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Proposed South Carolina Firearm Legislation S0136

Legislation Overview

Title: Dismissal of pending gun possession charges

Description: Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-1-65, Relating To The Expungement Of Convictions For The Unlawful Possession Of Handguns, So As To Provide The State Must Dismiss Certain Pending Unlawful Handgun Possession Charges That Occurred Prior To The Enactment Of The South Carolina Constitutional Carry/second Amendment Preservation Act Of 2024, And To Provide The Dismissal Of These Charges Does Not Mandate The Dismissal Of Other Related Charges Or May Serve As A Basis Or Support For Civil Actions Due To The Arrest.

Session: 126th General Assembly

Last Action: Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0

Last Action Date: May 8, 2025

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	May 8, 2025	Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
House	May 8, 2025	Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
	May 7, 2025	Scrivener's error corrected
Senate	May 6, 2025	House amendment amended
Senate	May 6, 2025	Returned to House with amendments
Senate	May 6, 2025	Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
	May 5, 2025	Scrivener's error corrected
House	May 2, 2025	Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments
House	May 1, 2025	Read second time
House	May 1, 2025	Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
House	May 1, 2025	Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-5
House	May 1, 2025	Amended
House	Apr 30, 2025	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
House	Mar 4, 2025	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
House	Mar 4, 2025	Introduced and read first time
Senate	Feb 26, 2025	Read third time and sent to House
Senate	Feb 25, 2025	Amended
Senate	Feb 25, 2025	Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
Senate	Feb 25, 2025	Read second time
Senate	Feb 19, 2025	Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
	Jan 17, 2025	Scrivener's error corrected
Senate	Jan 14, 2025	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Senate	Jan 14, 2025	Introduced and read first time
Senate	Dec 11, 2024	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Senate	Dec 11, 2024	Prefiled

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Amended	May 7, 2025	state link	bill text
Amended	May 6, 2025	state link	bill text
Amended	May 5, 2025	state link	bill text
Amended	May 1, 2025	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Apr 30, 2025	state link	bill text
Amended	Feb 25, 2025	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Feb 19, 2025	state link	bill text
Draft	Jan 17, 2025	state link	bill text
Introduced	Dec 11, 2024	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Senate: 2nd Reading	02/25/2025	43	0	0	3	Yes
Adams, Brian (R) Yea Alexander, Thomas (R) Yea Allen, Karl (D) Yea Bennett, Sean (R) Yea Blackmon, Allen (R) Yea Campsen, George (R) Absent Cash, Richard (R) Yea Chaplin, JD (R) Yea Climer, David (R) Yea Corbin, Thomas (R) Yea Cromer, Ronnie (R) Yea Davis, Thomas (R) Yea Devine, Tameika (D) Absent Elliott, Jason (R) Yea Fernandez, Tom (R) Yea Gambrell, Michael (R) Yea Garrett, Billy (R) Yea Goldfinch, Stephen (R) Yea Graham, Jeffrey (D) Yea Grooms, Lawrence (R) Yea Hembree, Greg (R) Yea Hutto, C. Bradley (D) Absent Jackson, Darrell (D) Yea Johnson, Robert (R) Yea Kennedy, Carlisle (R) Yea Kimbrell, Joshua (R) Yea Leber, Matthew (R) Yea Martin, Shane (R) Yea Massey, A. Shane (R) Yea Matthews, Margie (D) Yea Nutt, Roger (R) Yea Ott, Russell (D) Yea Peeler, Harvey (R) Yea Rankin, Luke (R) Yea Reichenbach, Mike (R) Yea Rice, Rex (R) Yea Sabb, Ronnie (D) Yea Stubbs, Everett (R) Yea Sutton, Ed (D) Yea Tedder, Deon (D) Yea Turner, Ross (R) Yea Verdin, Danny (R) Yea Walker, Overture (D) Yea Williams, Kent (D) Yea Young, Thomas (R) Yea Zell, Jeffrey (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House: Passage Of Bill	05/1/2025	107	5	5	6	Yes
Alexander, Terry (D) Yea Anderson, Carl (D) Yea Atkinson, Frank (D) Yea Bailey, William (R) Yea Ballentine, Nathan (R) Yea Bamberg, Justin (D) Yea Bannister, Bruce (R) Yea Bauer, Heather (D) Yea Beach, Thomas (R) Yea Bernstein, Beth (D) Yea Bowers, Phillip (R) Yea Bradley, Jeffrey (R) Yea Brewer, Gary (R) Yea Brittain, Thomas (R) Yea Burns, James (R) Yea Bustos, Joseph (R) Yea Calhoon, Paula (R) Yea Caskey, Micajah (R) Yea Chapman, Donald (R) Yea Chumley, William (R) Yea Clyburn, William (D) Yea Cobb-Hunter, Gilda (D) Yea Collins, Neal (R) Yea Cox, Bobby (R) Yea Cox, Brandon (R) Yea Crawford, Heather (R) Yea Cromer, April (R) Yea Davis, Sylleste (R) Yea Dillard, Chandra (D) NV Duncan, Adam (R) Yea Edgerton, Sarita (R) Yea Erickson, Shannon (R) Yea Forrest, Cally (R) Yea Frank, Stephen (R) Yea Gagnon, Craig (R) Yea Garvin, Kambrell (D) Yea Gatch, Gil (R) Yea Gibson, Daniel (R) Nay Gilliam, Leon (R) Nay Gilliard, Wendell (D) Yea Gilreath, Thomas Lee (R) Absent Govan, Jerry (D) Yea Grant, Hamilton (D) Yea Guest, Thomas (R) Yea Guffey, Brandon (R) Yea Haddon, Patrick (R) Yea Hager, William (R) Yea Hardee, Kevin (R) NV Harris, Robert (R) Yea Hart, Christopher (D) Yea Hartnett, Thomas (R) Yea Hartz, Charles (R) Yea Hayes, Jackie (D) Yea Henderson-Myers, Rosalyn (D) Yea Herbkersman, William (R) Yea Hewitt, William (R) Yea Hiott, Davey (R) Nay Hixon, William (R) Yea Holman, Harriet (R) Yea Hosey, Lonnie (D) Absent Howard, Leon (D) NV Huff, William (R) Yea Johnson, Jeffrey (R) Yea Johnson, Jermaine (D) Yea Jones, Wendell (D) Yea Jordan, Wallace (R) Yea Kilmartin, John (R) Yea King, John (D) Absent Kirby, Roger (D) Yea Landing, Katherine (R) Yea Lawson, Brian (R) Yea Ligon, Thomas (R) Yea Long, Steven (R) Yea Lowe, Phillip (R) Yea Luck, Jason (D) Yea Magnuson, Roy (R) Yea Martin, David (R) Yea May, Robert (R) Yea McCabe, Donald (R) Yea McDaniel, Annie (D) NV McGinnis, Timothy (R) Yea Mccravy, John (R) Nay Mitchell, Cody (R) Yea Montgomery, Scott (R) Yea Moore, JA (D) NV Moore, Travis (R) Yea Morgan, T. (R) Yea Moss, Dennis (R) Absent Murphy, Christopher (R) Absent Neese, James (R) Yea Newton, Brandon (R) Yea Newton, Weston (R) Yea Oremus, Melissa (R) Yea Pace, Jordan (R) Yea Pedalino, Fawn (R) Yea Pope, Thomas (R) Absent Rankin, Luke (R) Yea Reese, Robert (D) Yea Rivers, Michael (D) Yea Robbins, Robby (R) Yea Rose, Seth (D) Yea Rutherford, J. Todd (D) Yea Sanders, Richard (R) Yea Schuessler, Carla (R) Yea Sessions, Heath (R) Yea Smith, Marvin (R) Yea Smith, Murrell (R) Nay Spann-Wilder, Tiffany (D) Yea Stavrinakis, Leonidas (D) Yea Taylor, Bill (R) Yea Teeple, James (R) Yea Terribile, Jackie (R) Yea Vaughan, David (R) Yea Waters, Courtney (D) Yea Weeks, J. David (D) Yea Wetmore, Elizabeth (D) Yea White, Joseph (R) Yea Whitmire, William (R) Yea Wickensimer, Paul (R) Yea Williams, Robert (D) Yea Willis, Mark (R) Yea Wooten, Christopher (R) Yea Yow, Richard (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Senate: To Adopt Amendment Number Rfh-1	05/6/2025	45	0	0	1	Yes
Adams, Brian (R) Yea Alexander, Thomas (R) Yea Allen, Karl (D) Yea Bennett, Sean (R) Yea Blackmon, Allen (R) Yea Campsen, George (R) Yea Cash, Richard (R) Yea Chaplin, JD (R) Yea Climer, David (R) Yea Corbin, Thomas (R) Yea Cromer, Ronnie (R) Yea Davis, Thomas (R) Yea Devine, Tameika (D) Yea Elliott, Jason (R) Yea Fernandez, Tom (R) Yea Gambrell, Michael (R) Yea Garrett, Billy (R) Yea Goldfinch, Stephen (R) Yea Graham, Jeffrey (D) Yea Grooms, Lawrence (R) Yea Hembree, Greg (R) Yea Hutto, C. Bradley (D) Yea Jackson, Darrell (D) Yea Johnson, Robert (R) Yea Kennedy, Carlisle (R) Yea Kimbrell, Joshua (R) Yea Leber, Matthew (R) Yea Martin, Shane (R) Yea Massey, A. Shane (R) Yea Matthews, Margie (D) Yea Nutt, Roger (R) Yea Ott, Russell (D) Yea Peeler, Harvey (R) Yea Rankin, Luke (R) Yea Reichenbach, Mike (R) Yea Rice, Rex (R) Yea Sabb, Ronnie (D) Yea Stubbs, Everett (R) Yea Sutton, Ed (D) Yea Tedder, Deon (D) Yea Turner, Ross (R) Yea Verdin, Danny (R) Yea Walker, Overture (D) Yea Williams, Kent (D) Absent Young, Thomas (R) Yea Zell, Jeffrey (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House: Concur In Senate Amendments	05/8/2025	109	0	9	5	Yes
Alexander, Terry (D) Yea Anderson, Carl (D) Yea Atkinson, Frank (D) Yea Bailey, William (R) Yea Ballentine, Nathan (R) Yea Bamberg, Justin (D) Yea Bannister, Bruce (R) Yea Bauer, Heather (D) Yea Beach, Thomas (R) Yea Bernstein, Beth (D) Yea Bowers, Phillip (R) Yea Bradley, Jeffrey (R) Yea Brewer, Gary (R) Yea Brittain, Thomas (R) Yea Burns, James (R) Yea Bustos, Joseph (R) Absent Calhoon, Paula (R) Yea Caskey, Micajah (R) Yea Chapman, Donald (R) Yea Chumley, William (R) NV Clyburn, William (D) Yea Cobb-Hunter, Gilda (D) Yea Collins, Neal (R) Yea Cox, Bobby (R) Absent Cox, Brandon (R) Yea Crawford, Heather (R) Yea Cromer, April (R) Yea Davis, Sylleste (R) Yea Dillard, Chandra (D) Yea Duncan, Adam (R) Yea Edgerton, Sarita (R) Yea Erickson, Shannon (R) Yea Forrest, Cally (R) Yea Frank, Stephen (R) Yea Gagnon, Craig (R) Yea Garvin, Kambrell (D) Yea Gatch, Gil (R) Absent Gibson, Daniel (R) Yea Gilliam, Leon (R) NV Gilliard, Wendell (D) Yea Gilreath, Thomas Lee (R) Yea Govan, Jerry (D) Yea Grant, Hamilton (D) Yea Guest, Thomas (R) Yea Guffey, Brandon (R) Yea Haddon, Patrick (R) Yea Hager, William (R) Yea Hardee, Kevin (R) NV Harris, Robert (R) Yea Hart, Christopher (D) NV Hartnett, Thomas (R) Yea Hartz, Charles (R) Yea Hayes, Jackie (D) Yea Henderson-Myers, Rosalyn (D) Yea Herbkersman, William (R) Yea Hewitt, William (R) Yea Hiott, Davey (R) Yea Hixon, William (R) Yea Holman, Harriet (R) Yea Hosey, Lonnie (D) Yea Howard, Leon (D) Yea Huff, William (R) Yea Johnson, Jeffrey (R) Yea Johnson, Jermaine (D) Yea Jones, Wendell (D) Yea Jordan, Wallace (R) Yea Kilmartin, John (R) Yea King, John (D) Yea Kirby, Roger (D) Yea Landing, Katherine (R) Yea Lawson, Brian (R) Yea Ligon, Thomas (R) Yea Long, Steven (R) Yea Lowe, Phillip (R) NV Luck, Jason (D) Yea Magnuson, Roy (R) Yea Martin, David (R) Yea May, Robert (R) Yea McCabe, Donald (R) Yea McDaniel, Annie (D) Yea McGinnis, Timothy (R) Absent Mccravy, John (R) Yea Mitchell, Cody (R) Yea Montgomery, Scott (R) Yea Moore, JA (D) NV Moore, Travis (R) Yea Morgan, T. (R) Yea Moss, Dennis (R) Yea Murphy, Christopher (R) Absent Neese, James (R) Yea Newton, Brandon (R) Yea Newton, Weston (R) Yea Oremus, Melissa (R) Yea Pace, Jordan (R) Yea Pedalino, Fawn (R) Yea Pope, Thomas (R) Yea Rankin, Luke (R) Yea Reese, Robert (D) Yea Rivers, Michael (D) Yea Robbins, Robby (R) Yea Rose, Seth (D) NV Rutherford, J. Todd (D) NV Sanders, Richard (R) Yea Schuessler, Carla (R) Yea Sessions, Heath (R) Yea Smith, Marvin (R) Yea Smith, Murrell (R) NV Spann-Wilder, Tiffany (D) Yea Stavrinakis, Leonidas (D) Yea Taylor, Bill (R) Yea Teeple, James (R) Yea Terribile, Jackie (R) Yea Vaughan, David (R) Yea Waters, Courtney (D) Yea Weeks, J. David (D) Yea Wetmore, Elizabeth (D) Yea White, Joseph (R) Yea Whitmire, William (R) Yea Wickensimer, Paul (R) Yea Williams, Robert (D) Yea Willis, Mark (R) Yea Wooten, Christopher (R) Yea Yow, Richard (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

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