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2025-2026 Bill 931: Inspection and Registration of Private Residence Elevators - South Carolina Legislature Online
South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 931
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Hutto
Document Path: SR-0447KM26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on February 17, 2026
Currently residing in the Senate
Summary: Inspection and Registration of Private Residence Elevators
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date
Body
Action Description with journal page number
2/17/2026
Senate
Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 5
)
2/17/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on
Labor, Commerce and Industry
(
Senate Journal-page 5
)
2/18/2026
Scrivener's error corrected
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/17/2026
02/18/2026
A bill
TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING
SECTION
41-16-30
, RELATING TO THE APPLICABILITY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA ELEVATOR
CODE, SO AS TO EXPAND THE APPLICABILITY OF THE CHAPTER TO INCLUDE SINGLE
PRIVATE DWELLING RESIDENCE ELEVATORS; AND BY ADDING SECTION
41-16-35
SO AS TO
PROVIDE FOR THE MANDATORY INSPECTION OF THE INSTALLATION, MODIFICATION, OR
ALTERATION OF A SINGLE PRIVATE DWELLING RESIDENCE ELEVATOR BEFORE THE ELEVATOR
IS PUT INTO SERVICE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF SINGLE PRIVATE DWELLING
ELEVATORS, AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION'S
DIRECTOR TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A DATABASE OF SINGLE PRIVATE DWELLING
RESIDENCE ELEVATORS REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
S
ECTION 1.
S
ection
41-16-30
of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
S
ection
41-16-30
. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any facility
installed in any single private dwelling residence
, except
as provided in Section
41-16-35
,
or to facilities over which an agency
of the federal government is asserting similar enforcement jurisdiction.
Provisions of this chapter supersede similar provisions contained in building
codes of this State or of any political subdivision of this State.
S
ECTION 2.
C
hapter 16, Title 41 of the S.C. Code is amended by
adding:
S
ection
41-16-35
. The director shall conduct a final acceptance inspection upon
completion of the installation, modification, or alteration of a single private
dwelling residence elevator before it is placed into service. Upon the
completion and final acceptance inspection of a single private dwelling
residence elevator, the dwelling's owner shall register the single private
dwelling elevator with the department pursuant to Section
41-16-60
. The
director shall create and maintain a database of single private dwelling
elevators registered with the department.
S
ECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.
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