---
type: "Bill"
title: "Status Offenses"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 63-1-40 AND 63-19-20, BOTH RELATING TO STATUS OFFENSES, SO AS TO ELIMINATE PLAYING A PINBALL MACHINE AS A STATUS OFFENSE; AND BY REPEALING SECTION 63-19-2430 RELATING TO THE PLAYING OF PINBALL MACHINES BY A MINOR. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 3020"
citation: "South Carolina H 3020 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkinson", "C. Mitchell", "Grant", "King", "Pedalino", "Rutherford", "Taylor", "Weeks"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-05"
last_action: "2026-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ed27b0a-ed88-4af8-8f15-bda49d6235e6"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3020&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "9e12ccad0297a557ad65beaece9cee117c1e4742501e4b60e6c93350ed81b98e"
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 3020 (2025-2026) — Status Offenses

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 63-1-40 AND 63-19-20, BOTH RELATING TO STATUS OFFENSES, SO AS TO ELIMINATE PLAYING A PINBALL MACHINE AS A STATUS OFFENSE; AND BY REPEALING SECTION 63-19-2430 RELATING TO THE PLAYING OF PINBALL MACHINES BY A MINOR. - 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/sess126_2025-2026/bills/3020.htm)
2. **02/06/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3020_20250206.htm)
3. **04/09/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3020_20260409.htm)
4. **12/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3020_20241205.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **42–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkinson — primary (person)
- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Grant — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Pedalino — primary (person)
- Rutherford — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Weeks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-05** Prefiled `filing`
- **2024-12-05** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson
- **2025-02-12** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: King, Weeks
- **2025-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
- **2025-02-13** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-04-29** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-1
- **2026-04-30** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 167
- **2026-05-19** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-05** Effective date 05/19/26
- **2026-06-02** Act No. 212

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ed27b0a-ed88-4af8-8f15-bda49d6235e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).