---
type: "Bill"
title: "Airboats"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-21-860, RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF AIRBOATS, SO AS TO LIMIT USE ON THE BROAD RIVER AND STEVENS CREEK. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 3689"
citation: "South Carolina H 3689 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caskey", "Rutherford"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d93102ce-2cbb-4a8b-aa13-db74f68932e0"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3689&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "da63b8f31369edb11337f5f5eeb9aab3db84a2a02835e1d3fb8d9e76c7701fe5"
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 3689 (2023-2024) — Airboats

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-21-860, RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF AIRBOATS, SO AS TO LIMIT USE ON THE BROAD RIVER AND STEVENS CREEK. - 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/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3689.htm)
2. **1/12/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3689_20230112.htm)
3. **3/7/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3689_20230307.htm)
4. **3/8/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3689_20230308.htm)
5. **5/4/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3689_20230504.htm)
6. **5/8/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3689_20230508.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **88–1** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caskey — primary (person)
- Rutherford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-12** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey
- **2023-03-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Roll call Yeas-88 Nays-1
- **2023-03-09** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-05-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
- **2023-05-10** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Ratified R 47
- **2023-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Effective date 05/16/23
- **2023-05-26** Act No. 39

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d93102ce-2cbb-4a8b-aa13-db74f68932e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).