---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunting licenses, apprentice"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-350, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO APPRENTICE HUNTING LICENSES, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR A PERSON WITH AN APPRENTICE HUNTING LICENSE TO WAIVE THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION REQUIREMENT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-510, RELATING TO HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A NONRESIDENT WHO MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS OF AN APPRENTICE HUNTER MAY PURCHASE A THREE-DAY HUNTING LICENSE. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 3800"
citation: "South Carolina H 3800 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Cox", "Caskey", "Clemmons", "Davis", "Elliott", "Forrest", "Hewitt", "Hiott", "Hixon", "Hyde", "Magnuson", "Morgan", "Trantham", "White"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2020-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86ac6b3d-8d49-4c01-9f87-191f46f1f290"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3800&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "57ee3d79f051683f86de9cfa3b675259f265df4ba36ea5ef7acc0c3906c4ad6d"
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 3800 (2019-2020) — Hunting licenses, apprentice

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-350, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO APPRENTICE HUNTING LICENSES, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR A PERSON WITH AN APPRENTICE HUNTING LICENSE TO WAIVE THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION REQUIREMENT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-510, RELATING TO HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A NONRESIDENT WHO MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS OF AN APPRENTICE HUNTER MAY PURCHASE A THREE-DAY HUNTING LICENSE. - 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/sess123_2019-2020/bills/3800.htm)
2. **1/30/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3800_20190130.htm)
3. **3/27/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3800_20190327.htm)
4. **4/2/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3800_20190402.htm)
5. **4/3/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3800_20190403.htm)
6. **9/15/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3800_20200915.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **104–1** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Cox — primary (person)
- Caskey — primary (person)
- Clemmons — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Elliott — primary (person)
- Forrest — primary (person)
- Hewitt — primary (person)
- Hiott — primary (person)
- Hixon — primary (person)
- Hyde — primary (person)
- Magnuson — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Trantham — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Davis
- **2019-03-27** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest, Hixon
- **2019-04-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-1
- **2019-04-03** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2020-09-15** Recalled from Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
- **2020-09-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-16** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
- **2020-09-16** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2020-09-17** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Ratified R 177
- **2020-09-28** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-02** Effective date 11/27/20
- **2020-10-02** Act No. 155

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86ac6b3d-8d49-4c01-9f87-191f46f1f290`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).