---
type: "Bill"
title: "Women in Hunting and Fishing Awareness Day"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-270 SO AS TO DECLARE THE THIRD SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER OF EACH YEAR IS DESIGNATED AS \"WOMEN IN HUNTING AND FISHING AWARENESS DAY\". - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 3868"
citation: "South Carolina H 3868 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer", "Bernstein", "Brewer", "Cobb-Hunter", "Forrest", "Hixon", "J. Moore", "J.L. Johnson", "King", "Murphy", "Neese", "Pendarvis", "Robbins", "Trantham"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fee385b-4fd6-451e-9211-ef00684b8c8d"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3868&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "1d11abf2df5ed30e03f5e919c5cd0834a3e6c26000002beccdd370b9f188cc12"
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 3868 (2023-2024) — Women in Hunting and Fishing Awareness Day

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-270 SO AS TO DECLARE THE THIRD SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER OF EACH YEAR IS DESIGNATED AS "WOMEN IN HUNTING AND FISHING AWARENESS 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/3868.htm)
2. **2/2/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3868_20230202.htm)
3. **3/1/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3868_20230301.htm)
4. **5/4/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3868_20230504.htm)
5. **5/8/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3868_20230508.htm)
6. **5/9/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3868_20230509.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Table Amendment 1 — **24–86** (fail) · lower
- Table Amendment 1 — **90–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bauer — primary (person)
- Bernstein — primary (person)
- Brewer — primary (person)
- Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
- Forrest — primary (person)
- Hixon — primary (person)
- J. Moore — primary (person)
- J.L. Johnson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Neese — primary (person)
- Pendarvis — primary (person)
- Robbins — primary (person)
- Trantham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brewer, Murphy, Robbins
- **2023-03-01** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: King
- **2023-03-07** Requests for debate-Rep(s). Ott, Hixon, Wetmore, Pope, Crawford, King, McDaniel, Rivers, Kirby, Bernstein, Bauer, Garvin, Tedder, Jefferson, JL Johnson, W Jones, Wheeler, Williams
- **2023-03-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
- **2023-03-09** Adopted, sent to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish, Game and Forestry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-05-09** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
- **2023-05-10** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2023-05-11** Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
- **2023-05-11** Ratified R 50
- **2023-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Effective date 05/16/23
- **2023-05-26** Act No. 42

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fee385b-4fd6-451e-9211-ef00684b8c8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).