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South Carolina · House District 35

SC House District 35: Rep. William M. "Bill" Chumley

Last checked · Session 126 (2025-2026)

Member
Rep. William M. "Bill" Chumley
Party
Republican
District
House District 35: Greenville & Spartanburg Counties
Official page
scstatehouse.gov member page

Official social media

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Bills we've explained: sponsorships and public statements

None found. We did not find this member listed as a sponsor or co-sponsor of any bill we have explained, or a public statement by this member about one, as of the date checked.

Other bills this member sponsored, in plain English

Bills and joint resolutions where this member is the primary (first-listed) sponsor in 2025-2026. Summaries are drawn from each bill's official title.

H.3214: School-based community canneries pilot

What it does: A joint resolution for a three-year pilot program setting up community canneries at public schools, where the public could bring locally grown produce to be canned for personal use, with roles for the State Board of Education and Clemson Extension.

What it could mean for you: If it became law, home gardeners in pilot areas could have access to a school cannery for their own produce.

Status: Passed the House 110-0 on April 30, 2025; referred to the Senate Education Committee May 1, 2025. No further action recorded.

H.3325: Year-round daylight saving time

What it does: Would make daylight saving time (Eastern Standard Time advanced one hour) permanent standard time in South Carolina, and have the Attorney General ask the federal Secretary of Transportation for a waiver so it could take effect.

What it could mean for you: Clocks would stop changing twice a year, but only if federal approval were granted. It has not passed.

Status: Referred to the House Judiciary Committee. No further action recorded.

H.3323: Telephone Solicitation Act

What it does: Would create a state Telephone Solicitation Act: limits on certain sales calls, automated dialing and recorded messages, calling hours, and the number of calls, with exemptions and remedies.

What it could mean for you: Would add state limits on telemarketing calls to your phone. It has not passed.

Status: Referred to the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee. No further action recorded.

H.3312: Proof of insurance: no vehicle confiscation

What it does: Would clarify that a vehicle may not be confiscated because the driver did not have proof of insurance in the vehicle.

What it could mean for you: Affects drivers stopped without an insurance card in the car. It has not passed.

Status: Referred to the House Judiciary Committee. No further action recorded.

H.3313: Antique vehicles at night

What it does: Would clarify that antique-tagged vehicles and motorcycles may be driven at night for their allowed purposes if they have working headlights and rear lights.

What it could mean for you: Relevant if you own an antique-tagged vehicle. It has not passed.

Status: Referred to the House Education and Public Works Committee. No further action recorded.

H.3314: Classic cars as official state pastime

What it does: Would designate restoring, showing, and enjoying classic and antique vehicles as the official family-friendly pastime of the state.

What it could mean for you: Symbolic; no direct effect on residents.

Status: Referred to the House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee. No further action recorded.

H.3031: Stand Your Ground: places of worship

What it does: Would extend the state's Stand Your Ground law, including the presumption of reasonable fear when someone unlawfully enters, to places of worship, and define "place of worship."

What it could mean for you: Would change the legal rules on use of deadly force inside places of worship. It has not passed.

Status: Referred to the House Judiciary Committee. No further action recorded.

H.3032: Disrupting a religious service or funeral

What it does: Would fold disrupting a religious service or funeral into the disorderly conduct law with graduated penalties, and repeal the separate existing sections on those offenses.

What it could mean for you: Would change penalties for disorderly conduct. It has not passed.

Status: Referred to the House Judiciary Committee. No further action recorded.

H.3033: Judicial screening: lawyer-legislators recuse

What it does: Would require attorney-legislators on the Judicial Merit Selection Commission, and in the joint-session judicial election, to recuse themselves from judges they have appeared before in the past five years.

What it could mean for you: Changes how judges are screened and elected. It has not passed.

Status: Referred to the House Judiciary Committee. No further action recorded.

H.3174: State work program in prisons

What it does: Would establish a state work program within the Department of Corrections.

What it could mean for you: Details are in the bill text. It has not passed.

Status: Referred to the House Judiciary Committee. No further action recorded.

H.3213: Pause on architectural review for commercial property

What it does: A joint resolution placing a moratorium on enforcing architectural review ordinances for commercial properties until July 1, 2028.

What it could mean for you: Would affect commercial property owners subject to local design review. It has not passed.

Status: Referred to the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee. No further action recorded.

H.3326: Bad-faith copyright claims

What it does: Would make a bad-faith assertion of copyright infringement an unlawful trade practice, with evidence considerations and remedies.

What it could mean for you: Could help people or businesses targeted by bad-faith copyright demand letters. It has not passed.

Status: Referred to the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee. No further action recorded.

H.3324: African American Confederate Veterans Monument

What it does: Would provide for an African American Confederate Veterans Monument and create a commission to propose its design and location, then dissolve.

What it could mean for you: No direct effect on most residents. It has not passed.

Status: Referred to the House Judiciary Committee. No further action recorded.

H.3509: Removing certain park guests

What it does: Would add Section 45-2-65 providing for the removal of certain park guests under certain circumstances.

What it could mean for you: Details are in the bill text. It has not passed.

Status: Referred to the House Judiciary Committee. No further action recorded.

Resolutions

These honor people or places or request road names; they do not change the law.

  • H.4242: Asks SCDOT to name part of S.C. 417 in Spartanburg County "Old Antioch Church Way" (concurrent resolution; Senate adopted May 8, 2025).

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