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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Official Carnivorous Plant"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-661 SO AS TO NAME THE VENUS FLYTRAP THE OFFICIAL CARNIVOROUS PLANT OF THE STATE. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 581"
+citation: "South Carolina S 581 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Campsen", "Corbin", "Goldfinch", "Grooms", "Hembree", "McElveen", "Senn"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-01"
+last_action: "2023-05-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb495295-0003-40a7-b7ff-15bd7133bf3a"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=581&session=125&summary=B"
+source_hash: "523e022cdf10a1136ac0b107683f548d47611fdb029ca9df0b97aa8693ae90c7"
+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 581 (2023-2024) — Official Carnivorous Plant
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-661 SO AS TO NAME THE VENUS FLYTRAP THE OFFICIAL CARNIVOROUS PLANT OF THE STATE. - 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/581.htm)
+2. **3/1/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/581_20230301.htm)
+3. **3/22/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/581_20230322.htm)
+4. **4/26/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/581_20230426.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading — **36–5** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Campsen — primary (person)
+- Corbin — primary (person)
+- Goldfinch — primary (person)
+- Grooms — primary (person)
+- Hembree — primary (person)
+- McElveen — primary (person)
+- Senn — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-01** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-01** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-22** Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-28** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-29** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-29** Roll call Ayes-36 Nays-5
+- **2023-03-30** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-30** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-26** Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
+- **2023-04-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27** Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-0
+- **2023-04-27** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
+- **2023-04-28** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-02** Ratified R 19
+- **2023-05-08** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-10** Effective date 05/08/23
+- **2023-05-10** Act No. 11
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb495295-0003-40a7-b7ff-15bd7133bf3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+