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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Religious Liberty Day"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-340 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE FIRST DAY OF MARCH OF EACH YEAR AS \"RELIGIOUS LIBERTY DAY\" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 1038"
+citation: "South Carolina S 1038 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-19"
+last_action: "2026-06-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7f99d37-6c92-44ff-8666-a760f558ed5b"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=1038&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "b0f08a40155b50b61a4179166b07aa026f1641937e7fcbe39893f3f69ebade17"
+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 S 1038 (2025-2026) — Religious Liberty Day
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-340 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE FIRST DAY OF MARCH OF EACH YEAR AS "RELIGIOUS LIBERTY DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.. - 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/1038.htm)
+2. **03/19/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/1038_20260319.htm)
+3. **04/01/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/1038_20260401.htm)
+4. **05/06/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/1038_20260506.htm)
+5. **05/13/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/1038_20260513.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2nd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **111–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Massey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-19** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-03-19** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-01** Recalled from Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
+- **2026-04-15** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-15** Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
+- **2026-04-16** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-22** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-04-22** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-06** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-07** Debate adjourned
+- **2026-05-12** Debate adjourned
+- **2026-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-13** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-05-13** Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
+- **2026-05-14** Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-14** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
+- **2026-05-15** Ratified R 244
+- **2026-05-18** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-05** Effective date 05/18/26
+- **2026-06-02** Act No. 201
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7f99d37-6c92-44ff-8666-a760f558ed5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+