---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surface Water Study Committee"
description: "A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT THE SURFACE WATER STUDY COMMITTEE MAY STUDY THE CURRENT STATE OF GROUNDWATER IN THIS STATE AND TO POSTPONE THE DUE DATE OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 3814"
citation: "South Carolina H 3814 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hixon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8935939b-489f-45c9-9035-836b9337d705"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3814&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "1c70772bb821ea647f1a5006bf74fcdf93aa32ddfc401451ed064d955a593e2a"
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 3814 (2025-2026) — Surface Water Study Committee

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT THE SURFACE WATER STUDY COMMITTEE MAY STUDY THE CURRENT STATE OF GROUNDWATER IN THIS STATE AND TO POSTPONE THE DUE DATE OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. - 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/sess126_2025-2026/bills/3814.htm)
2. **01/28/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3814_20250128.htm)
3. **02/12/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3814_20250212.htm)
4. **02/13/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3814_20250213.htm)
5. **02/13/2025-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3814_20250213a.htm)
6. **03/18/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3814_20250318.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Joint Resolution — **107–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hixon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2025-02-13** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2025-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-1
- **2025-02-19** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Polled out of committee Agriculture and Natural Resources
- **2025-03-18** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
- **2025-03-25** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Ratified R 20
- **2025-04-28** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-07** Effective date 04/28/25
- **2025-06-05** Act No. 91

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8935939b-489f-45c9-9035-836b9337d705`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).