---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-1-10 AND 56-1-130, BOTH AS AMENDED, SECTION 56-3-20 AND SECTION 56-19-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE, THE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE TERM \"AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE\" AND ITS DEFINITION, AND THE TERM \"MOTORCYCLE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE\" AND ITS DEFINITION, SO AS TO DELETE THE TERM \"AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE\" AND REPLACE IT WITH THE TERM \"AUTOCYCLE\" AND TO REVISE ITS DEFINITION; AND TO REPEAL SECTIONS 56-5-145 AND 56-5-155 RELATING TO THE TERMS \"AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE\" AND \"MOTORCYCLE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE\" AND THEIR DEFINITIONS. - ratified title"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-1-10 AND 56-1-130, BOTH AS AMENDED, SECTION 56-3-20 AND SECTION 56-19-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE, THE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE TERM \"AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE\" AND ITS DEFINITION, AND THE TERM \"MOTORCYCLE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE\" AND ITS DEFINITION, SO AS TO DELETE THE TERM \"AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE\" AND REPLACE IT WITH THE TERM \"AUTOCYCLE\" AND TO REVISE ITS DEFINITION; AND TO REPEAL SECTIONS 56-5-145 AND 56-5-155 RELATING TO THE TERMS \"AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE\" AND \"MOTORCYCLE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE\" AND THEIR DEFINITIONS. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 444"
citation: "South Carolina S 444 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grooms"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-21"
last_action: "2017-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f986dad3-a420-45c5-9650-88badc9e48a4"
source_url: "http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=444&session=122&summary=B"
source_hash: "08749bc589c720546747954f4ac4e27f0cab1fa6d3b1687440d7a7378ae6807c"
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 444 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-1-10 AND 56-1-130, BOTH AS AMENDED, SECTION 56-3-20 AND SECTION 56-19-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE, THE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE TERM "AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND ITS DEFINITION, AND THE TERM "MOTORCYCLE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND ITS DEFINITION, SO AS TO DELETE THE TERM "AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND REPLACE IT WITH THE TERM "AUTOCYCLE" AND TO REVISE ITS DEFINITION; AND TO REPEAL SECTIONS 56-5-145 AND 56-5-155 RELATING TO THE TERMS "AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND "MOTORCYCLE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND THEIR DEFINITIONS. - ratified title

## Version chain

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

1. **2/21/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/444_20170221.htm)
2. **3/21/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/444_20170321.htm)
3. **3/22/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/444_20170322.htm)
4. **3/23/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/444_20170323.htm)
5. **4/27/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/444_20170427.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grooms — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-21** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2017-03-23** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
- **2017-03-29** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-30** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
- **2017-05-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-04** Roll call Yeas-95 Nays-0
- **2017-05-09** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-09** Ratified R 54
- **2017-05-10** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-17** Effective date 11/10/17
- **2017-05-18** Act No. 34

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f986dad3-a420-45c5-9650-88badc9e48a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).