---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Natural Resources"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY REPEALING SECTION 50-3-140 RELATING TO THE PUBLICATION OF DESCRIPTIONS OF UNIFORMS AND EMBLEMS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 3269"
citation: "South Carolina H 3269 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["W. Newton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-08"
last_action: "2023-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/783e6b8c-983e-4331-b506-640bfe035ec3"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3269&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "26e084da320dc2967b66d43f5b5e822939d400d0ffca3779da4ed4d0ad7920fc"
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 3269 (2023-2024) — Department of Natural Resources

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY REPEALING SECTION 50-3-140 RELATING TO THE PUBLICATION OF DESCRIPTIONS OF UNIFORMS AND EMBLEMS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. - 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/3269.htm)
2. **12/8/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3269_20221208.htm)
3. **2/9/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3269_20230209.htm)
4. **5/4/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3269_20230504.htm)
5. **5/8/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3269_20230508.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- W. Newton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-08** Prefiled `filing`
- **2022-12-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Roll call Yeas-115 Nays-0
- **2023-02-15** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
- **2023-05-08** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-05-09** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Ratified R 45
- **2023-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-25** Effective date 05/16/23
- **2023-05-25** Act No. 37

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/783e6b8c-983e-4331-b506-640bfe035ec3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).