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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local Government"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 6-1-2020 SO AS TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, DESIGNATE AMBULANCE SERVICE AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN SOUTH CAROLINA; TO REQUIRE THAT EACH COUNTY GOVERNING BODY ENSURES THAT AT LEAST ONE LICENSED AMBULANCE SERVICE IS OPERATING WITHIN THE COUNTY; AND TO DEFINE RELEVANT TERMS. - ratified title"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "H 4601"
+citation: "South Carolina H 4601 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Atkinson", "Bennett", "Bustos", "G.R. Smith", "Gagnon", "Hayes", "M.M. Smith", "Matthews", "McGarry", "V.S. Moss", "W. Cox"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-11-17"
+last_action: "2022-05-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfd7bb55-9bed-411e-9158-33f377e6976d"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4601&session=124&summary=B"
+source_hash: "d99ba5dde3abe9dc1a387aeb7bd02fe2283ecace5ba61f865ec4fbf819b100cd"
+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 4601 (2021-2022) — Local Government
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 6-1-2020 SO AS TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, DESIGNATE AMBULANCE SERVICE AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN SOUTH CAROLINA; TO REQUIRE THAT EACH COUNTY GOVERNING BODY ENSURES THAT AT LEAST ONE LICENSED AMBULANCE SERVICE IS OPERATING WITHIN THE COUNTY; AND TO DEFINE RELEVANT TERMS. - 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/4601.htm)
+2. **11/17/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4601_20211117.htm)
+3. **3/9/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4601_20220309.htm)
+4. **4/20/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4601_20220420.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2nd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **107–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Atkinson — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Bustos — primary (person)
+- G.R. Smith — primary (person)
+- Gagnon — primary (person)
+- Hayes — primary (person)
+- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
+- Matthews — primary (person)
+- McGarry — primary (person)
+- V.S. Moss — primary (person)
+- W. Cox — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-11-17** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2021-11-17** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-11** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-16** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson, Hayes
+- **2022-02-17** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith
+- **2022-03-02** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: V.S.Moss
+- **2022-03-09** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-10** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Matthews
+- **2022-03-10** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-10** Roll call Yeas-107 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`
+- **2022-03-30** Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Malloy, Senn, Adams, Garrett
+- **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
+- **2022-05-04** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-05-12** Ratified R 217
+- **2022-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-31** Effective date 05/13/22
+- **2022-05-31** Act No. 164
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfd7bb55-9bed-411e-9158-33f377e6976d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+