Golf carts

2025-2026 Bill 4688: Golf carts - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4688
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Wooten
Document Path: LC-0377CM26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 13, 2026
Introduced in the Senate on March 31, 2026
Last Amended on March 26, 2026

Currently residing in the Senate Committee on
Transportation
Summary: Golf carts
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
Education and Public Works

1/13/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 57
)

1/13/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Education and Public Works
(
House Journal-page 57
)

3/25/2026

House

Committee report: Favorable
Education and Public Works
(
House Journal-page 4
)

3/26/2026

House

Amended (
House Journal-page 50
)

3/26/2026

House

Read second time (
House Journal-page 50
)

3/26/2026

House

Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0 (
House Journal-page 51
)

3/26/2026

House

Unanimous consent for third reading on next
legislative day (
House Journal-page 53
)

3/27/2026

House

Read third time and sent to Senate (
House Journal-page 3
)

3/31/2026

Senate

Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 11
)

3/31/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Transportation

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/17/2025
03/25/2026
03/26/2026

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Amended

March 26, 2026

H. 4688

Introduced
by Rep. Wooten

S. Printed 3/26/26--H.

Read the first time January 13, 2026

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING
SECTION
56-2-90
, RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT
GOLF CART PASSENGERS UNDER TWELVE YEARS OLD ARE EXEMPT FROM WEARING SAFETY
BELTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

Amend Title To Conform

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

S
ECTION 1.
S
ection
56-2-90
(E) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

(
E) Each golf cart passenger that is
under the age of twelve years old, when it is being operated on the public
streets and highways of this State, must wear a fastened safety belt.
This subsection does not apply to a passenger of a golf cart
owned by a golf course and being operated in conjunction with playing golf on
the same course.

S
ECTION 2.
S
ection
56-2-90
of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

(
F)
(
1)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a golf cart may be
operated along a primary highway, secondary highway street, or road within a
one-half mile radius of a Division I collegiate athletic event, or an event at
a coliseum or arena that can hold a capacity of at least nineteen thousand
individuals, for a period of three hours before the event commences until one
hour after the event ends provided:

(
a)
a law enforcement agency is controlling traffic during such athletic event; and

(
b)
the golf cart and the person operating the golf cart are in compliance with
subsections (A), (B), and (E).

(
2) A
golf cart operated at night pursuant to this subsection must operate with
working headlights and taillights.

S
ECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.

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