---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nongame devices, possession"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-670, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF NONGAME DEVICES, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROHIBITION ON THE POSSESSION OF A GAME FISH DEVICE WHILE POSSESSING OR USING A NONGAME DEVICE. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 3548"
citation: "South Carolina H 3548 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forrest", "Jefferson", "Ott", "R. Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-12-16"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09cc1ae2-cd57-48bf-afee-aa935bbcb28e"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3548&session=124&summary=B"
source_hash: "961507cf6f0f3c3271f45202bf416b858c0418e3fd2776f656bc7446247f41ac"
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 3548 (2021-2022) — Nongame devices, possession

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-670, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF NONGAME DEVICES, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROHIBITION ON THE POSSESSION OF A GAME FISH DEVICE WHILE POSSESSING OR USING A NONGAME DEVICE. - 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/3548.htm)
2. **12/16/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3548_20201216.htm)
3. **2/17/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3548_20210217.htm)
4. **4/6/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3548_20210406.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Forrest — primary (person)
- Jefferson — primary (person)
- Ott — primary (person)
- R. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-16** Prefiled `filing`
- **2020-12-16** 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: Jefferson, R.Williams
- **2021-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
- **2021-02-24** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
- **2021-04-14** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Ratified R 25
- **2021-04-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Effective date 07/01/21
- **2021-04-21** Act No. 16

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09cc1ae2-cd57-48bf-afee-aa935bbcb28e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).