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H 3551 South Carolina House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Poll Worker Pay

Summary
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 9-1-10, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SO AS TO PROVIDE EARNABLE COMPENSATION DOES NOT INCLUDE CERTAIN AMOUNTS PAID TO MANAGERS AND CLERKS OF ELECTIONS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 12-6-1120, RELATING TO THE COMPUTATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA GROSS INCOME, SO AS TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN AMOUNTS PAID TO MANAGERS AND CLERKS OF ELECTIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE
Issues: ✗ Labor & EmploymentOpposes Labor & EmploymentExcludes poll worker payments from retirement calculations, reducing retirement benefits for election workers.85% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Signed May 18, 2026
Floor votes · Senate May 6, 2026 · House Feb 5, 2026

How they voted

42–0
Passed
Total votes 42
May 6, 2026
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican30
30 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
29
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Amendments
1
May 18, 2026
Signed into law
Signed By Governor
legislature
May 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
lower
May 7, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and returned to House with amendments
upper
May 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Amendment Adopted
upper
May 6, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (42-0)
senate
May 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and sent to Senate
lower
Feb 5, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (102-0-12)
house
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
lower
Dec 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
lower
16 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Bill Hixon
Bill Hixon
RRepublican
SC
83
P
Photo of Bill Taylor
Bill Taylor
RRepublican
SC
86
P
Photo of Brandon Newton
Brandon Newton
RRepublican
SC
45
P
Photo of Cody Mitchell
Cody Mitchell
RRepublican
SC
65
P
Photo of David Weeks
David Weeks
DDemocratic
SC
51
P
Photo of Doug Gilliam
Doug Gilliam
RRepublican
SC
42
P
Photo of Jay Kilmartin
Jay Kilmartin
RRepublican
SC
85
P
Photo of Lee Hewitt
Lee Hewitt
RRepublican
SC
108
P
Photo of Mark Smith
Mark Smith
RRepublican
SC
99
P
Photo of Melissa Oremus
Melissa Oremus
RRepublican
SC
84
P
Photo of Micah Caskey
Micah Caskey
RRepublican
SC
89
P
Photo of Nathan Ballentine
Nathan Ballentine
RRepublican
SC
71
P
Photo of Paula Calhoon
Paula Calhoon
RRepublican
SC
87
P
Photo of Phillip Bowers
Phillip Bowers
RRepublican
SC
3
P
Photo of Richie Yow
Richie Yow
RRepublican
SC
53
P
Photo of Tommy Pope
Tommy Pope
RRepublican
SC
47