---
type: "Bill"
title: "State forest land revenues shared with counties"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 48-23-260, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SHARING STATE FOREST LAND REVENUES WITH COUNTIES, SO AS TO EXCLUDE THE PROCEEDS FROM LAND RENTALS FROM THE PROCEEDS TO BE SHARED WITH THE COUNTIES. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 3383"
citation: "South Carolina H 3383 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cogswell", "Hosey", "Ott", "Ridgeway"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45756ca8-a6ec-48a0-8565-50b141582fe7"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3383&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "39e72a9769c3fe13d89e02f62547a82088714539ad8113acd4cd31f406eaf638"
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 3383 (2019-2020) — State forest land revenues shared with counties

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 48-23-260, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SHARING STATE FOREST LAND REVENUES WITH COUNTIES, SO AS TO EXCLUDE THE PROCEEDS FROM LAND RENTALS FROM THE PROCEEDS TO BE SHARED WITH THE COUNTIES. - ratified title

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/bills/3383.htm)
2. **12/18/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3383_20181218.htm)
3. **3/26/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3383_20190326.htm)
4. **3/27/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3383_20190327.htm)
5. **5/1/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3383_20190501.htm)
6. **5/7/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3383_20190507.htm)
7. **5/9/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3383_20190509.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **40–3** (pass) · upper
- Adopt — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage of Bill — **96–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cogswell — primary (person)
- Hosey — primary (person)
- Ott — primary (person)
- Ridgeway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Prefiled `filing`
- **2018-12-18** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ridgeway
- **2019-01-24** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cogswell
- **2019-03-26** Recalled from Committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-03-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Roll call Yeas-96 Nays-4
- **2019-03-27** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2019-03-28** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish, Game and Forestry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-3
- **2019-05-08** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Senate amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2019-05-09** Returned to Senate with amendments
- **2019-05-09** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Ratified R 79
- **2019-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31** Effective date 07/01/19
- **2019-06-05** Act No. 59

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45756ca8-a6ec-48a0-8565-50b141582fe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).