---
type: "Bill"
title: "County conventions, required notices"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-9-70, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REQUIRED NOTICES OF COUNTY CONVENTIONS, SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A COUNTY COMMITTEE PUBLISH CERTAIN NOTICES REGARDING COUNTY CONVENTIONS IN A NEWSPAPER HAVING GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 3264"
citation: "South Carolina H 3264 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Newton", "Bailey", "Bennett", "Bradley", "Bryant", "Burns", "Crawford", "Davis", "Elliott", "Erickson", "Felder", "Fry", "G.R. Smith", "Haddon", "Hewitt", "Huggins", "J.E. Johnson", "King", "Long", "M.M. Smith", "McGarry", "Morgan", "Taylor", "Thayer", "Willis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-12-09"
last_action: "2021-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60bb57da-ece1-421c-8919-8d9fa96b2c0f"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3264&session=124&summary=B"
source_hash: "9eacd474c3a79a13d32a99eca2206f98909584d08bb4c82424eab1aa4cff878a"
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 3264 (2021-2022) — County conventions, required notices

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-9-70, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REQUIRED NOTICES OF COUNTY CONVENTIONS, SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A COUNTY COMMITTEE PUBLISH CERTAIN NOTICES REGARDING COUNTY CONVENTIONS IN A NEWSPAPER HAVING GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY. - 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/sess124_2021-2022/bills/3264.htm)
2. **12/9/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3264_20201209.htm)
3. **2/18/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3264_20210218.htm)
4. **3/24/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3264_20210324.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **106–7** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Newton — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Bradley — primary (person)
- Bryant — primary (person)
- Burns — primary (person)
- Crawford — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Elliott — primary (person)
- Erickson — primary (person)
- Felder — primary (person)
- Fry — primary (person)
- G.R. Smith — primary (person)
- Haddon — primary (person)
- Hewitt — primary (person)
- Huggins — primary (person)
- J.E. Johnson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Long — primary (person)
- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
- McGarry — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Thayer — primary (person)
- Willis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-09** Prefiled `filing`
- **2020-12-09** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hewitt, Bailey
- **2021-02-18** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, J.E.Johnson, Bradley
- **2021-02-24** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Crawford, King
- **2021-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-7
- **2021-02-25** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Hutto, Young, McLeod, Garrett
- **2021-03-24** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Ratified R 16
- **2021-04-12** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-15** Effective date 04/12/21
- **2021-04-15** Act No. 10

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60bb57da-ece1-421c-8919-8d9fa96b2c0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).