---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 61-6-2010, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TEMPORARY ALCOHOL PERMITS UPON A REFERENDUM VOTE, SO AS TO DELETE A PRIOR REFERENCE TO A DATE AND PROVIDE A SUBSEQUENT REFERENDUM MAY NOT BE HELD LESS THAN FORTY-EIGHT MONTHS FOLLOWING THE FAILURE OF A QUESTION. - ratified title"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 61-6-2010, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TEMPORARY ALCOHOL PERMITS UPON A REFERENDUM VOTE, SO AS TO DELETE A PRIOR REFERENCE TO A DATE AND PROVIDE A SUBSEQUENT REFERENDUM MAY NOT BE HELD LESS THAN FORTY-EIGHT MONTHS FOLLOWING THE FAILURE OF A QUESTION. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 820"
citation: "South Carolina S 820 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Climer", "Fanning", "Peeler"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-12-06"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbd22088-d742-49be-abb3-9cddeb14dd1d"
source_url: "http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=820&session=122&summary=B"
source_hash: "6ab37484cae90dce6e89812fbe60be517af1234ccab8128f30460f073e56eec4"
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 820 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 61-6-2010, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TEMPORARY ALCOHOL PERMITS UPON A REFERENDUM VOTE, SO AS TO DELETE A PRIOR REFERENCE TO A DATE AND PROVIDE A SUBSEQUENT REFERENDUM MAY NOT BE HELD LESS THAN FORTY-EIGHT MONTHS FOLLOWING THE FAILURE OF A QUESTION. - ratified title

## Version chain

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

1. **12/6/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/820_20171206.htm)
2. **3/28/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/820_20180328.htm)
3. **3/29/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/820_20180329.htm)
4. **5/3/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/820_20180503.htm)
5. **5/9/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/820_20180509.htm)

## Votes

- to concur — **41–1** (pass) · upper
- 2nd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Climer — primary (person)
- Fanning — primary (person)
- Peeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-06** Prefiled `filing`
- **2017-12-06** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Malloy, Shealy, Rice, Timmons
- **2018-03-28** Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
- **2018-03-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-29** Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
- **2018-04-09** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-10** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-03** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-09** Roll call Yeas-87 Nays-0
- **2018-05-10** Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-10** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
- **2018-05-10** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-1
- **2018-05-14** Ratified R 211
- **2018-05-17** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-24** Effective date 05/17/18
- **2018-05-31** Act No. 193

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbd22088-d742-49be-abb3-9cddeb14dd1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).