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H4563 • 2026
House Rules, Standing Committee membership
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House Rules, Standing Committee membership
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White
Introduced ( House Journal-page 23 )
Referred to Committee on Rules ( House Journal-page 23 )
Prefiled
Referred to Committee on Rules
House Rules, Standing Committee membership
2025-2026 Bill 4563: House Rules, Standing Committee membership - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly 126th Session, 2025-2026 Download This Bill in Microsoft Word Format Indicates Matter Stricken Indicates New Matter H. 4563 STATUS INFORMATION House Resolution Sponsors: Reps. Long, Oremus, Chumley and White Document Path: LC-0174AHB-AHB26.docx Introduced in the House on January 13, 2026 Currently residing in the House Summary: House Rules, Standing Committee membership HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS Date Body Action Description with journal page number 12/16/2025 House Prefiled 12/16/2025 House Referred to Committee on Rules 1/13/2026 House Introduced ( House Journal-page 23 ) 1/13/2026 House Referred to Committee on Rules ( House Journal-page 23 ) 1/20/2026 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White View the latest legislative information at the website VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 12/17/2025 A house RESOLUTION TO AMEND RULE 4.2 OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, RELATING TO STANDING COMMITTEES AND THEIR MEMBERSHIPS, SO AS TO REQUIRE STANDING COMMITTEES TO BE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF THE MAJORITY POLITICAL PARTY IN PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH SUCH POLITICAL PARTY AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE ENSURING THAT THE MAJORITY POLITICAL PARTY CONTAINS A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERSHIP WITHIN EACH STANDING COMMITTEE. B e it resolved by the House of Representatives : T hat the first paragraph of Rule 4.2 of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read: 4 .2 As soon as practicable after the members have been sworn in and have taken their seats, the following Standing Committees, except the House of Representatives Legislative Ethics Committee, and the House of Representatives Committee on Operations and Management, shall be appointed with the indicated number of members appointed thereto: below. The total membership of each of these Standing Committees shall be composed of members of the majority and minority political parties in proportion to the number of Representatives of each such political party as nearly as possible and ensuring that the majority party contains a majority of the membership within each Standing Committee. For purposes of determining committee composition, percentages shall be rounded as follows: percentages of .49 or below shall be rounded down and percentages of .50 and above shall be rounded up. The Speaker shall make adjustments to committee membership upon adoption of this rule and during each organizational session thereafter. ----XX---- This web page was last updated on January 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM