---
type: "Bill"
title: "To adopt revised Code Volumes 11A and 20"
description: "AN ACT TO ADOPT REVISED CODE VOLUMES 11A AND 20 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO THE EXTENT OF THEIR CONTENTS, AS THE ONLY GENERAL PERMANENT STATUTORY LAW OF THE STATE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2020. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 977"
citation: "South Carolina S 977 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rankin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef9aae94-140c-4128-8dd5-dd02b5be24b0"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=977&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "c6341ff585c064a951ebb775fd02cd0b4476d9e8b5f45bd28ac8f78fa755dc35"
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 977 (2019-2020) — To adopt revised Code Volumes 11A and 20

AN ACT TO ADOPT REVISED CODE VOLUMES 11A AND 20 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO THE EXTENT OF THEIR CONTENTS, AS THE ONLY GENERAL PERMANENT STATUTORY LAW OF THE STATE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2020. - 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/977.htm)
2. **1/14/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/977_20200114.htm)
3. **3/10/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/977_20200310.htm)
4. **6/24/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/977_20200624.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rankin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-14** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-03-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
- **2020-05-12** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-09-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-15** Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-0
- **2020-09-16** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Ratified R 161
- **2020-09-28** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-02** Effective date 09/28/20
- **2020-10-02** Act No. 150

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef9aae94-140c-4128-8dd5-dd02b5be24b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).