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H4742 • 2026

Uninsured Motorist Coverage Premiums

Uninsured Motorist Coverage Premiums

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Sponsor
Reps. C. Mitchell, McCravy, Pope, Teeple and Schuessler Companion/Similar bill(s): 737
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Teeple, Schuessler
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Uninsured Motorist Coverage Premiums

Uninsured Motorist Coverage Premiums

What This Bill Does

  • Uninsured Motorist Coverage Premiums

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 House

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Teeple, Schuessler

  2. 2026-01-13 House

    Introduced and read first time ( House Journal-page 75 )

  3. 2026-01-13 House

    Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry ( House Journal-page 75 )

  4. 2025-12-16 House

    Prefiled

  5. 2025-12-16 House

    Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Official Summary Text

Uninsured Motorist Coverage Premiums

Current Bill Text

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2025-2026 Bill 4742: Uninsured Motorist Coverage Premiums - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4742
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. C. Mitchell, McCravy, Pope, Teeple and Schuessler
Companion/Similar bill(s): 737
Document Path: LC-0570WAB26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the House
Summary: Uninsured Motorist Coverage Premiums
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
Labor, Commerce and Industry

1/13/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 75
)

1/13/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Labor, Commerce and Industry
(
House Journal-page 75
)

1/21/2026

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Teeple,
Schuessler

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legislative information
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/17/2025

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING
SECTION
38-77-150
, RELATING TO UNINSURED MOTORIST PROVISIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE
AN INSURER MAY NOT INCREASE THE PREMIUM OF AN INSURED SOLELY BECAUSE THE
INSURED MADE A CLAIM UNDER HIS UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE IF
THE INSURED WAS NOT AT FAULT IN THE ACCIDENT THAT LED TO THE CLAIM.

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

S
ECTION 1.
S
ection
38-77-150
of the S.C. Code is amended by
adding:

(
D) An insurer may not increase the
premium of an insured solely because the insured made a claim under his
uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage if the insured was not at fault in
the accident that led to the claim.

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

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