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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Optometry mobile units"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-37-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS CONCERNING THE PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY, SO AS TO PROVIDE A NECESSARY DEFINITION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-37-320, RELATING TO OPTOMETRY MOBILE UNITS, SO AS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OPERATION OF SUCH UNITS. - ratified title"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "H 4837"
+citation: "South Carolina H 4837 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Atkinson", "B. Cox", "B. Newton", "Ballentine", "Bennett", "Blackwell", "Bryant", "Caskey", "Collins", "Daning", "Elliott", "Felder", "Forrest", "Gilliam", "Haddon", "Hardee", "Hayes", "Henegan", "Huggins", "Hyde", "Jefferson", "M.M. Smith", "Matthews", "McGinnis", "Pope", "R. Williams", "Rutherford", "T. Moore", "Taylor", "Thigpen", "V.S. Moss", "W. Cox", "White", "Wooten"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-01-20"
+last_action: "2022-05-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34bd9f56-8407-4d48-b99a-bd1098f984a2"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4837&session=124&summary=B"
+source_hash: "7052798824074f38fef006859751de24fb5789e1533b558e502a2c389ac27fe2"
+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 4837 (2021-2022) — Optometry mobile units
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-37-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS CONCERNING THE PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY, SO AS TO PROVIDE A NECESSARY DEFINITION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-37-320, RELATING TO OPTOMETRY MOBILE UNITS, SO AS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OPERATION OF SUCH UNITS. - 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/4837.htm)
+2. **1/20/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4837_20220120.htm)
+3. **3/10/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4837_20220310.htm)
+4. **3/11/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4837_20220311.htm)
+5. **3/9/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4837_20220309.htm)
+6. **4/21/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4837_20220421.htm)
+7. **4/22/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4837_20220422.htm)
+8. **5/3/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4837_20220503.htm)
+9. **5/5/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4837_20220505.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Concur in Senate Amendments — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **110–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Atkinson — primary (person)
+- B. Cox — primary (person)
+- B. Newton — primary (person)
+- Ballentine — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Blackwell — primary (person)
+- Bryant — primary (person)
+- Caskey — primary (person)
+- Collins — primary (person)
+- Daning — primary (person)
+- Elliott — primary (person)
+- Felder — primary (person)
+- Forrest — primary (person)
+- Gilliam — primary (person)
+- Haddon — primary (person)
+- Hardee — primary (person)
+- Hayes — primary (person)
+- Henegan — primary (person)
+- Huggins — primary (person)
+- Hyde — primary (person)
+- Jefferson — primary (person)
+- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
+- Matthews — primary (person)
+- McGinnis — primary (person)
+- Pope — primary (person)
+- R. Williams — primary (person)
+- Rutherford — primary (person)
+- T. Moore — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Thigpen — primary (person)
+- V.S. Moss — primary (person)
+- W. Cox — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+- Wooten — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-20** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-25** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson, Jefferson, Forrest, R.Williams, Bryant, T.Moore, Hardee, McGinnis, Anderson
+- **2022-01-26** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Thigpen, Hayes, Rutherford
+- **2022-02-01** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hyde
+- **2022-02-08** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Daning, Bennett, Huggins, M.M.Smith, White, V.S.Moss
+- **2022-02-15** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor, Ballentine
+- **2022-02-22** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henegan
+- **2022-03-09** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-10** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Matthews
+- **2022-03-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **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`
+- **2022-03-11** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2022-03-15** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-03-15** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-21** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-22** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2022-05-03** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-05-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-05-03** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
+- **2022-05-05** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2022-05-10** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-05-11** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
+- **2022-05-11** Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
+- **2022-05-12** Ratified R 221
+- **2022-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-31** Effective date 05/13/22
+- **2022-05-31** Act No. 165
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34bd9f56-8407-4d48-b99a-bd1098f984a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+