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South Carolina · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Joint Resolution

S 35: Constitutional amendment

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

S 35 is a joint resolution introduced in the South Carolina Senate on December 11, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Constitutional amendment. Primary sponsor: Chip Campsen (Republican), Larry Grooms (Republican), Rex Rice (Republican), Josh Kimbrell (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 6, 2025): Scrivener's error corrected.

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 JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 7, ARTICLE VI OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, RELATING TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS OF THIS STATE, SO AS TO DELETE THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL FROM THE LIST OF CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL PROVIDE BY LAW THE DUTIES OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL; PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 12, ARTICLE IV OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, RELATING TO DISABILITY OF THE GOVERNOR, SO AS TO REMOVE THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL AS AN OFFICER WHO, ALONG WITH OTHER OFFICERS, MAY CAUSE THE GOVERNOR TO BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE; AND PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 13, ARTICLE X OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, RELATING TO BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF THE STATE, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE GOVERNOR PERFORM THE FORMER DUTIES OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chip CampsenPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate43
Larry GroomsPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate37
Rex RicePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Josh KimbrellPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11

“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. Scrivener's error corrected
  2. Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
  3. Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Johnson, Kimbrell, Devine, Blackmon, Sutton, Zell
  4. Scrivener's error corrected
  5. Referred to Committee on Judiciary
  6. Introduced and read first time
  7. Referred to Committee on Judiciary
  8. Prefiled

Sources

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