Blue Ridge Community

2025-2026 Bill 1048: Blue Ridge Community - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 1048
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Corbin
Document Path: SR-0604KM26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on March 25, 2026
Introduced in the House on April 2, 2026
Last Amended on May 14, 2026

Currently residing in the House
Summary: Blue Ridge Community
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

3/25/2026

Senate

Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
uncontested calendar (
Senate Journal-page 5
)

3/31/2026

Senate

Read second time (
Senate Journal-page 20
)

4/1/2026

Senate

Read third time and sent to House (
Senate Journal-page 27
)

4/2/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 34
)

4/2/2026

House

Referred to
Greenville Delegation
(
House Journal-page 34
)

5/7/2026

House

Delegation report: Favorable with amendment
Greenville Delegation
(
House Journal-page 3
)

5/12/2026

House

Debate adjourned (
House Journal-page 10
)

5/13/2026

House

Requests for debate-Rep(s). Wickensimer, Bamberg,
King, Garvin, McDaniel, Cobb-Hunter, Duncan,
Grant, Bauer (
House Journal-page 107
)

5/14/2026

House

Amended (
House Journal-page 53
)

5/14/2026

House

Rejected (
House Journal-page 53
)

5/14/2026

House

Roll call Yeas-23 Nays-65 (
House Journal-page 54
)

5/14/2026

House

Motion to reconsider tabled (
House Journal-page 55
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
03/25/2026
03/25/2026-A
05/07/2026
05/14/2026

AMENDED - NOT PRINTED
BILL FOR THE HOUSE

Amt. No. 1 (LC-1048.DG0001H.docx)

May 14, 2026

S. 1048

Introduced
by Senator Corbin

L. Printed 5/14/26--H.

Read the first time April 2, 2026

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A bill

TO PROVIDE THAT SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNITS IN THE BLUE
RIDGE COMMUNITY IN GREENVILLE COUNTY MUST BE BUILT ON FIVE ACRE TRACTS, TO
PROVIDE THAT MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS BUILT IN THE BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY MUST BE
BUILT ON A TRACT OF LAND THAT IS EQUAL TO FIVE ACRES OF LAND FOR EACH DWELLING
UNIT, AND TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXCEPTION.

Amend Title To Conform

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

S
ECTION 1. After
the effective date of this act, any new single-family homes in the Blue Ridge
Community, as established by Act 108 of 2021 and as amended by Act 14 of 2025,
must be constructed on a tract of land comprised of not less than five acres.

S
ECTION 2. After
the effective date of this act, any new multi-family dwellings in the Blue
Ridge Community must be constructed on a tract of land comprised of not less
than five acres for each dwelling unit in the multi-family dwelling.

S
ECTION 3. The
provisions of this act do not apply to a person to whom a tract of land
comprised of less than five acres is conveyed, bequeathed, or devised from a
family member if the person maintains ownership of the tract for his use and
enjoyment or the use and enjoyment of his immediate family.

S
ECTION 4. The
provisions of this act do not apply to a person who owns less than five acres
of real property in the Blue Ridge Community prior to the effective date of
this act.

S
ECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.

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