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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Blue catfish"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-640, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF BLUE CATFISH, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF MORE THAN TWO BLUE CATFISH GREATER THAN THIRTY-TWO INCHES IN LENGTH IN CERTAIN WATERS OF THIS STATE AND TO PROVIDE A DAILY LIMIT FOR CERTAIN WATERS OF THIS STATE; TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-1120, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE POINT SYSTEM FOR FISHING VIOLATIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A VIOLATION OF THE BLUE CATFISH CATCH LIMIT IS FOURTEEN POINTS; AND TO REQUIRE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CONDUCT A STUDY OF THE BLUE CATFISH FISHERY IN THE SANTEE AND COOPER RIVER SYSTEMS. - ratified title"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "S 36"
+citation: "South Carolina S 36 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Grooms"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-12-09"
+last_action: "2021-06-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8b0e3d8-6224-48ad-825a-043ca9a299bb"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=36&session=124&summary=B"
+source_hash: "6f510359bc4113ffbd4cdd1f40529e3a83a9c971b9e17517f75a7f4992aa9cec"
+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 36 (2021-2022) — Blue catfish
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-640, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF BLUE CATFISH, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF MORE THAN TWO BLUE CATFISH GREATER THAN THIRTY-TWO INCHES IN LENGTH IN CERTAIN WATERS OF THIS STATE AND TO PROVIDE A DAILY LIMIT FOR CERTAIN WATERS OF THIS STATE; TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-1120, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE POINT SYSTEM FOR FISHING VIOLATIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A VIOLATION OF THE BLUE CATFISH CATCH LIMIT IS FOURTEEN POINTS; AND TO REQUIRE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CONDUCT A STUDY OF THE BLUE CATFISH FISHERY IN THE SANTEE AND COOPER RIVER SYSTEMS. - 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/36.htm)
+2. **12/9/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/36_20201209.htm)
+3. **2/18/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/36_20210218.htm)
+4. **2/24/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/36_20210224.htm)
+5. **4/29/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/36_20210429.htm)
+6. **5/4/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/36_20210504.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- to concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **118–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Grooms — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-09** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2020-12-09** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-12** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-18** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish, Game and Forestry `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-24** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-24** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
+- **2021-02-25** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-02** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-29** Recalled from Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
+- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-04** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-04** Roll call Yeas-118 Nays-0
+- **2021-05-05** Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-06** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
+- **2021-05-06** Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
+- **2021-05-13** Ratified R 53
+- **2021-05-17** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-01** Effective date 06/16/21
+- **2021-06-01** Act No. 40
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8b0e3d8-6224-48ad-825a-043ca9a299bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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