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Pending Bills (25)

SC Pending H5353

Firearm Safety Pilot Program

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works (2026-03-11)

Sponsor: Patrick Haddon R

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-29-250 So As To Provide That The Department Of Education Shall Establish A Firearm Safety Program, To Provide Instruction Requirements, And To Provide For The Development Of The Program.

SC Pending H5239

Firearms on campus

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary (2026-02-24)

Sponsor: Joseph Bustos R

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-23-420, Relating To Possession Of A Firearm On School Property, So As To Provide Circumstances When A Member Of The Armed Forces Is Authorized To Carry A Firearm On School Property.

SC Pending H5163

Firearms, college campuses

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary (2026-02-11)

Sponsor: Lee Gilreath R

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-23-20, Relating To The Unlawful Carrying Of Handguns, So As To Clarify That The Prohibition Against Carrying A Handgun Into A School Athletic Event Not Related To Firearms Applies To Elementary Or Secondary Schools, But Not Colleges; And By Repealing Section 16-23-420 Relating To Possession Of A Firearm On School Property.

SC Pending H4771

Night hunting

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Last action: Scrivener's error corrected (2026-01-30)

Sponsor: William Hixon R

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 50-11-705, Relating To Restrictions On Night Hunting And Penalties, So As To Revise The Offenses And Penalties, To Regulate The Use Of Electronic Vision Enhancing Devices For Night Hunting Purposes, And To Provide Magistrates Court With Jurisdiction To Impose Penalties; And By Amending Section 50-11-740, Relating To Confiscation, Forfeiture, And Sale Of Property Used In Hunting Deer, Bear, Or Turkey At Night, So As To Revise The Types Of Properties That Are Subject To This Section, To Revise The Forfeiture Procedure, And To Revise Penalties.

SC Pending H5070

Second amendment

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (2026-01-29)

Sponsor: Justin Bamberg D

Express Its Firm Sense That The President Of The United States, The United States Congress, And All Federal Officials Must Uphold And Respect The Second Amendment To The United States Constitution And Refrain From Any Actions That Would Unlawfully Disarm Law-abiding Citizens; To Affirm Its Strong Support For The Right Of Law-abiding Citizens Of South Carolina To Lawfully Carry And Conceal Firearms In Accordance With State Law; To Condemn Any Federal Policies, Actions, Or Enforcement Efforts That Seek To Undermine, Restrict, Or Deny The Constitutional Rights Of Citizens Who Are Lawfully Exercising Their Right To Keep And Bear Arms; And To Express Its Gratitude For The Second Amendment As A Cornerstone Of Liberty And A Vital Protection Against Government Tyranny.

SC Pending H3930

Second Amendment Privacy Act

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Last action: Scrivener's error corrected (2025-04-30)

Sponsor: Bobby Cox R

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "second Amendment Financial Privacy Act" By Adding Article 11 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Define Certain Terms, To Provide Under Certain Circumstances No Government Entity Shall Knowingly Keep A Record Of Privately Owned Firearms Or Their Owners, And To Provide Penalties For Violations.

SC Pending H3587

Criminally negligent storage of firearms

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Last action: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler (2025-03-10)

Sponsor: Beth Bernstein D

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-23-540 So As To Create The Offense Of Criminally Negligent Storage Of A Firearm, Define Necessary Terms, And Establish Penalties For Violations, Among Other Things.

SC Pending H4066

Open season for deer hunting

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (2025-02-20)

Sponsor: Rob Harris R

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 50-11-310, Relating To Open Seasons For Hunting Antlered Deer, So As To Provide The Open Season In Game Zones 1 And 2 For Hunting Antlered Deer With Archery Equipment And Firearms Is October 11 Through January 15.

SC Pending H3868

Firearms Criminal Background Checks

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Last action: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bauer (2025-02-19)

Sponsor: JA Moore D

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 2 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Require National Instant Criminal Background Checks Before Any Sale, Exchange, Or Transfer Of Firearms In This State And To Provide Procedures For The Background Checks; To Require National Instant Criminal Background Checks At Gun Shows And To Provide Procedures For The Background Checks; And To Exempt Records Kept From Disclosure As Public Records Under The Freedom Of Information Act And To Provide A Penalty For Violations Of The Article.

SC Pending S0338

Second Amendment Privacy Act

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Last action: Scrivener's error corrected (2025-02-18)

Sponsor: Wes Climer R

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact "the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act"; By Adding Article 11 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Define "ammunition," "firearm," "payment Card," And Other Terms Pertaining To Firearms; To Provide That, Under Certain Circumstances, No Government Entity Shall Knowingly Keep A Record Of Privately Owned Firearms Or Their Owners; And To Provide Penalties For Violations.

SC Pending H3748

Pointing a firearm

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Last action: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins (2025-02-12)

Sponsor: Todd Rutherford D

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-23-410, Relating To Pointing A Firearm At Another Person, So As To Remove Provisions Prohibiting The Presentation Of A Firearm.

SC Pending H3598

Reporting information to SLED, firearms background checks

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Last action: Scrivener's error corrected (2025-02-05)

Sponsor: Leonidas Stavrinakis D

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 14-17-325, Relating To Requiring Clerks Of Court To Report The Disposition Of Each Case In General Sessions Court, So As To Require That Clerks Of Court Report The Disposition Of Cases To The State Law Enforcement Division Within Forty-eight Hours Of The Issuance Of Certain Orders; By Amending Section 22-1-200, Relating To Requiring Magistrates To Report The Disposition Of Each Case To State Law Enforcement, So As To Require That Magistrates Report The Disposition Of Cases To The State Law Enforcement Division Within Forty-eight Hours Of The Issuance Of Certain Orders; By Amending Section 14-25-250, Relating To Requiring Municipal Judges To Report The Disposition Of Each Criminal Case, So As To Require That Municipal Judges Report The Disposition Of Cases To The State Law Enforcement Division Within Forty-eight Hours Of The Issuance Of Certain Orders; By Adding Section 23-1-260 So As To Require Each Law Enforcement Agency To Report To The State Law Enforcement Division Within Twenty-four Hours Of The Filings Of Certain Incident Reports; And By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 23, Title 16 So As To Define Necessary Terms, To Require That No Gun Transfer Preceded By A Criminal Background Check May Proceed, Unless The Criminal Background Check Has Concluded That The Sale May Proceed, Or Until At Least Five Days Have Passed From The Initiation Of The Background Check And The National Instant Criminal Background Check System Has Not Reported That The Sale Would Violate State Or Federal Law, And To Provide For Criminal Penalties For Violations Of This Article.

SC Pending H3041

Prohibition on Assault Weapons

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Last action: Scrivener's error corrected (2025-02-04)

Sponsor: Wendell Gilliard D

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-23-50, Relating To Penalties For Violations Of Certain Offenses Involving Weapons, So As To Include Assault Weapons In The Purview Of The Statute, Increase The Penalties For A Violation, And Create A Two-tiered Penalty Scheme; By Amending Section 16-23-210, Relating To Definitions For Purposes Of The Article, So As To Define The Term "assault Weapon"; By Amending Sections 16-23-220, 16-23-230, And 16-23-240, All Relating To The Unlawful Transportation, Storing, Keeping, Or Possessing And Sale, Rental, Or Giving Away Of Machine Guns, Military Firearms, Sawed-off Shotguns Or Rifles, Respectively, So As To Include Assault Weapons In The List Of Weapons Banned By The Provisions Of The Statutes; And By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Provide That It Is Unlawful To Sell Or Give A Firearm To A Person Whose Name Appears On The Terrorist Watch List And To Provide A Penalty For A Person Who Violates This Provision.

SC Pending S0300

Firearms Criminal Background Checks

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary (2025-01-30)

Sponsor: Deon Tedder D

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 2 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Require National Instant Criminal Background Checks Before Any Sale, Exchange, Or Transfer Of Firearms In This State And To Provide Procedures For The Background Checks; To Require National Instant Criminal Background Checks At Gun Shows And To Provide Procedures For The Background Checks; And To Exempt Records Kept From Disclosure As Public Records Under The Freedom Of Information Act And To Provide A Penalty For Violations Of The Article.

SC Pending H3743

Extreme Risk Protective Orders

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Last action: Scrivener's error corrected (2025-01-30)

Sponsor: Thomas Beach R

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Ban Against Red Flag Gun Confiscation Act" By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Define Certain Terms, To Provide It Is Unlawful To Adopt Or Enforce Extreme Risk Protective Orders, And To Provide Penalties.

SC Pending H3794

Concealable weapons

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary (2025-01-28)

Sponsor: Cody Mitchell R

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 23-31-240, Relating To Persons Allowed To Carry Concealable Weapons Anywhere In The State, So As To Provide This Provision Includes Public Defender Investigators And Assistant Public Defender Investigators Under Certain Circumstances.

SC Pending S0138

Dismissal of pending Handgun possession charges

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Last action: Scrivener's error corrected (2025-01-17)

Sponsor: Deon Tedder D

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-1-65, Relating To The South Carolina Constitutional Carry/second Amendment Preservation Act Of 2024, So As To Provide That The State Must Dismiss Select Pending Unlawful Handgun Possession Charges.

SC Pending H3596

Access to firearms by children

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary (2025-01-14)

Sponsor: Wendell Jones D

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting "the Kingston Act" By Adding Article 6 To Chapter 23, Title 16 So As To Title The Article "access To Firearms By Children," Define Necessary Terms, And To Create The Offenses Of Unsecured Firearm And Unsupervised Child Firearm Use And Provide Graduated Penalties For Violations.

SC Pending S0129

Firearms Storage Agreements

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary (2025-01-14)

Sponsor: Michael Johnson R

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 23-31-1100 So As To Provide Criminal And Civil Immunity To Federal Firearms Licensees Who Possess Another's Firearms Pursuant To A Valid Firearm Hold Agreement.

SC Pending S0007

Red Flags

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary (2025-01-14)

Sponsor: Darrell Jackson D

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "red Flags Act"; By Adding Article 12 To Chapter 31, Title 23, So As To Provide For The Authority Of Law Enforcement Officers To Seize A Person"s Firearms And Ammunition If The Person Poses A Risk Of Imminent Personal Injury To Himself Or Other Individuals; To Establish Criteria Addressing Application For And Issuance Of A Warrant; To Require The Probate Court To Hold A Hearing Within Seven Days Of Execution Of The Warrant To Determine Whether The Firearms And Ammunition May Be Returned To The Person; And For Other Purposes.

SC Pending S0018

Children's Access to Firearms

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary (2025-01-14)

Sponsor: Bradley Hutto D

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-23-540 So As To Create The Offense Of Criminally Negligent Storage Of A Firearm, Define Necessary Terms, And Establish Penalties For Violations.

SC Pending H3180

Firearms

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary (2025-01-14)

Sponsor: Wendell Gilliard D

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-23-210, Relating To Definitions For Purposes Of The Article, So As To Define The Terms "assault Weapon" And "high-capacity Magazines"; And To Amend Sections 16-23-220, 16-23-230, And 16-23-240, All Relating To The Unlawful Transportation, Storing, Keeping, Or Possessing, And Sale, Rental, Or Giving Away Of Machine Guns, Military Firearms, Sawed-off Shotguns Or Rifles, Respectively, All So As To Include Assault Weapons And High-capacity Magazines In The List Of Items Banned By The Provisions Of The Statutes.

SC Pending S0141

Firearm Liability Insurance

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary (2025-01-14)

Sponsor: Tameika Devine D

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 23-31-9010 So As To Provide That Residents Of This State Who Own Or Possess Firearms Shall Obtain And Carry Liability Insurance That Covers Losses Or Damages Resulting From Any Negligent Or Accidental Use Of The Firearm, To Provide That Proof Insurance Must Be Displayed Upon Demand By Law Enforcement Officers, And To Provide Penaltie For Violations.

SC Pending H3053

Violent Crimes, discharging firearms into dwellings

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary (2025-01-14)

Sponsor: Thomas Pope R

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-1-60, Relating To Offenses Defined As Violent Crimes, So As To Include The Offense Of Discharging, Or Causing To Be Discharged, Firearms At Or Into A Dwelling House, Other Building, Structure, Or Enclosure Regularly Occupied By Persons.

SC Pending S0168

Concealed Weapon Permit Program

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Last action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary (2025-01-14)

Sponsor: George Campsen R

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 23-31-215(n), (p), And (s), Relating To Concealable Weapon Permits, So As To Require The Permits To Be Automatically Issued Upon Certain Conditions And To Revise The Manner In Which Out-of-state Permits Must Be Honored.

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