republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3150.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-190, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES IN OFFICES, SO AS TO ADJUST THE DATES ON WHICH PRIMARIES, RUNOFF PRIMARIES, AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS MUST BE HELD, AND TO REMOVE THE EXEMPTION FROM HOLDING CERTAIN SPECIAL AND GENERAL ELECTIONS; AND TO REQUIRE THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION TO PROVIDE RANK CHOICE BALLOTS FOR A FEDERAL SPECIAL ELECTION FOR WHICH THE PRIMARY IS HELD ON MAY 2, 2017, TO INDIVIDUALS CASTING BALLOTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-190, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES IN OFFICES, SO AS TO ADJUST THE DATES ON WHICH PRIMARIES, RUNOFF PRIMARIES, AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS MUST BE HELD, AND TO REMOVE THE EXEMPTION FROM HOLDING CERTAIN SPECIAL AND GENERAL ELECTIONS; AND TO REQUIRE THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION TO PROVIDE RANK CHOICE BALLOTS FOR A FEDERAL SPECIAL ELECTION FOR WHICH THE PRIMARY IS HELD ON MAY 2, 2017, TO INDIVIDUALS CASTING BALLOTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3150	South Carolina H 3150 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Funderburk	6	26	3	2016-12-15	2017-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/bb9efcc7-5f6d-493d-a28c-56841d13b271	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3150&session=122&summary=B	186ecbe785352a86dac458b3792cd34125e18712553630e86e674172621fd102	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3150 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-190, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES IN OFFICES, SO AS TO ADJUST THE DATES ON WHICH PRIMARIES, RUNOFF PRIMARIES, AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS MUST BE HELD, AND TO REMOVE THE EXEMPTION FROM HOLDING CERTAIN SPECIAL AND GENERAL ELECTIONS; AND TO REQUIRE THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION TO PROVIDE RANK CHOICE BALLOTS FOR A FEDERAL SPECIAL ELECTION FOR WHICH THE PRIMARY IS HELD ON MAY 2, 2017, TO INDIVIDUALS CASTING BALLOTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT. - ratified title

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 12/15/2016 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/22/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/29/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/30/2017 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/2/2017 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/3/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 84–23 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 101–1 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Funderburk — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-15 Prefiled filing
• 2016-12-15 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-01-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-28 Debate adjourned until Wed., 3-29-17
• 2017-03-29 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-03-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-29 Roll call Yeas-84 Nays-23
• 2017-03-30 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-30 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-03-31 Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Young, Fanning
• 2017-05-02 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 2017-05-02 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-05-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-05-02 Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0
• 2017-05-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-05-03 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-03 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2017-05-03 Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-1
• 2017-05-04 Ratified R 39
• 2017-05-04 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-09 Effective date See Act
• 2017-05-15 Act No. 15

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb9efcc7-5f6d-493d-a28c-56841d13b271. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).