---
type: "Bill"
title: "SC American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission"
description: "A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND SECTIONS 1 AND 3 OF ACT 289 OF 2018, RELATING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA AMERICAN REVOLUTION SESTERCENTENNIAL COMMISSION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE OBSERVANCE MUST INCLUDE THE ROLE OF PERSONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN DESCENT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND TO MAKE SIMILAR CHANGES TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION, RESPECTIVELY. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 80"
citation: "South Carolina S 80 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sheheen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-12"
last_action: "2019-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beec1fe4-9210-48cf-91d0-19aaf86ff166"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=80&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "c9aaee74d6c2af9ee39d4fd5bf3888498558059bf223288b664e51ff8a7736c0"
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 80 (2019-2020) — SC American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND SECTIONS 1 AND 3 OF ACT 289 OF 2018, RELATING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA AMERICAN REVOLUTION SESTERCENTENNIAL COMMISSION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE OBSERVANCE MUST INCLUDE THE ROLE OF PERSONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN DESCENT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND TO MAKE SIMILAR CHANGES TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION, RESPECTIVELY. - 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/80.htm)
2. **1/23/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/80_20190123.htm)
3. **1/24/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/80_20190124.htm)
4. **12/12/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/80_20181212.htm)
5. **2/21/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/80_20190221.htm)
6. **2/27/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/80_20190227.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Joint Resolution — **79–22** (pass) · lower
- to concur — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sheheen — 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`
- **2019-01-23** Polled out of committee Family and Veterans' Services
- **2019-01-23** Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-24** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2019-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-24** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
- **2019-01-29** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Roll call Yeas-79 Nays-22
- **2019-02-28** Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
- **2019-03-05** Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
- **2019-03-19** Ratified R 7
- **2019-03-20** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-27** Effective date 03/20/19
- **2019-07-10** Act No. 101

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/beec1fe4-9210-48cf-91d0-19aaf86ff166`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).