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H4656 • 2026

Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Accounts for Minors

Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Accounts for Minors

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Sponsor
Reps. Guffey and Schuessler
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler
Effective date
Not listed

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Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Accounts for Minors

Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Accounts for Minors

What This Bill Does

  • Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Accounts for Minors

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 House

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler

  2. 2026-01-13 House

    Introduced and read first time ( House Journal-page 47 )

  3. 2026-01-13 House

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary ( House Journal-page 47 )

  4. 2025-12-16 House

    Prefiled

  5. 2025-12-16 House

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Accounts for Minors

Current Bill Text

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2025-2026 Bill 4656: Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Accounts for Minors - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4656
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Guffey and Schuessler
Document Path: LC-0199HA26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the House
Summary: Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Accounts for Minors
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
Judiciary

1/13/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 47
)

1/13/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Judiciary
(
House Journal-page 47
)

1/21/2026

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/17/2025

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH
CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION
62-2-1080
, RELATING TO CUSTODIAN
COMPLIANCE, SO AS TO EXPEDITE AN ORDER FOR COMPLIANCE IF THE FIDUCIARY IS A
PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A DECEASED MINOR.

B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

S
ECTION 1.
S
ection
62-2-1080
(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to
read:

(
A)
(
1)
Not later than sixty days after receipt of the
information required under Sections
62-2-1035
through
62-2-1075
, a custodian
shall comply with a request under this part from a fiduciary or designated
recipient to disclose digital assets or terminate an account. If the custodian
fails to comply, the fiduciary or designated recipient may apply to the court
for an order directing compliance.

(
2) If the fiduciary applying for an
order pursuant to item (1) is a parent or legal guardian of the user and the user
is a deceased minor, the court shall treat the fiduciary's application as
expedited and aim to resolve the application within thirty days after the
application is filed.

S
ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.

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