South Carolina S 715: Jasmine Jones

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2025-2026 Bill 715 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 22, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 715

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Committee Report

April 22, 2026

S. 715

Introduced 
by Senators Sutton, Rice, Elliott and Turner 

S. Printed 4/22/26--H.

Read the first time March 5, 2026

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The committee on House Labor, 
Commerce and Industry

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 715) to amend 
the South Carolina Code of Laws by amending Section 33-56-50, relating to 
organizations exempt from registration provisions, alternate filings, and 
fundraising, etc., respectfully

Report:

That they have duly and carefully considered 
the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

WILLIAM HERBKERSMAN for 
Committee.

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 33-56-50, RELATING TO ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION 
PROVISIONS, ALTERNATE FILINGS, AND FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO INCREASE 
THRESHOLDS FOR CHARITIES REQUESTING EXEMPTIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 33-56-70, 
RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT CONTRACTS WITH PROFESSIONAL SOLICITORS MUST BE 
IN WRITING, FILING REQUIREMENTS, JOINT FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR EACH CAMPAIGN, AND 
PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE, SO AS TO LIMIT FILING REQUIREMENTS TO COMMERCIAL 
CO-VENTURERS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 33-56-90, RELATING 
TO DISCLOSURES TO SOLICITED PARTIES, SO AS TO REQUIRE ANY ENTITY THAT SOLICITS 
FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS TO DISCLOSE THE LEGAL NAME AND PURPOSE OF THE 
CHARITY FOR WHICH THEY ARE SOLICITING; BY AMENDING SECTION 33-56-110, RELATING 
TO THE REGISTRATION OF PROFESSIONAL SOLICITORS, FUNDRAISING COUNSEL, OR 
COMMERCIAL CO-VENTURERS, SO AS TO LIMIT REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL 
CO-VENTURERS SOLICITING MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN A SINGLE SOLICITATION 
CAMPAIGN; BY AMENDING SECTION 33-56-110, RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF 
PROFESSIONAL SOLICITORS, FUNDRAISING COUNSEL, OR COMMERCIAL CO-VENTURERS, SO AS 
TO PROVIDE THAT IF A COMMERCIAL CO-VENTURER INTENDING TO BE EXEMPT FROM 
REGISTRATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE COLLECTS, EARNS, OR RECEIVES 
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS DURING A 
SOLICITATION CAMPAIGN, THEN THE COMMERCIAL CO-VENTURER SHALL REPORT TO THE 
SECRETARY OF STATE; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 33-56-120, RELATING TO PROHIBITED 
MISREPRESENTATIONS, SO AS TO PROHIBIT COMMERCIAL CO-VENTURERS FROM USING 
REGISTRATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AS AN ENDORSEMENT BY THE STATE.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 33-56-50 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
33-56-50. (A) The following are not 
required to file registration statements with the Secretary of State if their 
fundraising activities are not conducted by professional solicitors, 
professional fundraising counsel, or commercial coventurersco-venturers:

 (1) 
an educational institution which solicits contributions from only its students 
and their families, alumni, faculty, friends, and other constituencies, 
trustees, corporations, foundations, and individuals who are interested in and 
supportive of the programs of the institution;

 (2) 
a person requesting contributions for the relief of an individual specified by 
name at the time of the solicitation when all of the contributions collected, 
without deductions of any kind, are turned over to the named beneficiary for 
his use, as long as the person soliciting the contributions is not a named 
beneficiary;

 (3) 
a charitable organization which (a) does not intend to solicit, collect, earn, 
or receive contributions from the public gross revenue in excess of twenty-five 
thousand dollars in during a 
calendar fiscal year 
and (b) has received a letter of tax exemption from 
the Internal Revenue Service, if all functions, including fundraising 
activities, of the organization exempted pursuant to this item are conducted by 
persons who are compensated no more than five hundred dollars in a year for 
their services and no part of their assets or income inures to the benefit of 
or is paid to an officer or a member. If the contributions 
raised from the public, whether or not the contributions are actually received 
by a charitable organization during any calendar year, are in excess of these 
amounts gross revenue solicited, collected, earned, 
or received by the organization exceeds this amount, within thirty days after the date the contributions exceed these 
amounts, then the organization must register 
with and report to the Secretary of State as required by this chapter within thirty days after the date the gross revenue exceeds 
this amount;

 (4) 
an organization which solicits exclusively from its membership, including a 
utility coope