---
type: "Bill"
title: "SC Alarm System Business Act"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-79-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA ALARM SYSTEM BUSINESS ACT, SO AS TO ADD A DEFINITION FOR \"ELECTRIC FENCE\", TO ADD AND REVISE OTHER DEFINITIONS, AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 109"
citation: "South Carolina S 109 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-12"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29f77430-9b66-42af-8328-9d3eb3bd53b4"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=109&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "02c4794ee3259094b631f819a615f1c448a980e2a4a413f90dd7a3682cb6406f"
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 109 (2019-2020) — SC Alarm System Business Act

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-79-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA ALARM SYSTEM BUSINESS ACT, SO AS TO ADD A DEFINITION FOR "ELECTRIC FENCE", TO ADD AND REVISE OTHER DEFINITIONS, AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. - 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/109.htm)
2. **12/12/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/109_20181212.htm)
3. **3/19/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/109_20190319.htm)
4. **3/20/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/109_20190320.htm)
5. **3/21/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/109_20190321.htm)
6. **4/30/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/109_20190430.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **75–5** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-12** Prefiled `filing`
- **2018-12-12** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2019-03-21** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0
- **2019-03-26** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Roll call Yeas-75 Nays-5
- **2019-05-07** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Ratified R 44
- **2019-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17** Effective date 05/13/19
- **2019-05-21** Act No. 31

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29f77430-9b66-42af-8328-9d3eb3bd53b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).