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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bioenergy; Forest Products"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 48-23-185 SO AS TO DEFINE \"BIOMASS\" AND OTHER RELEVANT TERMS; TO REQUIRE THAT ENERGY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN SOURCES BE CONSIDERED CARBON NEUTRAL AND FROM OTHER SOURCES CARBON NEGATIVE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 3967"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3967 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bannister", "Brewer", "Duncan", "Forrest", "Haddon", "Herbkersman", "Hixon", "Ligon", "Sanders"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2026-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/844f31e6-72e3-4e19-b812-89232f69d167"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3967&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "0f1e96b8269065bc646c8e2d0e25e94287ba5f084e9d40cacd1e81853c23c9ca"
+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 3967 (2025-2026) — Bioenergy; Forest Products
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 48-23-185 SO AS TO DEFINE "BIOMASS" AND OTHER RELEVANT TERMS; TO REQUIRE THAT ENERGY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN SOURCES BE CONSIDERED CARBON NEUTRAL AND FROM OTHER SOURCES CARBON NEGATIVE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - 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/sess126_2025-2026/bills/3967.htm)
+2. **02/12/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3967_20250212.htm)
+3. **03/19/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3967_20260319.htm)
+4. **04/29/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3967_20250429.htm)
+5. **04/30/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3967_20250430.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **111–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bannister — primary (person)
+- Brewer — primary (person)
+- Duncan — primary (person)
+- Forrest — primary (person)
+- Haddon — primary (person)
+- Herbkersman — primary (person)
+- Hixon — primary (person)
+- Ligon — primary (person)
+- Sanders — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-12** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-19** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Duncan, Sanders
+- **2025-04-29** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-30** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2025-04-30** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-30** Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
+- **2025-05-01** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-01** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-01** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-19** Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-25** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
+- **2026-03-26** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-01** Ratified R 125
+- **2026-04-06** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-23** Effective date 04/06/26
+- **2026-04-23** Act No. 117
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/844f31e6-72e3-4e19-b812-89232f69d167`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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