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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pickens County Voting Precincts"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 7-7-450, RELATING TO DESIGNATION OF VOTING PRECINCTS IN PICKENS COUNTY, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE PICKENS COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS, WITH APPROVAL FROM A MAJORITY OF THE PICKENS COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, TO LOCATE A POLLING PLACE WITHIN FIVE MILES OF A PRECINCT'S BOUNDARIES IF NO SUITABLE LOCATION EXISTS WITHIN THE PRECINCT. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "H 4937"
+citation: "South Carolina H 4937 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Collins", "Hiott"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-24"
+last_action: "2024-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68e34000-0b32-4528-90d1-23323e7d6f09"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4937&session=125&summary=B"
+source_hash: "c0397dded99d8ed40439fa1cc08449a1b65cd439dd7f4df3d7e83d28d081f9b3"
+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 4937 (2023-2024) — Pickens County Voting Precincts
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 7-7-450, RELATING TO DESIGNATION OF VOTING PRECINCTS IN PICKENS COUNTY, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE PICKENS COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS, WITH APPROVAL FROM A MAJORITY OF THE PICKENS COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, TO LOCATE A POLLING PLACE WITHIN FIVE MILES OF A PRECINCT'S BOUNDARIES IF NO SUITABLE LOCATION EXISTS WITHIN THE PRECINCT. - 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/4937.htm)
+2. **01/24/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4937_20240124.htm)
+3. **01/25/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4937_20240125.htm)
+4. **03/27/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4937_20240327.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage of Bill — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carter — primary (person)
+- Collins — primary (person)
+- Hiott — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-24** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2024-01-24** Referred to Pickens Delegation
+- **2024-01-25** Recalled from Pickens Delegation
+- **2024-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-30** Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
+- **2024-01-31** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-01-31** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2024-01-31** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-22** Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Hutto, Malloy, Garrett, Kimbrell
+- **2024-03-28** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-04-02** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
+- **2024-04-03** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-08** Ratified R 168
+- **2024-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-30** Effective date 05/13/24
+- **2024-05-30** Act No. 152
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68e34000-0b32-4528-90d1-23323e7d6f09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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