---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bear hunting"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-430, RELATING TO BEAR HUNTING, SO AS TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO A REGISTERED PARTY DOG HUNT IN GAME ZONE 1. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 3813"
citation: "South Carolina H 3813 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hixon"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a05d715f-9264-4006-8e92-b4964e7a170a"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3813&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "23bfc6eb7e6758248ed3fca35ba133d1b14255600260ed854b90b34a036d0457"
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 3813 (2025-2026) — Bear hunting

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-430, RELATING TO BEAR HUNTING, SO AS TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO A REGISTERED PARTY DOG HUNT IN GAME ZONE 1. - 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/3813.htm)
2. **01/28/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3813_20250128.htm)
3. **02/12/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3813_20250212.htm)
4. **04/02/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3813_20250402.htm)
5. **04/15/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3813_20250415.htm)
6. **05/06/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3813_20250506.htm)
7. **05/07/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3813_20250507.htm)
8. **05/07/2025-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3813_20250507a.htm)

## Votes

- to grant free conference powers — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Grant Free Conference Powers — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Free Conference Report — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage of Bill — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **0–103** (fail) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- to adopt the free conference report — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hixon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
- **2025-02-19** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
- **2025-04-16** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
- **2025-04-23** Roll call Yeas-0 Nays-103
- **2025-04-30** Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Campsen, Turner, Ott
- **2025-05-01** Conference committee appointed Hixon, Hiott, McDaniel
- **2025-05-06** Free conference powers granted
- **2025-05-06** Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
- **2025-05-06** Free conference committee appointed Hixon, Hiott, McDaniels
- **2025-05-06** Free conference report adopted
- **2025-05-06** Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
- **2025-05-06** Free conference powers granted
- **2025-05-06** Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
- **2025-05-06** Free conference committee appointed Campsen, Ott, Turner
- **2025-05-06** Free conference report adopted
- **2025-05-06** Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
- **2025-05-07** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2025-05-08** Ordered enrolled for ratification
- **2025-05-08** Ratified R 65
- **2025-05-12** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Effective date 05/12/25
- **2025-05-19** Act No. 46

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a05d715f-9264-4006-8e92-b4964e7a170a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).