---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-100, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PERSONS WHO MUST SIGN AN APPLICATION OF A MINOR FOR A BEGINNER'S PERMIT, INSTRUCTION PERMIT, OR DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO DELETE THE TERM \"INSTRUCTION PERMIT\", AND TO REVISE THE LIST OF PERSONS WHO MUST SIGN THE APPLICATION OF AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR. - ratified title"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-100, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PERSONS WHO MUST SIGN AN APPLICATION OF A MINOR FOR A BEGINNER'S PERMIT, INSTRUCTION PERMIT, OR DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO DELETE THE TERM \"INSTRUCTION PERMIT\", AND TO REVISE THE LIST OF PERSONS WHO MUST SIGN THE APPLICATION OF AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 198"
citation: "South Carolina S 198 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Bryant", "McElveen", "Shealy"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-12-13"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1db3a050-cca8-4a81-91a4-06c8613b23a7"
source_url: "http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=198&session=122&summary=B"
source_hash: "57dec1d7ad3d4dda9b3197a0c453cae8b90f7946769f12ca1cade1219bf93b81"
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 198 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-100, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PERSONS WHO MUST SIGN AN APPLICATION OF A MINOR FOR A BEGINNER'S PERMIT, INSTRUCTION PERMIT, OR DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO DELETE THE TERM "INSTRUCTION PERMIT", AND TO REVISE THE LIST OF PERSONS WHO MUST SIGN THE APPLICATION OF AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR. - ratified title

## Version chain

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

1. **1/25/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/198_20170125.htm)
2. **1/26/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/198_20170126.htm)
3. **1/31/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/198_20170131.htm)
4. **12/13/2016** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/198_20161213.htm)
5. **2/1/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/198_20170201.htm)
6. **3/16/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/198_20170316.htm)
7. **3/17/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/198_20170317.htm)
8. **3/2/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/198_20170302.htm)
9. **3/7/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/198_20170307.htm)
10. **3/8/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/198_20170308.htm)
11. **3/9/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/198_20170309.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **103–1** (pass) · lower
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- to adopt — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Bryant — primary (person)
- McElveen — primary (person)
- Shealy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-13** Prefiled `filing`
- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-26** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2017-01-31** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
- **2017-02-01** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2017-02-01** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-1
- **2017-03-09** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2017-03-16** House amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2017-03-16** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
- **2017-03-16** Returned to House with amendments
- **2017-03-17** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2017-03-22** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2017-03-22** Roll call Yeas-83 Nays-0
- **2017-04-04** Ratified R 8
- **2017-04-05** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-13** Effective date 4/5/17
- **2017-04-17** Act No. 2

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1db3a050-cca8-4a81-91a4-06c8613b23a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).