South Carolina H 3528: House Rules, placement of bills on House Calendar

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2025-2026 Bill 3528 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3528

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A house RESOLUTION

TO AMEND RULE 5.1 of the Rules of the HOuse of 
representatives, RELATING TO INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS AND THEIR 
REFERRAL TO COMMITTEES, SO AS TO REQUIRE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS SPONSORED BY A MAJORITY 
OF THE HOUSE TO BE PLACED ON THE CALENDAR.

Be it resolved by the House 
of Representatives:

That Rule 5.1 of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended to read:

 5.1 a. 
No notice shall be required of a member of his intention to introduce a 
bill or resolution. Bills and resolutions shall be referred by the Speaker of 
the House to the appropriate committee or committees which may then consider 
them at such times as the committee meets. Provided, however, the Speaker may 
delay referral of a bill or resolution for one statewide legislative day in 
order to review the legislation's subject matter content. Any matter acted upon 
favorably by any committee may be reported out by the committee when the House 
reconvenes and need not thereafter be sent to any committee but shall then be 
ready, upon compliance with other Rules of the House, for second reading 
consideration; provided, however, that bills appropriating revenue shall be 
referred to the Ways and Means Committee. Provided, further, that bills and 
resolutions creating study committees shall first be referred to the 
appropriate standing committee having jurisdiction of the subject matter of the 
bill or resolution. 

 b. Notwithstanding 
the provisions of subsection a., a bill or resolution sponsored by a majority 
of the House must be placed on the House calendar for consideration and not 
referred first to a committee.

 c. The 
Speaker may establish procedures and dates for prefiling legislation prior to 
the first day of the convening or reconvening of the General Assembly. All 
bills received prior to the first day of the convening or reconvening of the 
General Assembly shall receive first reading on the first day of the session.

 d. In 
those years in which all seats of the House are up for election, no bill shall 
be received for prefiling between the dates of adjournment sine die and the 
date of completion of the Organizational Session of the House.

 e. When 
the House of Representatives is not in session and bills are being prefiled and 
assigned to committees, any member who wishes to have their name added as a 
sponsor of a bill may do so by notifying the Clerk of the House in writing. The 
Clerk shall then notify the Chairman of the committee to which the bill has 
been assigned and their name shall be added. If a member wishes to sponsor a 
bill individually then they shall so indicate on the face of the bill and no 
additional sponsors shall be allowed.

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