---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 61-4-515 AND 61-6-2016, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERMITS TO PURCHASE AND SELL BEER AND WINE AND ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION AND A BIENNIAL LICENSE TO PURCHASE ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS BY THE DRINK AT A MOTORSPORTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX OR TENNIS SPECIFIC COMPLEX, SO AS TO INCLUDE CERTAIN BASEBALL COMPLEXES IN THE PURVIEW OF THE STATUTES, AND TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR \"BASEBALL COMPLEX\". - ratified title"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 61-4-515 AND 61-6-2016, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERMITS TO PURCHASE AND SELL BEER AND WINE AND ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION AND A BIENNIAL LICENSE TO PURCHASE ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS BY THE DRINK AT A MOTORSPORTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX OR TENNIS SPECIFIC COMPLEX, SO AS TO INCLUDE CERTAIN BASEBALL COMPLEXES IN THE PURVIEW OF THE STATUTES, AND TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR \"BASEBALL COMPLEX\". - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 334"
citation: "South Carolina S 334 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimpson", "Senn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5159bdd-b011-4741-be64-296c69235e03"
source_url: "http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=334&session=122&summary=B"
source_hash: "127fe8ada612fa69f1451e77fce1384fae7131bf0467616bcf2bfa8862e925a9"
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 334 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 61-4-515 AND 61-6-2016, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERMITS TO PURCHASE AND SELL BEER AND WINE AND ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION AND A BIENNIAL LICENSE TO PURCHASE ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS BY THE DRINK AT A MOTORSPORTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX OR TENNIS SPECIFIC COMPLEX, SO AS TO INCLUDE CERTAIN BASEBALL COMPLEXES IN THE PURVIEW OF THE STATUTES, AND TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR "BASEBALL COMPLEX". - ratified title

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1/31/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/334_20170131.htm)
2. **3/22/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/334_20170322.htm)
3. **3/23/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/334_20170323.htm)
4. **4/26/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/334_20170426.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **55–46** (pass) · lower
- Table the Motion to Adjourn Debate — **50–51** (fail) · lower
- Adjourn Debate — **49–52** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kimpson — primary (person)
- Senn — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-31** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Subcommittee: Shealy (ch), Hutto, Senn
- **2017-03-22** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2017-03-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-29** Roll call Ayes-37 Nays-0
- **2017-03-30** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-04** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27** Requests for debate-Rep(s). Delleney, Hiott, Clary, Bannister, McCoy, Blackwell, Toole, Cole, Bedingfield, GR Smith, Magnuson, Crosby, Bennett, Forrester, Kirby, West, Willis, Pope
- **2017-05-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-04** Roll call Yeas-55 Nays-46
- **2017-05-09** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-09** Ratified R 53
- **2017-05-10** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-17** Effective date 05/10/17
- **2017-05-18** Act No. 33

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5159bdd-b011-4741-be64-296c69235e03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).