---
type: "Bill"
title: "South Carolina Building Codes Council"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 6-9-63, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA BUILDING CODES COUNCIL, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL MUST BE A SOUTH CAROLINA RESIDENT, AND THAT THE MEMBER WHO IS AN ARCHITECT LICENSED IN SOUTH CAROLINA MUST BE SELECTED FROM A LIST OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 934"
citation: "South Carolina S 934 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-12-07"
last_action: "2022-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f814e6ee-e709-46d6-aad0-3c93ecd7c13a"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=934&session=124&summary=B"
source_hash: "f1fc9427f94623f0c336a48ad787fdc17bb94e27929a917c2b2b10a997eb128c"
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 934 (2021-2022) — South Carolina Building Codes Council

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 6-9-63, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA BUILDING CODES COUNCIL, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL MUST BE A SOUTH CAROLINA RESIDENT, AND THAT THE MEMBER WHO IS AN ARCHITECT LICENSED IN SOUTH CAROLINA MUST BE SELECTED FROM A LIST OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS. - 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/934.htm)
2. **12/7/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/934_20211207.htm)
3. **2/15/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/934_20220215.htm)
4. **2/22/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/934_20220222.htm)
5. **2/24/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/934_20220224.htm)
6. **4/28/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/934_20220428.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **107–1** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-07** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-12-07** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
- **2022-02-23** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2022-04-28** Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-05-04** Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-1
- **2022-05-05** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-12** Ratified R 178
- **2022-05-18** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-31** Effective date 05/18/22
- **2022-05-31** Act No. 205

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f814e6ee-e709-46d6-aad0-3c93ecd7c13a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).