---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chester County Natural Gas Authority"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3 OF ACT 802 OF 1954, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE CHESTER COUNTY NATURAL GAS AUTHORITY, SO AS TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF APPOINTMENT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 5 OF ACT 802 OF 1954, RELATING TO REVENUES, SO AS TO ALLOW THE BOARD TO UTILIZE NET REVENUES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 657"
citation: "South Carolina S 657 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fanning"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f62d490-1692-40bd-8e56-0042bc7688af"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=657&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "f877c383a214ec7e10e7c0e01a59acb05371269f53dc9ff40e15519072050c9c"
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 657 (2023-2024) — Chester County Natural Gas Authority

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3 OF ACT 802 OF 1954, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF THE CHESTER COUNTY NATURAL GAS AUTHORITY, SO AS TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF APPOINTMENT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 5 OF ACT 802 OF 1954, RELATING TO REVENUES, SO AS TO ALLOW THE BOARD TO UTILIZE NET REVENUES. - 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/657.htm)
2. **03/22/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/657_20230322.htm)
3. **03/22/2023-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/657_20230322a.htm)
4. **03/24/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/657_20230324.htm)
5. **04/04/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/657_20230404.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fanning — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-03-28** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Chester Delegation
- **2023-04-04** Delegation report: Favorable Chester Delegation
- **2023-04-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
- **2023-04-06** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Ratified R 12
- **2023-04-25** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27** Effective date 04/25/23
- **2023-07-06** Act No. 94

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f62d490-1692-40bd-8e56-0042bc7688af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).