---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deer processors"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-1910, RELATING TO THE SALE OF DEER OR DEER PARTS, SO AS TO ALLOW A PROCESSOR TO PROCESS A LEGALLY TAKEN DOE DONATED BY A HUNTER AND RECOVER THE FEES OF PROCESSING FROM SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE HUNTER WHO DONATED THE DOE, AND TO INCREASE PENALTIES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 4875"
citation: "South Carolina H 4875 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkinson", "Brewer", "Caskey", "Ott"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70fe42b6-1069-4237-88c2-712be9268172"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4875&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "eb5bf1f820828c6586b48d04065e631fdc48d689e5d40b845befb7b4e30d64af"
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 4875 (2023-2024) — Deer processors

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-1910, RELATING TO THE SALE OF DEER OR DEER PARTS, SO AS TO ALLOW A PROCESSOR TO PROCESS A LEGALLY TAKEN DOE DONATED BY A HUNTER AND RECOVER THE FEES OF PROCESSING FROM SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE HUNTER WHO DONATED THE DOE, AND TO INCREASE PENALTIES. - 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/4875.htm)
2. **01/17/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4875_20240117.htm)
3. **02/14/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4875_20240214.htm)
4. **02/27/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4875_20240227.htm)
5. **04/16/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4875_20240416.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkinson — primary (person)
- Brewer — primary (person)
- Caskey — primary (person)
- Ott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brewer
- **2024-02-08** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson
- **2024-02-14** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey
- **2024-02-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
- **2024-02-28** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-04-18** Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
- **2024-04-25** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Ratified R 165
- **2024-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-30** Effective date 05/13/24
- **2024-05-30** Act No. 149

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70fe42b6-1069-4237-88c2-712be9268172`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).