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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 41-1-25 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE MAY NOT ESTABLISH, MANDATE, OR OTHERWISE REQUIRE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. - ratified title"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 41-1-25 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE MAY NOT ESTABLISH, MANDATE, OR OTHERWISE REQUIRE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. - ratified title"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "S 218"
+citation: "South Carolina S 218 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Bennett", "Bryant", "Campsen", "Corbin", "Gregory", "Martin", "Massey", "Rice", "Turner", "Young"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-10"
+last_action: "2017-04-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45a637c6-42b0-42f1-860f-08a96d14b9a7"
+source_url: "http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=218&session=122&summary=B"
+source_hash: "5136f778f42b5757dd802e5320f026e9e6234f1571a56fb487f86b279650b9de"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
+---
+
+# South Carolina S 218 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 41-1-25 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE MAY NOT ESTABLISH, MANDATE, OR OTHERWISE REQUIRE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. - ratified title
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **1/10/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/218_20170110.htm)
+2. **1/26/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/218_20170126.htm)
+3. **3/7/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/218_20170307.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- to lay on the table — **28–15** (pass) · upper
+- Table Motion to Adjourn Debate — **68–34** (pass) · lower
+- Table — **68–31** (pass) · lower
+- to lay on the table — **30–14** (pass) · upper
+- 2nd Reading — **32–8** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **73–29** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alexander — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Bryant — primary (person)
+- Campsen — primary (person)
+- Corbin — primary (person)
+- Gregory — primary (person)
+- Martin — primary (person)
+- Massey — primary (person)
+- Rice — primary (person)
+- Turner — primary (person)
+- Young — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-01-31** Special order, set for January 31, 2017
+- **2017-02-02** Debate interrupted
+- **2017-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-07** Roll call Ayes-32 Nays-8
+- **2017-02-08** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-09** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-07** Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-09** Requests for debate-Rep(s). Sandifer, Toole, Forrest, West, Whitmire, Allison, Bedingfield, Anderson, Loftis, Weeks, Hart, Felder, Hixon
+- **2017-03-22** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-22** Roll call Yeas-73 Nays-29
+- **2017-03-23** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-04** Ratified R 9
+- **2017-04-05** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-13** Effective date 4/5/17
+- **2017-04-17** Act No. 3
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45a637c6-42b0-42f1-860f-08a96d14b9a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+