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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Official State Song"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-687 SO AS TO DESIGNATE \"CAROLINA WHEN I DIE\" BY PATRICK DAVIS AS AN OFFICIAL STATE SONG. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 5168"
+citation: "South Carolina H 5168 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C. Mitchell", "Yow"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-11"
+last_action: "2026-06-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20f34f3f-550d-488e-bbfb-86c95cf6c3bd"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5168&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "1a5b796f4320955fcb241b961367deeca1c97585971d2696658f2df05891ec7d"
+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 5168 (2025-2026) — Official State Song
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-687 SO AS TO DESIGNATE "CAROLINA WHEN I DIE" BY PATRICK DAVIS AS AN OFFICIAL STATE SONG. - 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/5168.htm)
+2. **02/11/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5168_20260211.htm)
+3. **03/26/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5168_20260326.htm)
+4. **04/01/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5168_20260401.htm)
+5. **04/15/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5168_20260415.htm)
+6. **04/16/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5168_20260416.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage of Bill — **100–7** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **40–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
+- Yow — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-11** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-31** Debate adjourned
+- **2026-04-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-04-01** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-01** Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-7
+- **2026-04-02** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-07** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-04-07** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-07** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-04-07** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-15** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2026-04-16** Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-30** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-30** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-2
+- **2026-05-14** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-15** Ratified R 260
+- **2026-05-18** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-02** Effective date 05/18/26
+- **2026-06-02** Act No. 206
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20f34f3f-550d-488e-bbfb-86c95cf6c3bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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