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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State veterans' cemeteries"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 25-11-80, RELATING TO STATE VETERANS' CEMETERIES, SO AS TO REMOVE A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "H 4953"
+citation: "South Carolina H 4953 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["B.J. Cox", "Bustos", "Caskey", "Davis", "Hart", "Henegan", "J. Moore", "Jefferson", "M.M. Smith", "Rivers", "Williams"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-25"
+last_action: "2024-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90d734f5-ebd8-4508-bdd0-e73b9a83dbb0"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4953&session=125&summary=B"
+source_hash: "49aa1d0936b06c451e2bfc535874d4b7a420f8493e5efffe6d132d78be6798ac"
+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 4953 (2023-2024) — State veterans' cemeteries
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 25-11-80, RELATING TO STATE VETERANS' CEMETERIES, SO AS TO REMOVE A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT. - 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/4953.htm)
+2. **01/25/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4953_20240125.htm)
+3. **03/27/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4953_20240327.htm)
+4. **04/24/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4953_20240424.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2nd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **106–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- B.J. Cox — primary (person)
+- Bustos — primary (person)
+- Caskey — primary (person)
+- Davis — primary (person)
+- Hart — primary (person)
+- Henegan — primary (person)
+- J. Moore — primary (person)
+- Jefferson — primary (person)
+- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
+- Rivers — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-25** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2024-01-25** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-27** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-28** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hart, Williams, Henegan, Caskey, Jefferson, J.Moore, Rivers
+- **2024-03-28** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-28** Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-1
+- **2024-03-28** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
+- **2024-03-29** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-02** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2024-04-02** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-24** Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-30** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-04-30** Roll call Ayes-46 Nays-0
+- **2024-05-01** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-08** Ratified R 169
+- **2024-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-30** Effective date 05/13/24
+- **2024-05-30** Act No. 153
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90d734f5-ebd8-4508-bdd0-e73b9a83dbb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+