Limit Vote to Citizens

2025-2026 Bill 1054: Limit Vote to Citizens - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 1054
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senators Kimbrell, Rice, Adams, Johnson, Massey, Climer, Elliott and Bright
Document Path: SR-0600KM-KM26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on March 25, 2026
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on
Judiciary
Summary: Limit Vote to Citizens
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

3/25/2026

Senate

Introduced (
Senate Journal-page 6
)

3/25/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Judiciary
(
Senate Journal-page 6
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
03/25/2026

A concurrent RESOLUTION

to respectfully request that the united states
congress propose an amendment to the united states constitution to be submitted
to the states for ratification providing that only citizens of the united
states may qualify to vote in any primary or other election for president or
vice president, for electors for president and vice president, or for senator
or representative in congress.

W
hereas, Article I, Section 2, Clause 1 of the United States
Constitution grants to each state the exclusive power to determine who
qualifies to vote in elections for representatives for Congress: "The House of
Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the
People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the
Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State
Legislature"; and

W
hereas, the Seventeenth Amendment of the United States Constitution
grants to each state the exclusive power to determine who qualifies to vote in
elections for senators for Congress: "The Senate of the United States shall be
composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for
six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State
shall have the qualifications for electors of the most numerous branch of the
State legislatures"; and

W
hereas, while some amendments prohibit states from disenfranchising
persons for reasons such as race or sex, no provision of the constitution or
any amendment grants Congress the power to determine who qualifies to vote in
local, state, or federal elections; and

W
hereas, no provision
of the United States Constitution or any amendment prohibits a state from
qualifying non-citizens to vote in elections for its legislature; and

W
hereas, if a state qualifies non-citizens to vote for its
legislature, then the constitution requires those same non-citizens must
qualify to vote in elections for representatives and senators for Congress; and

W
hereas, in earlier historical
times most states qualified non-citizens to vote in elections for its
legislature and thereby in federal elections; and

W
hereas, no federal statute that claims to prohibit non-citizens from
voting in federal elections can override the power granted by the constitution
to each state to determine who qualifies to vote in elections for its
legislature and thereby in federal elections; and

W
hereas, the voters of
South Carolina ratified an amendment to the South Carolina Constitution in 2024
by a super majority of eighty-six percent that prohibits non-citizens residing
in South Carolina from voting in local, state, or federal elections; and

W
hereas, the constitutions
of most states do not prohibit the state legislature from legally qualifying
non-citizens to vote in elections for its legislature and thereby in federal
elections; and

W
hereas, only an amendment to the United States Constitution can
guarantee to South Carolinians and the American people that only citizens can
vote in federal elections across all fifty states. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, do hereby respectfully
request that the United States Congress expeditiously propose the following
amendment to the United States Constitution to be submitted to the States for
ratification:

"
Article ____

S
ection 1. Only citizens
of the United States may qualify to vote in any primary or other election for
President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or
for Senator or Representative in Congress.

S
ection 2. Appropriate legislation to enforce this article shall be
prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof, but Congress may at any
time by law make or alter such regulations. Congress shall have power to
enforce this article by appropriate legislation for the district constituting
the seat of government of the United States."

B
e it further resolved that
a copy of this resolution be presented to the members of the South Carolina
congressional delegation.

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