Submarine veterans special license plates

2025-2026 Bill 4769: Submarine veterans special license plates - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4769
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Davis and C. Mitchell
Document Path: LC-0329CM26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the House Committee on
Education and Public Works
Summary: Submarine veterans special license plates
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 85
)

1/13/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Education and Public Works
(
House Journal-page 85
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/17/2025

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING
SECTION
56-3-14970
, RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES REFLECTIVE OF MILITARY
SERVICE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ISSUE SUBMARINE
VETERANS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

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

S
ECTION 1.
S
ection
56-3-14970
of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

S
ection
56-3-14970
.
(
A) The department
may issue the following special license plates reflective of military service
for private passenger vehicles and motorcycles to active or prior service
members associated with the following military components or designations:

(
1)
Veteran or Veteran wheelchair if the registrant qualifies for handicapped
parking pursuant to Section
56-3-1910
(H)

(
2)
Female Veteran or Female Veteran wheelchair if the registrant qualifies for
handicapped parking pursuant to Section
56-3-1910
(H)

(
3)
Combat-Related Disabled Veteran-the registrant must have a combat-related
disability as evidenced by a letter from the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs defining a combat and operations-related disability

(
4)
Army

(
5)
Marine Corps

(
6)
Navy

(
7)
Air Force

(
8)
Coast Guard

(
9)
US Space Force

(
10)
National Guard- Army

(
11)
National Guard- Air

(
12)
National Guard- Retired

(
13)
US Military Reserve- Army

(
14)
US Military Reserve- Marine Corps

(
15)
US Military Reserve- Navy

(
16)
US Military Reserve- Air Force

(
17)
US Military Reserve- Coast Guard

(
18)
US Armed Forces Retired

(
19)
State Guard

(
20) Submarine Veteran
.

(
B)
The qualifying active or prior service member must be one of the registrants of
the vehicle. No more than three license plates may be issued to the award
recipient. License plates for designation specified in subsection (A) are
subject to the regular motor vehicle registration fee contained in Article 5,
Chapter 3, Title 56 but no additional specialty plate fee. These special
license plates must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which
expires twenty-four months from the month they are issued.

(
C)
The application for a special license plate reflective of a branch of service
must include official military documentation (a DD-214, NGB Form 22, or
official orders) that the registrant is an active or prior service member of
that branch of service pursuant to the requirements in Section
56-1-140
(B)(1-3). The application for a special license plate reflective of a
veteran's designation also must meet the specifications in Section
56-1-140
(B)(1-3).

(
D)
License plates authorized under subsection (A) are exempt from the provisions
contained in Section
56-3-8100
.

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

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