republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3231.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 PROVIDE THAT CONSISTENT WITH CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SECTION 34, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, CREATING A CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG FOR ITS POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS UNDER SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL PROVIDE, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG BY ORDINANCE SHALL ESTABLISH THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, MEMBERSHIP, AND PROCEDURES OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG'S CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND TO REPEAL ACT 612 OF 1936 RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONS FOR MUNICIPALITIES OF A CERTAIN POPULATION THE SIZE OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG, AND ACT 345 OF 1965, ACT 991 OF 1966, AND ACT 618 OF 1992 RELATING TO A CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. - ratified title	AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT CONSISTENT WITH CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SECTION 34, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, CREATING A CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG FOR ITS POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS UNDER SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL PROVIDE, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG BY ORDINANCE SHALL ESTABLISH THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, MEMBERSHIP, AND PROCEDURES OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG'S CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND TO REPEAL ACT 612 OF 1936 RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONS FOR MUNICIPALITIES OF A CERTAIN POPULATION THE SIZE OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG, AND ACT 345 OF 1965, ACT 991 OF 1966, AND ACT 618 OF 1992 RELATING TO A CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3231	South Carolina H 3231 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Cole Mitchell Tallon	4	23	2	2016-12-15	2017-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/9b538b2f-950d-40f3-980f-6d805e796db8	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3231&session=122&summary=B	e75b2c718ab4339c079ca41ef3185b04535226c160b860982bce681f853723d9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3231 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT CONSISTENT WITH CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SECTION 34, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, CREATING A CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG FOR ITS POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS UNDER SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL PROVIDE, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG BY ORDINANCE SHALL ESTABLISH THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, MEMBERSHIP, AND PROCEDURES OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG'S CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND TO REPEAL ACT 612 OF 1936 RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONS FOR MUNICIPALITIES OF A CERTAIN POPULATION THE SIZE OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG, AND ACT 345 OF 1965, ACT 991 OF 1966, AND ACT 618 OF 1992 RELATING TO A CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. - 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. 2/28/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/1/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 5/3/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cole — primary (person)
• Mitchell — primary (person)
• Tallon — 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
• 2017-02-14 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cole
• 2017-02-15 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Mitchell
• 2017-02-21 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 2017-02-21 Referred to Spartanburg Delegation
• 2017-02-28 Committee report: Favorable Spartanburg Delegation committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-01 Roll call Yeas-91 Nays-0
• 2017-03-02 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-02 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-04-21 Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, Timmons
• 2017-05-03 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-05-09 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2017-05-10 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-15 Ratified R 98
• 2017-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-25 Effective date 5/19/17
• 2017-07-12 Act No. 105

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b538b2f-950d-40f3-980f-6d805e796db8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).