South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

H 4656 — Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Accounts for Minors

Last action — Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 16, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Stalled 18% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 62-2-1080, RELATING TO CUSTODIAN COMPLIANCE, SO AS TO EXPEDITE AN ORDER FOR COMPLIANCE IF THE FIDUCIARY IS A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A DECEASED MINOR.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

26 added · 5 removed

26 line(s) added, 5 removed.

→
Previous
Latest
PK 5\ºS4 ¢ customXml/item2.xml½Wݎ£6¾ïSX¹èÜ À4›–€3Ã.LÛUµBL # û£ªR_¡¯Ø'éB˜L[Uj¥a>ß÷ùØ>>Ǟûy—¡¬(Ó|ÿúFxÅß ¶ò8Ýo_ßødÅ)7¨¬è>¦Y¾g¯oöùÍ·‹¯æÙ§p"ókVјVÈ¾|=úPUOwãq}`;Z¾ÊŸØ,I^ìhŸÅvüD£Gºec‘çåñîDÕ¸ö{´˜Žî¯±MònƒË4Ëæã˶ùÊ´°­­ñâë¬ú¦~’4c{ºc_oážù¸ƒÌMcÍ"Eå%™S%~ÊMãPå©,pÊÏ&ð¥F|4pnzÁÒ7î1 Ú.+š•¬Ï-5ÿ¤?hö=6ŽeiK÷ðÏms,MË –ÁƒæyÄ5ßbͲZÊuã™czšNž­ÔM‹_ÀžlQ‰8ºc{Ä$>1ûÿd_MwÖk“Œ]¼qÜk^—l{í¶þWôä‚ï»n½:¤8X'Cl`‹hWz8¶_ ]mõò´ö­}–i×1|ÏýéÙú”µæ¾Å†¿¹ÒKgºÀc÷$® †>vãâzc\q¦³ôá.n|„ÕÚhöõxxéó ^Ãòhî»+ij­e$ø»^-"ò¢Ìñ'LÏß5/ÁÿN¢îøÁƒã{GàžÊ™6ĜÉûFi'íD’8Aä¹GêZš]Ka×Ö¬Ó l½ÄîBèx/!Î öš¡¢Ücµ­gÜË=¼¤ükn3=lÓÖB\ü½=Ò¾LIŠÈG\"Í7UÄ ƒT«ŠL˜…ñTV;­!¹ ×¼7aÄÍFZD² Æ‰¬rSY†„=‘ŽªRÂ)5™…4RXx…!¹õ6 ·}/"I ¥P*0›2‹g ™Ì1uÂOa–(SډɭèñÕT–Ÿ§²$¿ï=Ë |œã=_Îþñ)*qP“jyÀÈs|ò€tÍu,&Ò#g…,íG-߁¦}<¬×ÉÉâ¿ý^?¯ð·ÈŖFj;ˆê¾GÃÔlToY~èø:@šW›ñOl˜# 8®]´rܙ«Æ£• ‰Ë„Ý‹Lih£Õ™ÈÂ÷š…î}Ím:/5d`k6ÐÚ´÷Õ`Žã=ÏÔÌfV>ä‡^Ê8·Ÿ‘]G=عðwMàSsná,À‰¦bŸÒ¸/ÝÎW#ÇÅ©ë°}¿x°áÔcígæi ¼ÅÏ¿Œ<Up¸ò}Óݍ`[Ðp*„ÜL©ƒz œ©Çf’̦‚K”Žn[’ Ç ÁyŒå±©g<ìBVŒî„®…|yº×áó(GwàQ¯a™ç;Z<¶•‘E]´ë˜ xÆ1/Ò ˆ˜¥ô*­5íÄÝ%uJkÌö`û²ÈAþzC²Ù§äÂ7,ö‘eû=ú¹{Oõ9O˾§žd…@N„‰Ñ©Ôv}f_qÂeOØº½Ñ¯·GâK ÿÜ#<ƒ„gÒDR§ÓÿÊ#ñŸ{$=ŠÃH(‘ü¯
2025-2026 Bill 4656 Text of Previous Version (Dec.
17, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 4656Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A bill   TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 62-2-1080, RELATING TO CUSTODIAN COMPLIANCE, SO AS TO EXPEDITE AN ORDER FOR COMPLIANCE IF THE FIDUCIARY IS A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A DECEASED MINOR.
  Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
  SECTION 1.  Section 62-2-1080(A) of the S.C.
Code is amended to read:
      (A)(1) Not later than sixty days after receipt of the information required under Sections 62-2-1035 through 62-2-1075, a custodian shall comply with a request under this part from a fiduciary or designated recipient to disclose digital assets or terminate an account.
If the custodian fails to comply, the fiduciary or designated recipient may apply to the court for an order directing compliance.
       (2) If the fiduciary applying for an order pursuant to item (1) is a parent or legal guardian of the user and the user is a deceased minor, the court shall treat the fiduciary's application as expedited and aim to resolve the application within thirty days after the application is filed.
  SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
----XX---- This web page was last updated on December 17, 2025 at 01:16 PM
View plain text versions (2)
  • 12/17/2025 View text Current html
  • Introduced Filed vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

Action History

  1. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler

  2. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Introduced and read first time

  4. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  5. Prefiled

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 168 not signed on

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (168)

168 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 168 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does H 4656 do?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 62-2-1080, RELATING TO CUSTODIAN COMPLIANCE, SO AS TO EXPEDITE AN ORDER FOR COMPLIANCE IF THE FIDUCIARY IS A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A DECEASED MINOR.
Who sponsors H 4656?
H 4656 is sponsored by Representative Brandon Guffey and Carla M. Schuessler (Republican).
What is the current status of H 4656?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 16, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Where can I track H 4656?
Track H 4656 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on H 4656

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Stay ahead of H 4656

Last checked for changes 2 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →