South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee

H 4140 — Early voting

Last action — Referred to Committee on Judiciary

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 March 05, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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

Prognosis

Stalled 14% · 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.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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 7-13-25, RELATING TO EARLY VOTING, SO AS TO EXTEND EARLY VOTING DAYS AND HOURS OF OPERATION BEFORE A STATEWIDE PRIMARY.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

27 added · 4 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Bill H 4140 extends the days and hours for early voting in South Carolina prior to statewide primaries. Specifically, early voting centers will now be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for these critical elections, compared to earlier provisions. This change aims to improve voter access and participation, allowing more residents to cast their ballots at times that fit their schedules.

→
Previous
Latest
PK €¢§Zª]Ó§€ – customXml/item4.xml½WÝn›H¾ß§@¾hnB̯ÁY‡.¶Ç ­ ^·kU`H½Å&28iµª´¯°¯¸O²l`Lìn´RWŠ!œó}g¾3̜3^Y'Ü#Ýf«tss!^ ݄i´ÚÜß\,ð„×/¸,'›ˆ$é†Þ\lҋ×ÆOƒä){Œæ$"9á È&»é|Êó‡ën7?Ñ5ɮҺOœn×$‡Çí}÷„ŸÉ=íJ‚Ðë®ôî>_=wŒÁØ-fÈÆ>^Α1\%É {lL¬)²Í2^%ùÏÅ/^%tCÖôÕ=<ÃoЭ!klHD{1Õy†:¯È‚ÆÒëó’¦D*é‰TÐé Àö‡Ötêý;Óó°k½EætjLH’à´³áXž9ÂÏÀ{kõƽEg°ß’€‘c{ØÂl9ö)þ$mäÌfƹhT´Çl{v{ô=zrÄ_¸àÂÞîZ¬ƒƒÑ›'FØۏ®99?­¬—eY6vñb„ÆÏõ0>–23Ý·h¼˜Ÿ¥vá‘{!N ÷;wQ±pO¡k‹wQ)^×Ü´O/ˆg–Ñޏé.O_Åcÿr½"ˆ$H*/ȼ bA¸.ÿà¸Ö!pÍ÷·×361b¢4´6¦!ÿï9Å.lȵÍéA‰½˜ ‘kˆ5뢉à!¯ÌA”z«²6¸ó#œ‹¼D¦[fÂ`K[qѯäáên„j õ£8ä%R^é˯ǚÎGÔÓI,EPIëXmrÔw\ëւŒË-aèALT­§ñJOêÃEy]×^èQˆDªÒm‘« ÞJãVw#ÖD¢K‘Ä«ä*J_çƒP„¢ ªQ¨1Y·ÉUÐý­¬áQ>ÖÆÓïç¸@·Ádz¿¿Aqœ";\Y49|‡8ÏYà;ndºÎÒäFÎq΄›šï=n¸Ü-û–óШ(«œö÷Ÿ‰2\$õ’sÑÔąB‹œ.¹wNñ| a9Ó+Í¿áb(ÖˍͥǙ`…•ïzÅpιfˆ&Ž‹8“ó0¬ì÷ș»Ô™åU+Ã}2M‚£;³LùSºc6vcou«äXÓ?kÓݖí7€–ìÃÁ §O«ˆ ] d±Ÿù¢]ڷƝ ' †Ñö7ÌÃ{Ƈ?:
2025-2026 Bill 4140 Text of Previous Version (Mar.
s8£,Ö¸s݉¢Ux%"^‘…ï«*lˆ ÔÔX!D§rç²"Ùp* k¨ŸíMŒs·è¶s-Öüõá|@Ö¹EŒa˜¦Ÿ×dû¹(ó±6e[R}E‘ä~DŽ°²óU¾+Hnç:.Ê.x#ºßW ñ¢ÌKjI±éS ñvÁ‘„)}¤I)!WC{“Ëhi̍ÞÄOE_‹E8~©šT ÛpOpéCBBº†a!ZçÛe­F:­F|©ÔH¾(" Q~Œé¥j¤RM?êSUP¢¤F~©¹T#DŒc¹O~Œå¥j”RM ‰T"™þ'5/;x•'Ô¥ “§`Ed›|åÓ¾B:¿—šYé
05, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 4140Indicates 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 7-13-25, RELATING TO EARLY VOTING, SO AS TO EXTEND EARLY VOTING DAYS AND HOURS OF OPERATION BEFORE A STATEWIDE PRIMARY.
  Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
  SECTION 1.  Section 7-13-25(F) of the S.C.
Code is amended to read:
      (F) The county board of voter registration and elections shall provide the hours of operation for the early voting center or centers in accordance with the following:
       (1) for statewide general elections and statewide primaries, the early voting centers must be open from 8:30 a.m.
until 6:00 p.m.
on each day of the early voting period;
       (2) for any election that is not a statewide general election, statewide primary, or runoff election, the early voting centers must be open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m.
during the early voting period;
       (3) for any runoff election, the early voting centers must be open on the Wednesday through Friday immediately preceding the election and must be open from 8:30 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m.;
and        (4) for any election, the early voting centers must not be open on Sundays or on legal holidays.
  SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
----XX---- This web page was last updated on March 05, 2025 at 01:20 PM
⬇ Download PDF
View plain text versions (2)
  • 03/05/2025 View text Current html
  • Introduced Filed vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

Action History

  1. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  2. Introduced and read first time

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 169 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (169)

169 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 169 →

"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

elections
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 4140 do?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 7-13-25, RELATING TO EARLY VOTING, SO AS TO EXTEND EARLY VOTING DAYS AND HOURS OF OPERATION BEFORE A STATEWIDE PRIMARY.
Who sponsors H 4140?
H 4140 is sponsored by Representative Brandon Newton.
What is the current status of H 4140?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced March 05, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Where can I track H 4140?
Track H 4140 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on H 4140

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.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of H 4140

Last checked for changes 2 months ago · updated continuously

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

Track this bill →