Judicial Salaries

2025-2026 Bill 1005: Judicial Salaries

South Carolina General Assembly

126th Session, 2025-2026

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A182, R163, S1005

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill

Sponsors: Senators Elliott, Stubbs, Walker, Blackmon and Garrett

Document Path: SR-0124CEM26.docx

Introduced in the Senate on March 11, 2026

Introduced in the House on April 30, 2026

Governor's Action: May 18, 2026, Signed

Summary: Judicial Salaries

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

3/11/2026

Senate

Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 5
)

3/11/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Judiciary
(
Senate Journal-page 5
)

4/9/2026

Senate

Committee report: Favorable
Judiciary
(
Senate Journal-page 280
)

4/28/2026

Senate

Read second time (
Senate Journal-page 40
)

4/28/2026

Senate

Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-4 (
Senate Journal-page 40
)

4/29/2026

Senate

Read third time and sent to House (
Senate Journal-page 31
)

4/30/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 157
)

4/30/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Ways and Means
(
House Journal-page 157
)

5/6/2026

House

Committee report: Favorable
Ways and Means
(
House Journal-page 10
)

5/12/2026

House

Read second time (
House Journal-page 78
)

5/12/2026

House

Roll call Yeas-96 Nays-17 (
House Journal-page 78
)

5/13/2026

House

Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled (
House Journal-page 22
)

5/14/2026

Ratified R 163

5/18/2026

Signed By Governor

6/5/2026

Effective date 05/18/26

6/2/2026

Act No. 182

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

03/11/2026
04/09/2026
05/06/2026

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

NOTE: THIS IS A TEMPORARY VERSION. THIS DOCUMENT WILL REMAIN IN THIS VERSION UNTIL FINAL APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

(A182, R163, S1005)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 14-1-200, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SALARIES OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND COURT OF APPEALS, CIRCUIT COURT, AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES, SO AS TO PROVIDE A REVISED SALARY SCHEDULE FOR JUDGES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Judicial salaries revised

SECTION 1. Section 14-1-200 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

Section 14-1-200. The General Assembly shall establish the salary of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court in the annual general appropriation act with the salary of the Chief Justice to be one hundred five percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court and shall fix the salaries for the court of appeals, circuit court, and family court according to the following schedule:

(1) the chief judge of the court of appeals shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-nine percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court;

(2) judges of the court of appeals shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-seven and one-half percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court;

(3) judges of the circuit court shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-five percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court; and

(4) judges of the family court shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-five percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 14th day of May, 2026.

Approved the 18th day of May, 2026.

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