South Carolina / State / 126th General Assembly, 2025-2026
2026 Act No. 115 (H.3856), section 14 Repeals the municipal parking meter exemption for disabled veteran and Purple Heart plates
Restricts benefits Repealed the free parking at meters for disabled veterans and other plate holders.
Repeals S.C. Code 56-5-2585, which since 1976 has exempted disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients from municipal parking meter fees when the vehicle bears a disabled veteran or Purple Heart plate. The act was signed April 6, 2026 and takes effect six months after approval. From that date the disabled veteran plates under 56-3-14940 carry no parking exemption at all, while the Purple Heart plate keeps the metered and timed parking exemption in 56-3-14930(D). The catalog had described the disabled veteran plate as never having carried free metered parking, which was wrong until this repeal.
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done,
- In committee Done, House Education and Public Works
- Passed one chamber Done, House
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate passed it amended on 2026-03-31; final concurrence by the House
- Signed by the governor Done, Act No. 115
- In effect Done,
Sponsors
- Shannon S. Erickson
What it touches
- S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-2585
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Official record
Read 2026 Act No. 115 (H.3856), section 14 on the jurisdiction's own record