---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deer tags"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-9-650, RELATING TO DEER HUNTING, SO AS TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF DEER TAGS ISSUED. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 5217"
citation: "South Carolina H 5217 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forrest", "Haddon", "Hixon", "Luck"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0d0ea7c-88cb-4b45-abdc-646dcf91432a"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5217&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "9f206962ceb37fe032e2888dee8f6081e254a83a5418df8158f8ed4f42aebae9"
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 5217 (2025-2026) — Deer tags

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-9-650, RELATING TO DEER HUNTING, SO AS TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF DEER TAGS ISSUED. - 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/5217.htm)
2. **02/19/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5217_20260219.htm)
3. **04/02/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5217_20260402.htm)
4. **05/07/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5217_20260507.htm)
5. **05/12/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5217_20260512.htm)
6. **05/13/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5217_20260513.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage of Bill — **110–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Forrest — primary (person)
- Haddon — primary (person)
- Hixon — primary (person)
- Luck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-14** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Luck
- **2026-04-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-04-14** Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-1
- **2026-04-15** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-15** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-07** Recalled from Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
- **2026-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-13** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-13** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
- **2026-05-14** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2026-05-14** Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
- **2026-05-15** Ratified R 261
- **2026-05-18** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-05** Effective date 01/02/27
- **2026-06-02** Act No. 207

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0d0ea7c-88cb-4b45-abdc-646dcf91432a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).