South Carolina S 91: Campaign Bank Account Statements

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2025-2026 Bill 91 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 11, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 91

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 8-13-1308, RELATING TO THE FILING OF CERTIFIED CAMPAIGN REPORTS BY 
CANDIDATES AND COMMITTEES, SO AS TO REQUIRE CANDIDATES AND COMMITTEES TO FILE 
CAMPAIGN BANK ACCOUNT STATEMENTS FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER'S CAMPAIGN REPORT 
CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH THEIR CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 8-13-1308 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
8-13-1308. (A) Upon the receipt or 
expenditure of campaign contributions or the making of independent expenditures 
totaling an accumulated aggregate of five hundred dollars or more, a candidate 
or committee required to file a statement of organization pursuant to Section 
8-13-1304(A) must file an initial certified campaign report within ten days of 
these initial receipts or expenditures. However, a candidate who does not 
receive or expend campaign contributions totaling an accumulated aggregate of 
five hundred dollars or more must file an initial certified campaign report 
fifteen days before an election.

 (B) 
Following the filing of an initial certified campaign report, additional 
certified campaign reports must be filed within ten days following the end of 
each calendar quarter in which contributions are received or expenditures are 
made, whether before or after an election until the campaign account undergoes 
final disbursement pursuant to the provisions of Section 8-13-1370.

 (C) 
Campaign reports filed by a candidate must be certified by the candidate. 
Campaign reports filed by a committee must be certified by a duly authorized 
officer of the committee.

 (D)(1) At least fifteen days before an 
election, a certified campaign report must be filed showing contributions of 
more than one hundred dollars and expenditures to or by the candidate or 
committee for the period ending twenty days before the election. The candidate 
or committee must maintain a current list during the period before the election 
commencing at the beginning of the calendar quarter of the election of all 
contributions of more than one hundred dollars and expenditures. The list must 
be open to public inspection upon request.

 (2) 
A committee immediately shall file a campaign report listing expenditures if it 
makes an independent expenditure or an incurred expenditure within the calendar 
quarter in which the election is conducted or twenty days before the election, 
whichever period of time is greater, in excess of:

 (a) 
ten thousand dollars in the case of a candidate for statewide office; or

 (b) 
two thousand dollars in the case of a candidate for any other office.

 (3) 
In the event of a runoff election, candidates or committees are not required to 
file another campaign report in addition to the reports already required under 
this section. However, records must remain open to public inspection upon 
request between the election and the runoff.

 (E) 
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (B) and (D), if a pre-election 
campaign report provided for in subsection (D) is required to be filed within 
thirty days of the end of the prior quarter, a candidate or committee must 
combine the quarterly report provided for in subsection (B) and the 
pre-election report and file the combined report subject to the provisions of 
subsection (D) no later than fifteen days before the election.

 (F) 
Certified campaign reports detailing campaign contributions and expenditures 
must contain:

 (1) 
the total of contributions accepted by the candidate or committee;

 (2) 
the name and address of each person making a contribution of more than one 
hundred dollars and the amount and date of receipt of each contribution;

 (3) 
the total expenditures made by or on behalf of the candidate or committee;

 (4) 
the name and address of each person to whom an expenditure is made from 
campaign funds, including the date, amount, purpose, and beneficiary of the 
expenditure.

 (G) 
Notwithstanding any other reporting requirements in this chapter, a political 
party, legislative caucus committee, and a party committee must file a 
certified campaign report upon the receipt of anything of value which totals in 
the aggregate five hundred dollars or more. For purposes of this section, 
"anything of value" includes contributions received which may be used for the 
payment of operation expenses of a political party, legislative caucus 
committee, or a party committee. A political party also must comply with the 
reporting requirements of subsections (B), (C), and (F) of Section 8-13-1308 in 
the same manner as a candidate or committee.