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South Carolina · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

S 851: Protection from Financial Exploitation

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 851 is a bill introduced in the South Carolina Senate on January 28, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Protection from Financial Exploitation. Primary sponsor: Tom Alexander (Republican), Tom Young (Republican), Billy Garrett (Republican). 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 BY ADDING ARTICLE 13 TO CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE 34 SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS PERTAINING TO THE FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF AN ELIGIBLE ADULT, AND TO SET FORTH PROCESSES BY WHICH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION MAY PROTECT AN ELIGIBLE ADULT, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING EMERGENCY CONTACTS FOR AN ELIGIBLE ADULT TO PROTECT THE ELIGIBLE ADULT. - RATIFIED TITLE

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tom AlexanderPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Tom YoungPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Billy GarrettPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate10

“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. 226
  3. Signed By Governor
  4. Ratified R 235
  5. Read third time and enrolled
  6. Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-1
  7. Read second time
  8. Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Cromer, Terribile, Gilreath, Beach, White, Kilmartin
  9. Debate adjourned
  10. Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Edgerton
  11. Requests for debate-Rep(s). Edgerton, Gilreath, Cromer, White, Kilmartin, Beach, Morgan, Terribile
  12. Debate adjourned until Tues., 5-5-26

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

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