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South Carolina / State / 126th General Assembly, 2025-2026

2025 Act No. 43 (H.3563) Limited the secretary to twice-yearly inspections of county veterans offices and barred the secretary from removing a county officer

Needs reviewEnactedScope changed

Signed Takes effect

No change to benefits Limits how often the state inspects county veterans offices; no veteran benefit changes.

Added S.C. Code 25-11-50(B): the secretary evaluates each county veterans’ affairs office no more than twice a year, the department reevaluates deficiencies within six months and may help with a corrective action plan, the final inspection is reported in writing to the legislative delegation and county administrator within ninety days, and "the secretary or his designee shall not have the authority to remove a county officer for any reason". Section 25-11-40(B) was not amended and still makes the officer removable for cause by the secretary. Signed May 12, 2025. Flagged because the two sentences stand in the same chapter and nothing reconciles them.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, Prefiled
  2. In committee Done, House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate passed it amended on 2025-05-06; final concurrence by the House
  5. Signed by the governor Done, Act No. 43
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Sylleste H. DavisSponsor, Republican, House, District 100
  • Brandon L. CoxCo-sponsor, Republican, House, District 92
  • Tiffany R. Spann-WilderCo-sponsor, Democratic, House, District 109
  • John R. McCravy IIICo-sponsor, Republican, House, District 13
  • Bill TaylorCo-sponsor, Republican, House, District 86
  • Donald G. "Don" ChapmanCo-sponsor, Republican, House, District 8
  • Roger K. KirbyCo-sponsor, Democratic, House, District 101
  • April CromerCo-sponsor, Republican, House, District 6
  • Thomas Lee GilreathCo-sponsor, Republican, House, District 7
  • J. David WeeksCo-sponsor, Democratic, House, District 51
  • Robert Q. WilliamsCo-sponsor, Democratic, House, District 62
  • Harriet A. HolmanCo-sponsor, Republican, House, District 102
  • Jerry N. Govan, Jr.Co-sponsor, Democratic, House, District 93

What it touches

  • S.C. Code Ann. § 25-11-50
  • S.C. Code Ann. § 25-11-40

Catalog entry

Official record

Read 2025 Act No. 43 (H.3563) on the jurisdiction's own record