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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Deer tags"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-9-650, RELATING TO DEER HUNTING, SO AS TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF DEER TAGS ISSUED. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 5217"
+citation: "South Carolina H 5217 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Forrest", "Haddon", "Hixon", "Luck"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-19"
+last_action: "2026-06-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0d0ea7c-88cb-4b45-abdc-646dcf91432a"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5217&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "9f206962ceb37fe032e2888dee8f6081e254a83a5418df8158f8ed4f42aebae9"
+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 5217 (2025-2026) — Deer tags
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-9-650, RELATING TO DEER HUNTING, SO AS TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF DEER TAGS ISSUED. - 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/5217.htm)
+2. **02/19/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5217_20260219.htm)
+3. **04/02/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5217_20260402.htm)
+4. **05/07/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5217_20260507.htm)
+5. **05/12/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5217_20260512.htm)
+6. **05/13/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5217_20260513.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Concur in Senate Amendments — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage of Bill — **110–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Forrest — primary (person)
+- Haddon — primary (person)
+- Hixon — primary (person)
+- Luck — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-19** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-02** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-14** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Luck
+- **2026-04-14** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-14** Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-1
+- **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 Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-07** Recalled from Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
+- **2026-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-12** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-13** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-13** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
+- **2026-05-14** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
+- **2026-05-14** Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
+- **2026-05-15** Ratified R 261
+- **2026-05-18** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-05** Effective date 01/02/27
+- **2026-06-02** Act No. 207
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0d0ea7c-88cb-4b45-abdc-646dcf91432a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+