---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trespassing"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-11-600, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TRESPASSING AND THE POSTING OF NOTICE OF TRESPASSING, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR A DIFFERENT METHOD OF THE POSTING OF NOTICE OF TRESPASSING INVOLVING CLEARLY VISIBLE PURPLE-PAINTED BOUNDARIES. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 3291"
citation: "South Carolina H 3291 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant", "Burns", "Chumley", "Forrest", "Haddon", "Ligon", "Pope", "V.S. Moss"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-09"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1865a6ef-c73c-41f6-a517-c518abe3dc96"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3291&session=124&summary=B"
source_hash: "4e4ee055f4881c6baa860ac35d64e0f63c7b4c4924641b450af67417020409a7"
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 H 3291 (2021-2022) — Trespassing

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-11-600, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TRESPASSING AND THE POSTING OF NOTICE OF TRESPASSING, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR A DIFFERENT METHOD OF THE POSTING OF NOTICE OF TRESPASSING INVOLVING CLEARLY VISIBLE PURPLE-PAINTED BOUNDARIES. - 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/sess124_2021-2022/bills/3291.htm)
2. **12/9/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3291_20201209.htm)
3. **3/11/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3291_20210311.htm)
4. **5/11/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3291_20220511.htm)
5. **5/12/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3291_20220512.htm)
6. **5/4/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3291_20220504.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **103–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **40–1** (pass) · upper
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **101–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryant — primary (person)
- Burns — primary (person)
- Chumley — primary (person)
- Forrest — primary (person)
- Haddon — primary (person)
- Ligon — primary (person)
- Pope — primary (person)
- V.S. Moss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-09** Prefiled `filing`
- **2020-12-09** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ligon
- **2021-03-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-2
- **2021-03-17** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Referred to Subcommittee: Climer (ch), Kimpson, Matthews, Adams, Kimbrell
- **2022-04-22** Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Hutto, Matthews, Climer, Senn, Cash, Harpootlian
- **2022-05-04** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-12** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2022-05-12** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-12** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-1
- **2022-05-12** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-1
- **2022-05-18** Ratified R 247
- **2022-05-23** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Effective date 05/23/22
- **2022-06-01** Act No. 219

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1865a6ef-c73c-41f6-a517-c518abe3dc96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).