---
type: "Bill"
title: "Watercraft"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-21-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE \"WAKE SURF\"; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-21-870, RELATING TO PERSONAL WATERCRAFT SAFETY, SO AS TO INCREASE DISTANCE LIMITS BETWEEN A WATERCRAFT OPERATING IN EXCESS OF IDLE SPEED UPON CERTAIN WATERS OF THIS STATE AND A WHARF, DOCK, BULKHEAD, OR PIER. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 3308"
citation: "South Carolina H 3308 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caskey", "Forrest", "Hill", "Hixon", "Huggins"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-09"
last_action: "2022-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edbea028-0c0d-4345-ad30-fbaa41ec3aca"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3308&session=124&summary=B"
source_hash: "6496f11a0ab5949e771e78906fabdaaa01c0a3a025eb0545fadfed7fe8b09822"
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 3308 (2021-2022) — Watercraft

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-21-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE "WAKE SURF"; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-21-870, RELATING TO PERSONAL WATERCRAFT SAFETY, SO AS TO INCREASE DISTANCE LIMITS BETWEEN A WATERCRAFT OPERATING IN EXCESS OF IDLE SPEED UPON CERTAIN WATERS OF THIS STATE AND A WHARF, DOCK, BULKHEAD, OR PIER. - 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/3308.htm)
2. **12/9/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3308_20201209.htm)
3. **2/17/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3308_20210217.htm)
4. **3/11/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3308_20210311.htm)
5. **3/8/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3308_20220308.htm)
6. **4/29/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3308_20210429.htm)
7. **5/11/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3308_20210511.htm)
8. **5/12/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3308_20210512.htm)
9. **5/13/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3308_20210513.htm)

## Votes

- Concur in Senate Amendments — **0–98** (fail) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- to adopt amendment — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **99–10** (pass) · lower
- to adopt the conference report — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **97–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caskey — primary (person)
- Forrest — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hixon — primary (person)
- Huggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-09** Prefiled `filing`
- **2020-12-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey
- **2021-02-23** Requests for debate-Rep(s). White, GM Smith, Stavrinakis, Thayer, Hewitt, Fry, Whitmire, Gatch, Murphy, Yow, Bernstein, Hart, Tedder, R Williams, Hosey, Kirby, Bradley, W Newton, Brittain, Lowe, Sandifer, Henegan, Cogswell, Anderson
- **2021-02-25** Debate adjourned until Tues., 3-2-21
- **2021-03-10** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon
- **2021-03-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** Roll call Yeas-97 Nays-15
- **2021-03-11** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2021-03-12** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Recalled from Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
- **2021-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-2
- **2021-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
- **2021-05-13** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
- **2021-05-13** Roll call Yeas-0 Nays-98
- **2021-05-13** Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Campsen, Goldfinch, Williams
- **2021-05-13** Conference committee appointed Huggins, Murphy, S Williams
- **2022-03-02** Conference report received and adopted
- **2022-03-02** Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-10
- **2022-03-03** Conference report received and adopted
- **2022-03-03** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
- **2022-03-08** Ordered enrolled for ratification
- **2022-03-09** Ratified R 130
- **2022-03-14** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-16** Effective date 03/14/22
- **2022-03-16** Act No. 124

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edbea028-0c0d-4345-ad30-fbaa41ec3aca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).