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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Billboard contractors"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 40-11-360, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS OF SIGN AND BILLBOARD INSTALLATION, REPAIR, OR MAINTENANCE FROM CONTRACTOR LICENSURE, SO AS TO INCLUDE SINGLE-POLE BILLBOARD STRUCTURES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 4730"
+citation: "South Carolina H 4730 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Erickson", "Herbkersman", "Ligon", "Williams", "Wooten"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-12-16"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a93ea6fc-bf80-4366-a2d5-4dc4539a0e03"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4730&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "13b95d0bee8647afa026876f8ef2bac903b1a098acdbaabe2915b72e7e6acae2"
+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 4730 (2025-2026) — Billboard contractors
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 40-11-360, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS OF SIGN AND BILLBOARD INSTALLATION, REPAIR, OR MAINTENANCE FROM CONTRACTOR LICENSURE, SO AS TO INCLUDE SINGLE-POLE BILLBOARD STRUCTURES. - 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/4730.htm)
+2. **02/19/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4730_20260219.htm)
+3. **02/24/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4730_20260224.htm)
+4. **02/24/2026-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4730_20260224a.htm)
+5. **03/26/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4730_20260326.htm)
+6. **12/17/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4730_20251217.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **109–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Erickson — primary (person)
+- Herbkersman — primary (person)
+- Ligon — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+- Wooten — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-12-16** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2025-12-16** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-13** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ligon
+- **2026-02-19** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2026-02-24** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Williams, Anderson
+- **2026-02-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-24** Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
+- **2026-02-25** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-25** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-02-25** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-29** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-29** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
+- **2026-05-05** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 200
+- **2026-05-15** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-26** Effective date 05/15/26
+- **2026-05-26** Act No. 151
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a93ea6fc-bf80-4366-a2d5-4dc4539a0e03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+