---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voting precincts, Spartanburg County"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-490, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF VOTING PRECINCTS IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SO AS TO ADD TWO PRECINCTS, TO ELIMINATE TWO PRECINCTS, AND TO UPDATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THE NAMES OF THESE PRECINCTS MAY BE FOUND AND MAINTAINED BY THE REVENUE AND FISCAL AFFAIRS OFFICE. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 4944"
citation: "South Carolina H 4944 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Chumley", "Forrester", "Henderson-Myers", "Hyde", "Long", "Magnuson", "Tallon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8c7a20c-3d71-48a2-b804-102e275703f4"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4944&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "2d2502fd28cecb63da658ea784304aa4c8656e4d114fe6d38c3f35c2d4f6a8ef"
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 4944 (2019-2020) — Voting precincts, Spartanburg County

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-490, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF VOTING PRECINCTS IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SO AS TO ADD TWO PRECINCTS, TO ELIMINATE TWO PRECINCTS, AND TO UPDATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THE NAMES OF THESE PRECINCTS MAY BE FOUND AND MAINTAINED BY THE REVENUE AND FISCAL AFFAIRS OFFICE. - 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/4944.htm)
2. **1/15/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4944_20200115.htm)
3. **1/15/2020-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4944_20200115a.htm)
4. **1/23/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4944_20200123.htm)
5. **2/6/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4944_20200206.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allison — primary (person)
- Chumley — primary (person)
- Forrester — primary (person)
- Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
- Hyde — primary (person)
- Long — primary (person)
- Magnuson — primary (person)
- Tallon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-16** Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
- **2020-01-16** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2020-01-17** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-21** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-21** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-02-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
- **2020-03-03** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2020-03-03** Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
- **2020-03-19** Ratified R 135
- **2020-03-24** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Effective date See Act for Effective Date
- **2020-03-26** Act No. 130

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8c7a20c-3d71-48a2-b804-102e275703f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).