South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

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H. 4129

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Brewer, Guffey, M.M. Smith, Hartnett, Teeple, B.L. Cox, Sessions, Mitchell, Stavrinakis, Pedalino, Brittain, Hayes, Guest, Luck, Atkinson and Bamberg
Companion/Similar bill(s): 362
Document Path: LC-0123AHB25.docx

Introduced in the House on March 5, 2025
Currently residing in the House

Summary: Gambling, exceptions

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number
3/5/2025 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 5)
3/5/2025 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means (House Journal-page 5)
3/6/2025 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bamberg

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

03/05/2025



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A bill

 

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 16-19-5 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO PAYS A FEE TO PLAY A GAME IN WHICH SKILL PREDOMINATES OVER CHANCE AND RECEIVES A PRIZE PROPORTIONATE TO HOW SKILLFULLY HE PLAYED IS NOT GAMBLING.

 

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

 

SECTION 1.  Chapter 19, Title 16 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 

    Section 16-19-5. For the purposes of this chapter, a person who pays a fee to participate in a game, activity, or event in which skill predominates over chance including, but not limited to, a Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tournament; a National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) event; a billfishing or bass fishing tournament; an Association of Tennis Professional Tour event or Women's Tennis Association Tour event; a turkey shoot; or any non-card-based predominant skill game, activity, or event, and receives a thing of value proportionate to how skillfully he plays in the game, activity, or event is not gambling.

 

SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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