---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Professionals Day"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-270 SO AS TO DECLARE THE FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH OF EACH YEAR AS \"WATER PROFESSIONALS DAY\". - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 3799"
citation: "South Carolina H 3799 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hyde", "Nutt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2024-02-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffc143ef-2059-4a64-9b18-59d7022d111f"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3799&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "9480b127fe3ad194d20d18650fbba7701adcf87b906c342333461c9ad2dc60ef"
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 3799 (2023-2024) — Water Professionals Day

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-270 SO AS TO DECLARE THE FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH OF EACH YEAR AS "WATER PROFESSIONALS DAY". - 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/3799.htm)
2. **01/10/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3799_20240110.htm)
3. **01/25/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3799_20230125.htm)
4. **04/06/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3799_20230406.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hyde — primary (person)
- Nutt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Nutt
- **2023-04-06** Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
- **2023-04-19** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Recalled from Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
- **2024-01-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-11** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
- **2024-01-16** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** Ratified R 106
- **2024-02-05** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-09** Effective date 02/05/24
- **2024-02-09** Act No. 105

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffc143ef-2059-4a64-9b18-59d7022d111f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).