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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Florence County Register of Deeds"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 30-5-10, RELATING TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES OF A REGISTER OF DEEDS, SO AS TO ADD FLORENCE COUNTY TO THE COUNTIES EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENT THAT THESE DUTIES BE PERFORMED BY THE CLERK OF COURT; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 30-5-12, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES, SO AS TO ADD FLORENCE COUNTY TO THE COUNTIES WHERE THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY APPOINTS THE REGISTER OF DEEDS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "H 3313"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3313 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jordan"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-12-08"
+last_action: "2024-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bea07050-be0c-416d-8583-8208b7e25e8c"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3313&session=125&summary=B"
+source_hash: "3aae1f68982e2e61c98b0442fc11747545c2095438c0b55d3225e6a11e1d5c9e"
+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 3313 (2023-2024) — Florence County Register of Deeds
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 30-5-10, RELATING TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES OF A REGISTER OF DEEDS, SO AS TO ADD FLORENCE COUNTY TO THE COUNTIES EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENT THAT THESE DUTIES BE PERFORMED BY THE CLERK OF COURT; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 30-5-12, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES, SO AS TO ADD FLORENCE COUNTY TO THE COUNTIES WHERE THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY APPOINTS THE REGISTER OF DEEDS. - 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/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3313.htm)
+2. **04/19/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3313_20230419.htm)
+3. **05/01/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3313_20240501.htm)
+4. **12/08/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3313_20221208.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **109–0** (pass) · lower
+- to lay on the table Amendment No 1 — **29–15** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jordan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-12-08** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2022-12-08** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-19** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-26** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-26** Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
+- **2023-04-27** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-27** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-27** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-08** Referred to Subcommittee: M.Johnson (ch), Sabb, Talley, Adams, Devine
+- **2024-05-01** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-08** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-08** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
+- **2024-05-09** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-15** Ratified R 205
+- **2024-05-21** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-29** Effective date 01/01/25
+- **2024-05-29** Act No. 197
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bea07050-be0c-416d-8583-8208b7e25e8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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