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South Carolina · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

S 695: Unauthorized Fees for Claim Assistance

Enacted 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 695 is a bill introduced in the South Carolina Senate on December 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Unauthorized Fees for Claim Assistance. Primary sponsor: Tom Young (Republican), Jeffrey Graham (Democratic), Tameika Isaac Devine (Democratic), Overture Walker (Democratic), Ed Sutton (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (June 5, 2026): Effective date 05/19/26.

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.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA SAFEGUARDING AMERICAN VETERANS' BENEFITS ACT"; AND BY ADDING ARTICLE 8 TO CHAPTER 11, TITLE 25, SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS, SET GUIDELINES AND LIMITS FOR COMPENSATION, MEMORIALIZE TERMS, AND STATE PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. - RATIFIED TITLE

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tom YoungPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Jeffrey GrahamPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate35
Tameika Isaac DevinePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate19
Overture WalkerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Ed SuttonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate20

“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. Effective date 05/19/26
  2. Act No. 211
  3. Signed By Governor
  4. Ratified R 146
  5. Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
  6. Scrivener's error corrected
  7. Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments
  8. Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
  9. Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-0
  10. Read second time
  11. Amended
  12. Scrivener's error corrected

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

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