South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 779
STATUS INFORMATION
Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Senators Massey, Hutto, Zell, Devine and Adams
Document Path: SR-0466KM26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
| Date | Body | Action Description with journal page number |
|---|---|---|
| 1/13/2026 | Senate | Introduced and read first time |
| 1/13/2026 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Finance |
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
A joint Resolution
TO PROVIDE THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL RECEIVE A MONTHLY LEGISLATIVE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ALLOCATION OF LEGISLATIVE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS BETWEEN MEMBERS WHOSE SEATS WERE VACATED DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 AND THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO FILL THE VACANCY; AND TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHOSE SEATS WERE VACATED DUE TO THE MEMBER BEING CONVICTED OF OR PLEADING GUILT OR NOLO CONTENDERE TO A FELONY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO A LEGISLATIVE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE PAYMENT PURSUANT TO THIS ACt.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. All members of the 126th South Carolina General Assembly shall receive a legislative expense allowance of one thousand dollars per month. The provisions of this section are retroactive to July 1, 2025.
SECTION 2. If a member of the General Assembly vacates or vacated his seat during Fiscal Year 2025-2026, then the member is entitled to receive a legislative expense allowance pursuant to Section 1 for only the months that the member served. A member elected in a special election to fill a vacancy is entitled to receive a legislative expense allowance for only those months during Fiscal Year 2025-2026 after he took the oath of office, including a pro-rated amount for the month in which he took the oath of office. A member who was convicted of, plead guilty, or plead nolo contendere to a felony during the fiscal year and prior to the effective date of this act is not entitled to receive a legislative expense allowance.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this act, and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective.
SECTION 4. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor and is repealed on July 1, 2026.
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