---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wildlife Disease Control"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-105, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO WILDLIFE DISEASE CONTROL, SO AS TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO TAKE ACTION REGARDING WILDLIFE DISEASE CONTROL. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 4906"
citation: "South Carolina H 4906 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hixon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2814ee03-2af6-4d28-a57a-5139c2448127"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4906&session=124&summary=B"
source_hash: "c656c5dc40a45f197f91fdff818f22c8c3d91f13bb60f024c50a104862f9c130"
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 4906 (2021-2022) — Wildlife Disease Control

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-105, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO WILDLIFE DISEASE CONTROL, SO AS TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO TAKE ACTION REGARDING WILDLIFE DISEASE CONTROL. - 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/4906.htm)
2. **2/17/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4906_20220217.htm)
3. **2/18/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4906_20220218.htm)
4. **2/2/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4906_20220202.htm)
5. **3/17/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4906_20220317.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hixon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2022-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
- **2022-02-24** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
- **2022-03-31** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** Ratified R 146
- **2022-04-11** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-15** Effective date 04/11/22
- **2022-04-15** Act No. 136

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2814ee03-2af6-4d28-a57a-5139c2448127`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).