---
type: "Bill"
title: "Daylight saving time"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-30 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTENDS FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME TO BE THE YEAR-ROUND STANDARD TIME OF THE ENTIRE STATE SHOULD THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AMEND CERTAIN RELATED FEDERAL LAW TO ALLOW STATES TO OBSERVE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME YEAR ROUND. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 11"
citation: "South Carolina S 11 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "McElveen", "Peeler", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-12"
last_action: "2020-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/763ea666-2bf0-4510-b1b7-eeaa9cba538d"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=11&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "a4dcf08d2dd11cdc20b3bac52e91e64e63ad4ab10ff4b4ed351f4501ced6bffe"
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 11 (2019-2020) — Daylight saving time

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-30 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTENDS FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME TO BE THE YEAR-ROUND STANDARD TIME OF THE ENTIRE STATE SHOULD THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AMEND CERTAIN RELATED FEDERAL LAW TO ALLOW STATES TO OBSERVE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME YEAR ROUND. - 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/11.htm)
2. **12/12/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/11_20181212.htm)
3. **3/13/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/11_20190313.htm)
4. **5/8/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/11_20190508.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **97–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- McElveen — primary (person)
- Peeler — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-12** Prefiled `filing`
- **2018-12-12** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
- **2019-03-20** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Roll call Yeas-97 Nays-10
- **2020-01-15** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Ratified R 114
- **2020-02-03** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-05** Effective date See Act
- **2020-02-07** Act No. 113

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/763ea666-2bf0-4510-b1b7-eeaa9cba538d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).