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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1-3-230, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S POET LAUREATE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMMISSION SHALL PROVIDE THE GOVERNOR WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AND TO ESTABLISH TERMS OF OFFICE AND DUTIES. - ratified title"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1-3-230, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S POET LAUREATE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMMISSION SHALL PROVIDE THE GOVERNOR WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AND TO ESTABLISH TERMS OF OFFICE AND DUTIES. - ratified title"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "S 340"
+citation: "South Carolina S 340 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sheheen"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-01"
+last_action: "2018-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d2309b1-37bd-4140-9a65-4cb09ac26a35"
+source_url: "http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=340&session=122&summary=B"
+source_hash: "f42f566b316e74555ec72413874d2a24091f06317deb2582ab87831e85902b6f"
+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 340 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1-3-230, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S POET LAUREATE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMMISSION SHALL PROVIDE THE GOVERNOR WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AND TO ESTABLISH TERMS OF OFFICE AND DUTIES. - ratified title
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2/1/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/340_20170201.htm)
+2. **2/23/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/340_20170223.htm)
+3. **2/28/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/340_20170228.htm)
+4. **3/1/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/340_20180301.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage of Bill — **51–54** (fail) · lower
+- Passage of Bill — **76–30** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sheheen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-01** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** Referred to Committee on General `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-23** Committee report: Favorable General `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-28** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2017-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-02** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
+- **2017-03-07** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-07** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-03-07** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-01** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-07** Rejected `failure`
+- **2018-03-07** Roll call Yeas-51 Nays-54
+- **2018-04-10** Reconsidered
+- **2018-04-10** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2018-04-10** Roll call Yeas-76 Nays-30
+- **2018-04-11** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-04-12** Ratified R 162
+- **2018-04-17** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-04-24** Effective date 04/17/18
+- **2018-04-30** Act No. 153
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d2309b1-37bd-4140-9a65-4cb09ac26a35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+