STATE BILLSC H 3477ENGROSSED

Maximum potential employment benefits

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 41-35-50, Relating To The Maximum Unemployment Insurance Benefits Allowed In A Benefit Year, So As To Base The Duration Of Unemployment Benefits Allowed On Seasonally Adjusted Statewide Unemployment Rates, To Provide Requirements For Calculating The Rates, And To Provide The Department Of Employment And Workforce Shall Promulgate Certain Related Regulations; And By Amending Section 41-35-120, Relating To Disqualification For Benefits.

Status: Engrossed; Passed its first chamber
Status date: Feb 19, 2026; 266 days ago
Current chamber: Senate
Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session

SC H 3477 · EngrossedFeb 19

Follow the legislation that affects what you sell.

Get started free

Free account · 30-second setup · No credit card

Prefer ChatGPT or Claude? Ask Civic IQ about this bill →

What it means for vendors

Civic IQ reads each bill for what it would fund, require or change for the agencies that buy.

What this bill would fund or requireThe spending and mandates in the bill, in plain languageTop matches free Why it matters for what you sellMatched to your products, with how to open the conversationTop matches free 1 signal from this bill in Civic IQSee them free →

Bill details

Last action: Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry · Feb 24, 2026
Pending committee: Labor, Commerce and Industry

Bill history

Newest first.

Feb 24, 2026Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and IndustrySenate

Feb 24, 2026Introduced and read first timeSenate

Feb 19, 2026Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0House

Feb 19, 2026Read third time and sent to SenateHouse

Feb 18, 2026Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0House

Feb 18, 2026Read second timeHouse

Feb 18, 2026AmendedHouse

Feb 18, 2026Member(s) request name added as sponsor: ChapmanHouse

Show 11 earlier actions

Feb 11, 2026Requests for debate-RepHouse

Feb 10, 2026Debate adjournedHouse

Feb 4, 2026Debate adjourned until Tues., 2-10-26House

Feb 3, 2026Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and MeansHouse

Feb 3, 2026Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers, Moss, Hartz, Lawson, Rankin, Guest, Brittain, Lowe, Sanders, M.M.Smith, T.Moore, Ballentine, Martin, Ligon, Oremus, Pedalino, Calhoon, Davis, Taylor, Holman, Erickson, Brewer, Gatch, Yow, Haddon, Hixon, Hiott, Wickensimer, Jordan, HardeeHouse

Jan 29, 2026Member(s) request name added as sponsor: WeeksHouse

Jan 28, 2026Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sessions, NeeseHouse

Jan 14, 2025Referred to Committee on Ways and MeansHouse

Jan 14, 2025Introduced and read first timeHouse

Dec 5, 2024Referred to Committee on Ways and MeansHouse

Dec 5, 2024PrefiledHouse

Recorded votes

House: Passage Of BillFeb 18, 2026 · House · 114 yea · 0 nayPassed

House: Passage Of BillFeb 19, 2026 · House · 107 yea · 0 nayPassed

Read the bill at the source

This page follows the bill as the legislature records it. For the bill's full text and the official record, use the legislature's own site.

View on the legislature's site View on LegiScan

Bill data from LegiScan, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Work in government? Get Civic IQ free →

State of South Carolina profile →

Maximum potential employment benefits

What it means for vendors

Bill details

Sponsors

Bill history

Recorded votes

Read the bill at the source

Start finding government buyers today.
It's free.

Maximum potential employment benefits

What it means for vendors

Bill details

Sponsors

Bill history

Recorded votes

Read the bill at the source

Start finding government buyers today.It's free.

Start finding government buyers today.
It's free.