Political Signs

2025-2026 Bill 5068: Political Signs - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5068
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Schuessler
Document Path: LC-0507SA26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 29, 2026
Currently residing in the House Committee on
Judiciary
Summary: Political Signs
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

1/29/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 16
)

1/29/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Judiciary
(
House Journal-page 16
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
01/29/2026

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS
BY ADDING SECTION
27-30-180
SO AS TO PROVIDE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION THE
ABILITY TO ADOPT AND ENFORCE RULES RELATING TO POLITICAL SIGNS PROVIDED THOSE
RULES MEET CRITERIA DESIGNATED BY THIS SECTION.

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

S
ECTION 1.
C
hapter 30, Title 27 of the
S.C. Code is amended by adding:

S
ection
27-30-180
.

(A) Regardless of a restrictive covenant,
declaration, rule, contractual provision, or other requirement found in a deed,
contract, lease, rental agreement, or homeowners association document, a
homeowner or tenant may display a political sign on the premises of the
property he is entitled to use, excluding common areas accessible to all
members of the community, during the period beginning thirty days before and
ending five days after the date of the election to which the sign relates.

(
B)
(
1) A homeowners association may adopt
and enforce rules relating to a political sign that restricts the:

(
a) size of the sign, provided the
allowable size is at least twenty-four inches by eighteen inches regardless of
orientation;

(
b) number of signs that may be
displayed, provided the rule permits a homeowner to display at least two signs
for each candidate, political party, or public question of the election to
which the sign relates;

(
c) locations where a sign may be
displayed on common areas accessible to all members of the community; and

(
d) placement of a political sign
outside of the period beginning thirty days before and ending five days after
the date of the election to which the sign relates.

(
2) A homeowners association may
remove a sign that violates the rules permitted by this section.

(
C) For purposes of this section,
"political sign" means a sign advocating:

(
1) the election or defeat of one or
more candidates for nomination or election;

(
2) support for or opposition to a
political party or a political party's candidate; and

(
3) the approval or disapproval of a
public question.

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

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