---
type: "Bill"
title: "Robert Smalls Day"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-270 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF MAY EACH YEAR AS \"ROBERT SMALLS DAY\" IN SOUTH CAROLINA. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 3142"
citation: "South Carolina H 3142 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Anderson", "Clyburn", "Cobb-Hunter", "Dillard", "Gilliard", "Henegan", "Hosey", "Jefferson", "King", "Kirby", "Leber", "McDaniel", "Rivers", "W. Jones", "Weeks", "Wheeler", "Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-08"
last_action: "2023-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d3e96e8-5a78-4400-b145-47db0a4d1de5"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3142&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "cf1ac5b39c793fc336b3e686ce425a8ca48fecce7365b8b03d19df821a8468ac"
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 3142 (2023-2024) — Robert Smalls Day

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-270 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF MAY EACH YEAR AS "ROBERT SMALLS DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA. - 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/3142.htm)
2. **12/8/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3142_20221208.htm)
3. **4/5/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3142_20230405.htm)
4. **5/4/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3142_20230504.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Anderson — primary (person)
- Clyburn — primary (person)
- Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
- Dillard — primary (person)
- Gilliard — primary (person)
- Henegan — primary (person)
- Hosey — primary (person)
- Jefferson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kirby — primary (person)
- Leber — primary (person)
- McDaniel — primary (person)
- Rivers — primary (person)
- W. Jones — primary (person)
- Weeks — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-08** Prefiled `filing`
- **2022-12-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wheeler, Dillard, W.Jones
- **2023-02-08** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard, King, Henegan, Williams, McDaniel, Alexander, Clyburn, Hosey, Cobb-Hunter, Jefferson, Anderson, Kirby
- **2023-04-05** Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
- **2023-04-06** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks
- **2023-04-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
- **2023-04-06** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2023-04-07** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Recalled from Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
- **2023-05-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
- **2023-05-10** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Ratified R 42
- **2023-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-25** Effective date 05/16/23
- **2023-05-25** Act No. 34

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d3e96e8-5a78-4400-b145-47db0a4d1de5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).