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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Name change, petitions"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 15-49-10 AND 15-49-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PETITIONS FOR A CHANGE OF NAME, SO AS TO REQUIRE A PETITIONER TO HAVE RESIDED IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A NAME CHANGE, WITH EXCEPTIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "H 3271"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3271 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caskey", "Collins", "G.M. Smith", "Govan", "Henderson-Myers", "Hyde", "King", "McDaniel", "Morgan", "T. Moore", "Weeks"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-12-09"
+last_action: "2022-05-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab7affea-8284-4ee2-831a-ea5236bf345d"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3271&session=124&summary=B"
+source_hash: "dc882e82799997123875ca430a3d645e3187664c02fee667f1b588e02ee44da2"
+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 H 3271 (2021-2022) — Name change, petitions
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 15-49-10 AND 15-49-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PETITIONS FOR A CHANGE OF NAME, SO AS TO REQUIRE A PETITIONER TO HAVE RESIDED IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A NAME CHANGE, WITH EXCEPTIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/bills/3271.htm)
+2. **12/9/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3271_20201209.htm)
+3. **3/9/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3271_20220309.htm)
+4. **4/20/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3271_20220420.htm)
+5. **5/5/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3271_20220505.htm)
+6. **5/6/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3271_20220506.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Concur in Senate Amendments — **106–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage of Bill — **110–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caskey — primary (person)
+- Collins — primary (person)
+- G.M. Smith — primary (person)
+- Govan — primary (person)
+- Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
+- Hyde — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- McDaniel — primary (person)
+- Morgan — primary (person)
+- T. Moore — primary (person)
+- Weeks — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-09** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2020-12-09** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-12** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-24** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan, Hyde, T.Moore, Weeks, G.M.Smith, King, McDaniel, Collins, Morgan, Caskey
+- **2022-03-09** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-10** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-10** Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
+- **2022-03-10** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
+- **2022-03-11** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-03-15** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-03-15** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-20** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-05-03** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
+- **2022-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-05-05** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-05-05** Roll call Ayes-35 Nays-0
+- **2022-05-06** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2022-05-11** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
+- **2022-05-11** Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
+- **2022-05-12** Ratified R 199
+- **2022-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-31** Effective date 05/16/22
+- **2022-05-31** Act No. 183
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab7affea-8284-4ee2-831a-ea5236bf345d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+