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S689 • 2026

Eminent Domain for Pipeline Companies

Eminent Domain for Pipeline Companies

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Sponsor
Senator Massey
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
Scrivener's error corrected
Effective date
Not listed

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Eminent Domain for Pipeline Companies

Eminent Domain for Pipeline Companies

What This Bill Does

  • Eminent Domain for Pipeline Companies

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 South Carolina Legislature

    Scrivener's error corrected

  2. 2026-01-13 Senate

    Introduced and read first time ( Senate Journal-page 17 )

  3. 2026-01-13 Senate

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary ( Senate Journal-page 17 )

  4. 2025-12-10 Senate

    Prefiled

  5. 2025-12-10 Senate

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

Eminent Domain for Pipeline Companies

Current Bill Text

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2025-2026 Bill 689: Eminent Domain for Pipeline Companies - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 689
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Massey
Document Path: SR-0430KM26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the Senate
Summary: Eminent Domain for Pipeline Companies
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

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Action Description with journal page number

12/10/2025

Senate

Prefiled

12/10/2025

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Judiciary

1/13/2026

Senate

Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 17
)

1/13/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Judiciary
(
Senate Journal-page 17
)

1/21/2026

Scrivener's error corrected

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legislative information
at the website
VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/10/2025
01/21/2026

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING
SECTION
58-7-10
, RELATING TO THE RIGHTS, POWERS, AND PRIVILEGES OF EMINENT
DOMAIN VESTED WITH TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES THAT ARE CONFERRED ON
PIPELINE COMPANIES SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN DOES NOT
EXTEND TO PRIVATE, FOR-PROFIT PIPELINE COMPANIES, INCLUDING PUBLICLY TRADED
FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES, THAT ARE NOT DEFINED WITHIN THIS TITLE AS A PUBLIC
UTILITY.

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

S
ECTION 1.
S
ection
58-7-10
of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

(
B) The provisions of this section and
of Chapter 2, Title 28 do not apply to private, for-profit pipeline companies,
including publicly traded for-profit companies, that are not defined within
this title as a public utility.

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

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