H3387 — Unlawful occupants of property
Legislative · Enacted (became law)
SC · Latest action: Act No. 252 (2026-07-01)
Summary
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 45-2-65 So As To Provide The Conditions Under Which An Operator Of Any Recreational Vehicle Park May Have Any Transient Guest Or Other Guest Of The Park Removed; By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 37, Title 27 So As To Entitle The Article "ejectment Of Unlawful Occupants Of A Residential Dwelling," To Define Necessary Terms, And To Provide An Alternative Remedy To Remove Persons Unlawfully Occupying A Residential Dwelling; To Redesignate Chapter 37, Title 27 As "ejectment Proceedings"; To Designate The Existing Sections Of Chapter 37, Title 27 As Article 1 Entitled "ejectment Of Tenants"; To Establish Offenses For Persons Who Unlawfully Occupy Or Trespass Upon Residential Dwellings, List Or Advertise Residential Real Property For Sale Without Legal Title Or Authority To Do So, Or Present False Documents To Another Person With The Intent To Detain Or Remain Upon Real Property; And By Amending Section 27-40-800, Relating To The Appeal Of A Judgment Of Ejection, So As To Require A Tenant To File An Affidavit Promising To Pay The Landlord The Amount Of Rent As It Becomes Due In Exchange For A Stay Of Execution Of A Judgment For Ejection, Among Other Things. - Ratified Title
Sponsors
Murrell Smith (Rep, R, HD-067), Weston Newton (Rep, R, HD-120), Brandon Newton (Rep, R, HD-045), Robby Robbins (Rep, R, HD-097), Cody Mitchell (Rep, R, HD-065), Thomas Pope (Rep, R, HD-047), Don Chapman (Rep, R, HD-008), John Mccravy (Rep, R, HD-013), William Chumley (Rep, R, HD-035), Bill Taylor (Rep, R, HD-086), Cally Forrest (Rep, R, HD-039), Steven Long (Rep, R, HD-037), Randy Ligon (Rep, R, HD-043), Val Guest (Rep, R, HD-106), Heather Crawford (Rep, R, HD-068), Sarita Edgerton (Rep, R, HD-034), Marvin Smith (Rep, R, HD-099), Brandon Cox (Rep, R, HD-092), Harriet Holman (Rep, R, HD-102), Sylleste Davis (Rep, R, HD-100), Gary Brewer (Rep, R, HD-114), Christopher Murphy (Rep, R, HD-098), Paula Rawl Calhoon (Rep, R, HD-087), Shannon Erickson (Rep, R, HD-124), Jeffrey Bradley (Rep, R, HD-123), Robert Williams (Rep, D, HD-062), William Hixon (Rep, R, HD-083), James Burns (Rep, R, HD-017), William Hewitt (Rep, R, HD-108), Lee Gilreath (Rep, R, HD-007), April Cromer (Rep, R, HD-006), Melissa Oremus (Rep, R, HD-084), Charles Hartz (Rep, R, HD-081)
Action History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
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| 2024-12-05 | House | Prefiled |
| 2024-12-05 | House | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 2025-01-14 | House | Introduced and read first time |
| 2025-01-14 | House | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 2025-02-13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ligon |
| 2025-02-26 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guest, Crawford |
| 2025-03-05 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Edgerton, M.M.Smith, B.L.Cox |
| 2026-05-06 | Senate | Amended |
| 2025-03-05 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Holman, Davis, Brewer, Murphy |
| 2025-03-11 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Calhoon |
| 2025-03-20 | House | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary |
| 2025-03-25 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, Bradley |
| 2025-03-25 | | Scrivener's error corrected |
| 2025-03-26 | House | Requests for debate-Rep |
| 2025-03-26 | House | Debate adjourned |
| 2025-03-27 | House | Debate adjourned |
| 2025-04-01 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Williams, Hixon |
| 2025-04-02 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Burns |
| 2025-04-03 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hewitt, Gilreath, Cromer, Oremus, Hartz |
| 2025-04-03 | House | Amended |
| 2025-04-03 | House | Read second time |
| 2025-04-03 | House | Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0 |
| 2025-04-03 | House | Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day |
| 2025-04-04 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate |
| 2025-04-04 | | Scrivener's error corrected |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | Introduced and read first time |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 2026-04-29 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary |
| 2026-05-05 | Senate | Committee Amendment Adopted |
| 2026-05-05 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2026-05-05 | Senate | Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0 |
| 2026-05-06 | | Scrivener's error corrected |
| 2026-05-06 | Senate | Read third time and returned to House with amendments |
| 2026-05-06 | Senate | Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0 |
| 2026-05-12 | House | Debate adjourned |
| 2026-05-13 | House | Senate amendment amended |
| 2026-05-13 | House | Returned to Senate with amendments |
| 2026-05-13 | House | Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0 |
| 2026-05-13 | Senate | Non-concurrence in House amendment |
| 2026-05-14 | House | House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. T Moore, McCabe, Spann-Wilder |
| 2026-05-14 | Senate | Conference committee appointed Johnson, Elliott, Devine |
| 2026-06-25 | House | Conference report received and adopted |
| 2026-06-25 | House | Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0 |
| 2026-06-25 | Senate | Conference report received and adopted |
| 2026-06-25 | Senate | Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0 |
| 2026-06-25 | Senate | Ordered enrolled for ratification |
| 2026-06-29 | | Ratified R 269 |
| 2026-06-30 | | Signed By Governor |
| 2026-07-01 | | Effective date 06/30/26 |
| 2026-07-01 | | Act No. 252 |