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type: "Bill"
title: "SC Protected Lands and Conservation Coordination Act"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING CHAPTER 61 TO TITLE 48 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE \"SOUTH CAROLINA PROTECTED LANDS AND CONSERVATION COORDINATION ACT\"; TO RECOGNIZE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AS AN IMPORTANT STATE INTEREST; AND TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE PROTECTED LAND BENCHMARK. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 5069"
citation: "South Carolina H 5069 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "B. Newton", "Ballentine", "Bauer", "Bernstein", "Bowers", "Bradley", "Brewer", "Brittain", "Bustos", "C. Mitchell", "Caskey", "Chapman", "Collins", "Cox", "Cromer", "D. Mitchell", "Davis", "Duncan", "Erickson", "Ford", "Gagnon", "Gatch", "Gibson", "Gilliam", "Gilliard", "Gilreath", "Govan", "Guest", "Guffey", "Haddon", "Hartnett", "Hartz", "Herbkersman", "Hiott", "Hixon", "Holman", "J.L. Johnson", "Jones", "Jordan", "Kirby", "Lawson", "Ligon", "Lowe", "Luck", "M.M. Smith", "Martin", "McCravy", "McDaniel", "Montgomery", "Neese", "Oremus", "Pedalino", "Pope", "Reese", "Rivers", "Robbins", "Sanders", "Sessions", "Stavrinakis", "T. Moore", "Teeple", "W. Newton", "Wetmore", "Wooten", "Yow"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/321a1982-e1de-440e-a4d7-94af1a2af806"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5069&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "905d46a1e14abe8d080e469c42ef9dcd9f9f2f317bf7db273240882f30301e6e"
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 5069 (2025-2026) — SC Protected Lands and Conservation Coordination Act
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING CHAPTER 61 TO TITLE 48 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE "SOUTH CAROLINA PROTECTED LANDS AND CONSERVATION COORDINATION ACT"; TO RECOGNIZE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AS AN IMPORTANT STATE INTEREST; AND TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE PROTECTED LAND BENCHMARK. - 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/5069.htm)
2. **01/29/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5069_20260129.htm)
3. **04/02/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5069_20260402.htm)
4. **04/13/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5069_20260413.htm)
5. **04/28/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5069_20260428.htm)
6. **05/06/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5069_20260506.htm)
7. **05/06/2026-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5069_20260506a.htm)
8. **05/07/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5069_20260507.htm)
## Votes
- Passage of Bill — **107–2** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **41–2** (pass) · upper
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **110–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Anderson — primary (person)
- B. Newton — primary (person)
- Ballentine — primary (person)
- Bauer — primary (person)
- Bernstein — primary (person)
- Bowers — primary (person)
- Bradley — primary (person)
- Brewer — primary (person)
- Brittain — primary (person)
- Bustos — primary (person)
- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Caskey — primary (person)
- Chapman — primary (person)
- Collins — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Cromer — primary (person)
- D. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Duncan — primary (person)
- Erickson — primary (person)
- Ford — primary (person)
- Gagnon — primary (person)
- Gatch — primary (person)
- Gibson — primary (person)
- Gilliam — primary (person)
- Gilliard — primary (person)
- Gilreath — primary (person)
- Govan — primary (person)
- Guest — primary (person)
- Guffey — primary (person)
- Haddon — primary (person)
- Hartnett — primary (person)
- Hartz — primary (person)
- Herbkersman — primary (person)
- Hiott — primary (person)
- Hixon — primary (person)
- Holman — primary (person)
- J.L. Johnson — primary (person)
- Jones — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Kirby — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Ligon — primary (person)
- Lowe — primary (person)
- Luck — primary (person)
- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
- Martin — primary (person)
- McCravy — primary (person)
- McDaniel — primary (person)
- Montgomery — primary (person)
- Neese — primary (person)
- Oremus — primary (person)
- Pedalino — primary (person)
- Pope — primary (person)
- Reese — primary (person)
- Rivers — primary (person)
- Robbins — primary (person)
- Sanders — primary (person)
- Sessions — primary (person)
- Stavrinakis — primary (person)
- T. Moore — primary (person)
- Teeple — primary (person)
- W. Newton — primary (person)
- Wetmore — primary (person)
- Wooten — primary (person)
- Yow — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-29** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-01-29** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Recalled from Committee on Ways and Means
- **2026-03-24** Committed to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer, Oremus
- **2026-04-02** Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2026-04-14** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Davis, Gilliard, Gibson, McCravy, C.Mitchell
- **2026-04-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-04-14** Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-2
- **2026-04-15** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-15** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-28** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-2
- **2026-05-07** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2026-05-07** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** Debate adjourned
- **2026-05-13** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2026-05-13** Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-2
- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 209
- **2026-05-18** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-02** Effective date 05/18/26
- **2026-06-02** Act No. 190
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/321a1982-e1de-440e-a4d7-94af1a2af806`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).