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S690 • 2026
Debt setoff
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Debt setoff
Introduced and read first time ( Senate Journal-page 18 )
Referred to Committee on Finance ( Senate Journal-page 18 )
Prefiled
Referred to Committee on Finance
Debt setoff
2025-2026 Bill 690: Debt setoff - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly 126th Session, 2025-2026 Download This Bill in Microsoft Word Format Indicates Matter Stricken Indicates New Matter S. 690 STATUS INFORMATION General Bill Sponsors: Senator Martin Document Path: SR-0450KM26.docx Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2026 Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance Summary: Debt setoff HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS Date Body Action Description with journal page number 12/10/2025 Senate Prefiled 12/10/2025 Senate Referred to Committee on Finance 1/13/2026 Senate Introduced and read first time ( Senate Journal-page 18 ) 1/13/2026 Senate Referred to Committee on Finance ( Senate Journal-page 18 ) View the latest legislative information at the website VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 12/10/2025 A bill TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 12-56-20 , RELATING TO THE DEBT SETOFF COLLECTION ACT, SO AS TO INCLUDE CERTAIN COSTS COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON SERVICES IN THE DEFINITION OF "DELINQUENT DEBT". B e it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: S ECTION 1. S ection 12-56-20 (4) of the S.C. Code is amended to read: ( 4) "Delinquent debt" means a sum due and owing a claimant agency, including collection costs, court costs, fines, penalties, and interest which have accrued through contract, subrogation, tort, operation of law, or other legal theory regardless of whether there is an outstanding judgment for that sum which is legally collectible and for which a collection effort has been or is being made. It does not include sums owed to county hospitals when the hospital and the debtor have entered into a written payment agreement and the debtor is current in meeting the obligations of the agreement. "Delinquent debt" also includes any fine, penalty, cost, fee, assessment, surcharge, service charge, restitution, or other amount imposed by a court , or as a direct consequence of a final court order which is received by or payable to the clerk of the appropriate court or treasurer of the entity where the court is located , or when ordered by a court or the Parole Board to be collected by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services . S ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. ----XX---- This web page was last updated on January 13, 2026 at 1:08 PM