be set for appropriations bills and local bills by majority vote of the 
House. Special orders on all other billsmatters placed on the Calendar shall be set only by 
written resolution, which has been referred to the Rules Committee or 
originates therein, and agreed to by two-thirds of the members of that 
committee and agreed to by majority of the members of the House present after 
the committee has made its report; provided,. Resolutions setting matters for special order may include 
language governing the time, date, and debate of the matters set for special 
order; however, that notwithstanding the 
provisions of Rule 9 governing the amendability of bills and resolutions, no 
amendments may be offered to any Special Order resolution, which amendments do 
not pertain to the bill which is the subject of the Special Order resolution, except 
as to the time and date called for in such resolution.

Provided, that for the 
purpose of explaining any Special Order resolution the time limit for opponents 
shall not exceed five minutes and the time limit for proponents shall not 
exceed five minutes.

 c. A Special 
Order set for a certain day and hour, not being considered by the House at the 
hour named, shall be transferred by the Clerk of the House to the Special 
Orders of the following day until disposed of, in the chronological order of original 
appointment.

Any member may insist upon a 
Special Order of the Day, or other Special Orders, until it be discharged.

 d. The motion period provided for the daily order of business under 
Rule 6.3 shall be limited to ten minutes only.

Provided, however, that time consumed 
by roll call votes shall not be construed as part of time allotted to said 
motions period. (Reserved.) 

e. Consideration of 
uncontested local bills and joint resolutions on third and second readings as 
provided in subsection 7a and b of this rule shall be limited to a total of ten 
minutes only. Consideration of contested local bills and joint resolutions on second 
and third readings as provided in subsections 12b and 14b of this rule is 
limited to a total of ten minutes for second reading bills and joint 
resolutions and ten minutes for third reading bills and joint resolutions.

 f. Consideration 
of uncontested statewide bills and joint resolutions on third and second 
readings as provided in subsection 8a and b of this rule shall be limited to a 
total of thirty minutes onl