South Carolina H 3745: Term Limits

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2025-2026 Bill 3745 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 15, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3745

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS 
BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-60 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON IS ELIGIBLE FOR 
ELECTION TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IF THAT PERSON HAS SERVED SIX TERMS IN 
THE SAME BODY, THAT NO PERSON IS ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO THE SENATE IF THAT 
PERSON HAS SERVED FOUR TERMS IN THE SAME BODY, AND TO PROVIDE THAT ANY TERM 
SERVED, FOR WHICH THE ELECTION WAS HELD PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 2024, MUST NOT BE 
COUNTED AS A TERM SERVED.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 2 of the S.C. 
Code is amended by adding:

 Section 
2-1-60. (A) No person is eligible for 
election to the House of Representatives if that person has served six terms in 
the same body, regardless of the district represented.

 (B) No person is eligible for election to 
the Senate if that person has served four terms in the same body, regardless of 
the district represented.

 (C) For purposes of this section, any 
term served, for which the election was held prior to January 1, 2024, must not 
be counted as a term served.

 (D) For purpose of this section, service 
in office for more than one half of a term must be deemed service for a term.

SECTION 
2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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