---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle registration"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-2615, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER A MOTOR VEHICLE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO FAILS TO REGISTER A MOTOR VEHICLE IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND, UPON CONVICTION, MUST BE FINED NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR IMPRISONED FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY DAYS, OR BOTH. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 3916"
citation: "South Carolina H 3916 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chellis", "Kimmons", "Murphy", "Pope", "Simrill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0eed6904-d28f-4255-97cb-d09c3fe13b7d"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3916&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "e99b9d250b0c7980a1120c3cb1725996397905b9904f928c0852569ab6fc1f11"
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 3916 (2019-2020) — Vehicle registration

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-2615, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER A MOTOR VEHICLE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO FAILS TO REGISTER A MOTOR VEHICLE IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND, UPON CONVICTION, MUST BE FINED NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR IMPRISONED FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY DAYS, OR BOTH. - 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/3916.htm)
2. **2/21/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3916_20190221.htm)
3. **2/6/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3916_20190206.htm)
4. **5/1/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3916_20190501.htm)
5. **5/7/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3916_20190507.htm)
6. **5/9/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3916_20190509.htm)

## Votes

- Adopt — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage of Bill — **67–36** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chellis — primary (person)
- Kimmons — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Pope — primary (person)
- Simrill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Roll call Yeas-67 Nays-36
- **2019-02-27** Motion to reconsider tabled
- **2019-02-28** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Recalled from Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
- **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 89
- **2019-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31** Effective date 05/16/19
- **2019-06-05** Act No. 69

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0eed6904-d28f-4255-97cb-d09c3fe13b7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).