---
type: "Bill"
title: "Saltwater privileges, suspension"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY REPEALING SECTION 50-5-2545 RELATING TO POINTS AND SUSPENSIONS PRIOR TO THE MARINE RESOURCES ACT OF 2000; BY REPEALING SECTION 50-9-1160 RELATING TO JUDICIAL REVIEW OF A SUSPENSION OF HUNTING AND FISHING PRIVILEGES; BY AMENDING SECTION 50-5-2510, RELATING TO THE SUSPENSION OF SALTWATER PRIVILEGES FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF POINTS, SO AS TO CHANGE THE METHOD FOR THE NOTICE OF SUSPENSION; BY AMENDING SECTION 50-5-2515, RELATING TO THE NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF SALTWATER PRIVILEGES, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR WRITTEN NOTICE BY UNITED STATES MAIL; BY AMENDING SECTION 50-9-1140, RELATING TO THE SUSPENSION OF HUNTING AND FISHING PRIVILEGES, SO AS TO CHANGE THE METHOD FOR THE NOTICE OF SUSPENSION; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 50-9-1150, RELATING TO THE NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF HUNTING AND FISHING PRIVILEGES, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR WRITTEN NOTICE BY UNITED STATES MAIL AND TO PROVIDE FOR A METHOD OF APPEAL. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 3433"
citation: "South Carolina H 3433 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hixon", "W. Newton"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-08"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fefeb88-3e72-45f8-86d8-a9d9c634ce16"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3433&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "979edf5790feffa6c6fe2415ac8dade419221efdae06d63c8edeef0bbc4e217a"
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 3433 (2023-2024) — Saltwater privileges, suspension

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY REPEALING SECTION 50-5-2545 RELATING TO POINTS AND SUSPENSIONS PRIOR TO THE MARINE RESOURCES ACT OF 2000; BY REPEALING SECTION 50-9-1160 RELATING TO JUDICIAL REVIEW OF A SUSPENSION OF HUNTING AND FISHING PRIVILEGES; BY AMENDING SECTION 50-5-2510, RELATING TO THE SUSPENSION OF SALTWATER PRIVILEGES FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF POINTS, SO AS TO CHANGE THE METHOD FOR THE NOTICE OF SUSPENSION; BY AMENDING SECTION 50-5-2515, RELATING TO THE NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF SALTWATER PRIVILEGES, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR WRITTEN NOTICE BY UNITED STATES MAIL; BY AMENDING SECTION 50-9-1140, RELATING TO THE SUSPENSION OF HUNTING AND FISHING PRIVILEGES, SO AS TO CHANGE THE METHOD FOR THE NOTICE OF SUSPENSION; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 50-9-1150, RELATING TO THE NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF HUNTING AND FISHING PRIVILEGES, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR WRITTEN NOTICE BY UNITED STATES MAIL AND TO PROVIDE FOR A METHOD OF APPEAL. - 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/3433.htm)
2. **03/07/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3433_20230307.htm)
3. **03/08/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3433_20230308.htm)
4. **03/09/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3433_20230309.htm)
5. **03/13/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3433_20230313.htm)
6. **05/04/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3433_20230504.htm)
7. **05/05/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3433_20230505.htm)
8. **05/10/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3433_20230510.htm)
9. **05/11/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3433_20230511.htm)
10. **12/08/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3433_20221208.htm)

## Votes

- Concur in Senate Amendments — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage of Bill — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hixon — primary (person)
- 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`
- **2023-03-07** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-03-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
- **2023-03-13** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-03-15** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish, Game and Forestry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
- **2023-05-11** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-05-11** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-0
- **2023-05-17** Ratified R 80
- **2023-05-19** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Effective date 05/19/23
- **2023-05-26** Act No. 64

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fefeb88-3e72-45f8-86d8-a9d9c634ce16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).