---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certificate of Franchise Authority, definitions"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 58-12-300, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"CABLE SERVICE\" AND \"VIDEO SERVICE\"; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 58-9-2200, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"RETAIL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE\". - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 3782"
citation: "South Carolina H 3782 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bannister", "Blackwell", "Hardee", "Jefferson", "Ligon", "Nutt", "Oremus", "Thayer", "West", "Yow"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2024-02-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/238bbf23-c78a-408e-8ebb-3d2c714458d4"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3782&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "6a7ffbedb8b8500d8c83f84ef578db4db618e5b6147362402362146cd42a0bac"
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 3782 (2023-2024) — Certificate of Franchise Authority, definitions

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 58-12-300, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "CABLE SERVICE" AND "VIDEO SERVICE"; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 58-9-2200, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "RETAIL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE". - 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/3782.htm)
2. **01/16/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3782_20240116.htm)
3. **01/17/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3782_20240117.htm)
4. **01/24/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3782_20230124.htm)
5. **03/28/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3782_20230328.htm)
6. **03/29/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3782_20230329.htm)
7. **03/30/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3782_20230330.htm)
8. **05/10/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3782_20230510.htm)

## Votes

- Concur in Senate Amendments — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage of Bill — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bannister — primary (person)
- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Hardee — primary (person)
- Jefferson — primary (person)
- Ligon — primary (person)
- Nutt — primary (person)
- Oremus — primary (person)
- Thayer — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Yow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Blackwell, Oremus
- **2023-03-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
- **2023-03-30** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-03-30** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Matthews, Rice, Senn, Adams
- **2023-05-10** Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
- **2024-01-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-17** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
- **2024-01-17** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2024-01-18** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-24** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2024-01-24** Roll call Yeas-115 Nays-0
- **2024-01-30** Ratified R 105
- **2024-02-05** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-09** Effective date 02/05/24
- **2024-02-09** Act No. 104

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/238bbf23-c78a-408e-8ebb-3d2c714458d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).