---
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 CERTAIN COMPLEXES, SO AS TO INCLUDE A SOCCER COMPLEX IN THE PURVIEW OF THE STATUTES, AND TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR \"SOCCER 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 CERTAIN COMPLEXES, SO AS TO INCLUDE A SOCCER COMPLEX IN THE PURVIEW OF THE STATUTES, AND TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR \"SOCCER COMPLEX\". - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H 3139"
citation: "South Carolina H 3139 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCoy", "Stavrinakis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-12-15"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd7d255a-b9cf-4750-96a8-e69d715e4942"
source_url: "http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3139&session=122&summary=B"
source_hash: "16a7848a82fec3f4bea673c358a2c5034d715a718371534a986e00dc13f63678"
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 3139 (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 CERTAIN COMPLEXES, SO AS TO INCLUDE A SOCCER COMPLEX IN THE PURVIEW OF THE STATUTES, AND TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR "SOCCER COMPLEX". - ratified title

## Version chain

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

1. **12/15/2016** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/3139_20161215.htm)
2. **2/21/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/3139_20180221.htm)
3. **2/22/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/3139_20180222.htm)
4. **4/18/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/3139_20180418.htm)
5. **4/19/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/3139_20180419.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **43–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **79–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCoy — primary (person)
- Stavrinakis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-15** Prefiled `filing`
- **2016-12-15** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Requests for debate-Rep(s). Toole
- **2018-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** Roll call Yeas-79 Nays-28
- **2018-02-22** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2018-02-23** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2018-05-09** Committee Amendment Withdrawn
- **2018-05-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-09** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-2
- **2018-05-10** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-14** Ratified R 234
- **2018-05-17** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-30** Effective date 05/17/18
- **2018-05-31** Act No. 236

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd7d255a-b9cf-4750-96a8-e69d715e4942`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).