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South Carolina · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

H 4583: The South Carolina Data Center Responsibility Act

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

H 4583 is a bill introduced in the South Carolina House on December 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: The South Carolina Data Center Responsibility Act. Primary sponsor: April Cromer (Republican), Lee Gilreath (Republican), Melissa Oremus (Republican), Bill Chumley (Republican), Joe White (Republican), Robert Reese (Democratic), Brian Lawson (Republican), Lucas Atkinson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 18, 2026): Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA DATA CENTER RESPONSIBILITY ACT"; AND BY ADDING CHAPTER 81 TO TITLE 39 SO AS TO ENSURE THAT DATA CENTERS OPERATING IN SOUTH CAROLINA DO SO RESPONSIBLY, SUSTAINABLY, AND WITHOUT BURDENING TAXPAYERS.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
April CromerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Lee GilreathPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Melissa OremusPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Bill ChumleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Joe WhitePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse40
Robert ReesePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Brian LawsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Lucas AtkinsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse57

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson
  2. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lawson
  3. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Reese
  4. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White
  5. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
  6. Introduced and read first time
  7. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
  8. Prefiled

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source