---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trawling restriction areas"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-715, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TRAWLING RESTRICTION AREAS WITHIN THE GENERAL TRAWLING ZONE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A CERTAIN AREA IS CLOSED TO TRAWLING FROM MAY FIRST THROUGH SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH AND TO REMOVE LANGUAGE CONCERNING THIS AREA. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 4239"
citation: "South Carolina H 4239 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hewitt"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-13"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7afd0df3-1df1-42b4-8fd3-9f23aacf29a3"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4239&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "41ae3e4e9b4c553e42bca50eadb384581c3182dd6416cc9088a3142563d4a877"
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 4239 (2019-2020) — Trawling restriction areas

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-715, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TRAWLING RESTRICTION AREAS WITHIN THE GENERAL TRAWLING ZONE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A CERTAIN AREA IS CLOSED TO TRAWLING FROM MAY FIRST THROUGH SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH AND TO REMOVE LANGUAGE CONCERNING THIS AREA. - 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/4239.htm)
2. **3/27/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4239_20190327.htm)
3. **3/7/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4239_20190307.htm)
4. **5/1/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4239_20190501.htm)
5. **5/7/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4239_20190507.htm)
6. **5/9/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4239_20190509.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hewitt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-13** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
- **2019-04-03** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 98
- **2019-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31** Effective date 05/16/19
- **2019-06-05** Act No. 78

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7afd0df3-1df1-42b4-8fd3-9f23aacf29a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).