---
type: "Bill"
title: "Barbers' Day"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-225 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE THIRD WEDNESDAY IN FEBRUARY OF EACH YEAR AS \"BARBERS' DAY\" IN SOUTH CAROLINA. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 12"
citation: "South Carolina S 12 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reese"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-12"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76a4b67e-351c-4255-a632-91e15a5af5f9"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=12&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "e2a308f99ee13004db8e4fa277e3e1e8e54f48fa6c5f2b13e8e64de6f7966e17"
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 12 (2019-2020) — Barbers' Day

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-225 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE THIRD WEDNESDAY IN FEBRUARY OF EACH YEAR AS "BARBERS' DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA. - 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/12.htm)
2. **1/24/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/12_20190124.htm)
3. **12/12/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/12_20181212.htm)
4. **5/1/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/12_20190501.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-12** Prefiled `filing`
- **2018-12-12** Referred to Committee on General `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Polled out of committee Family and Veterans' Services
- **2019-01-24** Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
- **2019-01-30** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
- **2019-05-08** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Ratified R 43
- **2019-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17** Effective date 05/13/19
- **2019-05-21** Act No. 30

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76a4b67e-351c-4255-a632-91e15a5af5f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).