Legislative compensation

2025-2026 Bill 933: Legislative Salary

South Carolina General Assembly

126th Session, 2025-2026

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A200, R239, S933

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill

Sponsors: Senators Martin, Corbin, Williams, Jackson, Leber, Hutto, Devine, Graham, Zell and Walker

Document Path: SR-0522KM26.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 18, 2026

Introduced in the House on April 30, 2026

Last Amended on May 13, 2026

Governor's Action: May 18, 2026, Signed

Summary: Legislative compensation

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

2/18/2026

Senate

Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 5
)

2/18/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Finance
(
Senate Journal-page 5
)

4/15/2026

Senate

Committee report: Favorable with amendment
Finance
(
Senate Journal-page 44
)

4/28/2026

Senate

Committee Amendment Adopted

4/28/2026

Senate

Amended (
Senate Journal-page 51
)

4/28/2026

Senate

Read second time (
Senate Journal-page 51
)

4/28/2026

Senate

Roll call Ayes-24 Nays-18 (
Senate Journal-page 51
)

4/29/2026

Senate

Read third time and sent to House (
Senate Journal-page 34
)

4/30/2026

Scrivener's error corrected

4/30/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 156
)

4/30/2026

House

Committed to Committee on
Ways and Means
(
House Journal-page 156
)

5/7/2026

House

Committee report: Favorable
Ways and Means
(
House Journal-page 3
)

5/12/2026

House

Debate adjourned (
House Journal-page 96
)

5/13/2026

House

Amended (
House Journal-page 245
)

5/13/2026

House

Read second time (
House Journal-page 245
)

5/13/2026

House

Roll call Yeas-59 Nays-48 (
House Journal-page 248
)

5/14/2026

House

Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments (
House Journal-page 11
)

5/14/2026

Senate

Concurred in House amendment and enrolled (
Senate Journal-page 41
)

5/15/2026

Ratified R 239

5/18/2026

Signed By Governor

6/5/2026

Effective date 05/18/26

6/2/2026

Act No. 200

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

02/18/2026
04/15/2026
04/28/2026
04/30/2026
05/07/2026
05/13/2026

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

NOTE: THIS IS A TEMPORARY VERSION. THIS DOCUMENT WILL REMAIN IN THIS VERSION UNTIL FINAL APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

(A200, R239, S933)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 2-3-20, RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL RECEIVE LEGISLATIVE COMPENSATION AND AN IN-DISTRICT LEGISLATIVE SERVICE ALLOWANCE OF A COMBINED FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE ADJUSTED EVERY TWO YEARS BY AN INFLATION FACTOR NOT TO EXCEED FIVE PERCENT.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Legislative compensation

SECTION 1. Section 2-3-20 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

Section 2-3-20. (A) Beginning with the 128th General Assembly, members of the General Assembly shall annually receive as legislative compensation fifteen thousand dollars at a daily remuneration rate in accordance with Article III, Section 9 of the State Constitution and an in-district legislative service allowance of thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars as adjusted pursuant to subsection (C). Members of the General Assembly shall also receive mileage at the rate provided for by law for the actual distance traveled in the most direct route going to and returning from their homes on weekend adjournments of the General Assembly at the place where the sessions of the General Assembly are held. The terms of this provision shall be subject to limitations imposed by the State Constitution.

(B) The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House shall receive, in addition, such amounts as may annually appear in the state appropriations act.

(C) The legislative compensation and the in-district legislative service allowance provided for in subsection (A) shall be adjusted biennially after elections for the House of Representatives by an amount equal to the increase of the consumer price index using the chained methodology during the two previous years not to exceed five percent. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Authority shall calculate the biennial adjustment, publish it on its website, and transmit the amount of the adjustment to the Senate and the House of Representatives prior to the second Tuesday in January in the appropriate years.

(D) For the members of the 128th General Assembly, to be eligible to receive the increased compensation, as compared to the 126th General Assembly, set forth in subsection (A), as adjusted by subsection (C), a member must file a written statement accepting the increase with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Clerk of the Senate, as applicable. A member who does not file a statement of acceptance remains entitled to receive compensation in the same amount as a member of the 126th General Assembly received. A member's filing or failure to file a statement of acceptance may not be based on, conditioned upon, or affected by the member's vote for the increase allowed in subsection (A).

Severability

SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this act, and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective.

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 15th day of May, 2026.

Approved the 18th day of May, 2026.

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