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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Unlawful removal of electronic dog-control devices"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-785 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE UNLAWFUL REMOVAL OR DESTRUCTION OF ELECTRONIC COLLARS OR OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES PLACED ON DOGS BY THEIR OWNERS AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "H 4611"
+citation: "South Carolina H 4611 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brewer", "Chapman", "Forrest", "Gatch", "Hardee", "Hixon", "Pope", "Robbins", "Taylor"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-11-16"
+last_action: "2024-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27144071-bd9d-41ab-b881-b330ec2357b2"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4611&session=125&summary=B"
+source_hash: "e0a1a906e59b3e2256faa46b0f0c55861aa97dd778d36956940450a061ae00ed"
+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 4611 (2023-2024) — Unlawful removal of electronic dog-control devices
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-785 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE UNLAWFUL REMOVAL OR DESTRUCTION OF ELECTRONIC COLLARS OR OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES PLACED ON DOGS BY THEIR OWNERS AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES. - 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/4611.htm)
+2. **02/28/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4611_20240228.htm)
+3. **03/06/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4611_20240306.htm)
+4. **05/01/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4611_20240501.htm)
+5. **05/08/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4611_20240508.htm)
+6. **11/16/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4611_20231116.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **107–0** (pass) · lower
+- Concur in Senate Amendments — **110–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brewer — primary (person)
+- Chapman — primary (person)
+- Forrest — primary (person)
+- Gatch — primary (person)
+- Hardee — primary (person)
+- Hixon — primary (person)
+- Pope — primary (person)
+- Robbins — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-11-16** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2023-11-16** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-09** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-30** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hardee
+- **2024-01-31** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brewer, Robbins, Gatch
+- **2024-02-28** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-05** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest
+- **2024-03-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-06** Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
+- **2024-03-07** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-03-12** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2024-03-12** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-01** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish, Game and Forestry `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-08** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-05-08** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-05-08** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
+- **2024-05-09** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-09** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
+- **2024-05-09** Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
+- **2024-05-15** Ratified R 217
+- **2024-05-20** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-29** Effective date 05/20/24
+- **2024-05-29** Act No. 176
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27144071-bd9d-41ab-b881-b330ec2357b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+