Persistent Domestic Violence Offender Registry

2025-2026 Bill 4927: Persistent Domestic Violence Offender Registry - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4927
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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Oremus, Edgerton, Cromer, Gilreath, Davis, D. Mitchell, Schuessler and Grant
Document Path: LC-0414CM26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 14, 2026
Currently residing in the House
Summary: Persistent Domestic Violence Offender Registry
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

1/14/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 91
)

1/14/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Judiciary
(
House Journal-page 91
)

1/15/2026

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Edgerton

1/29/2026

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer,
Gilreath, Davis, D. Mitchell, Schuessler

3/3/2026

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Grant

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
01/14/2026

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE
18 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 23 SO AS TO DIRECT THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION TO
CREATE AND ADMINISTER THE "PERSISTENT Criminal DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDER
REGISTRY."

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

S
ECTION 1.
C
hapter 3, Title 23 of the S.C. Code is amended by
adding:

A
rticle 18

P
ersistent Criminal Domestic Violence Offender Registry

S
ection
23-3-1600
.
(
A) To provide a
statewide registry of offenders who have repeatedly committed offenses of criminal
domestic violence pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 25, Title 16, the State Law
Enforcement Division (SLED) is directed to create and administer the "Persistent
Criminal Domestic Violence Offender Registry." As contained in this article,
"persistent criminal domestic violence offender" means a person who has committed
a second or subsequent criminal domestic violence offense.

(
B) Upon
the conviction of a person for a second or subsequent criminal domestic
violence offense, the clerk of court shall submit a copy of the conviction to
SLED to be placed in the registry. SLED shall maintain this registry based upon
information supplied to it by the court clerks and information available to
SLED from the Department of Corrections and local law enforcement agencies.
SLED shall make the registry available for public inquiry on its website.

(
C) The
registry shall consist of the persistent domestic violence offender's name,
date of birth, conviction dates, counties of convictions, and a current
photograph of the persistent criminal domestic violence offender. If available,
the clerk of court shall provide SLED with a copy of the persistent criminal domestic
violence offender's driver's license number, or other state or federal
identification, and any other identifying data as SLED determines is necessary
to properly identify the persistent criminal domestic violence offender and
exclude innocent persons. However, the registry that is available for public
inquiry must not include the persistent criminal domestic violence offender's
address, social security number, driver's license number, or any other state or
federal identification number.

(
D)
An offender required to register under this article must be assessed a
one-hundred-dollar-registration fee which must be paid to the clerk of the
court imposing the sentence, who shall:

(
1)
retain fifty dollars of the fee for administrative purposes; and

(
2)
remit one hundred dollars of the fee to SLED to maintain the registry.

(
E)
SLED shall remove from the registry the name and other identifying information
of a persistent criminal domestic violence offender required to register under
this article:

(
1)
two years after the date of the most recent conviction for a criminal domestic
violence offense if the offender has one prior conviction for criminal domestic
violence;

(
2)
five years after the date of the most recent conviction for a criminal domestic
violence offense if the offender has two prior convictions for criminal
domestic violence; or

(
3)
ten years after the date of the most recent conviction of a criminal domestic
violence offense if the offender has three or more prior convictions for
criminal domestic violence.

(
F)
This article applies only to persons convicted of second or subsequent criminal
domestic violence offenses on or after January 1, 2027.

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

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