republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3329.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 16-3-2010, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR THE ARTICLE ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, SO AS TO DELETE THE DEFINITION OF "TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS"; AND TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-2020, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, PENALTIES, AND DEFENSES, SO AS TO RESTRUCTURE THE OFFENSE AND PROVIDE A PENALTY WHEN THE VICTIM IS A MINOR UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN AND TO FURTHER ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF MINOR VICTIMS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-2010, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR THE ARTICLE ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, SO AS TO DELETE THE DEFINITION OF "TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS"; AND TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-2020, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, PENALTIES, AND DEFENSES, SO AS TO RESTRUCTURE THE OFFENSE AND PROVIDE A PENALTY WHEN THE VICTIM IS A MINOR UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN AND TO FURTHER ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF MINOR VICTIMS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3329	South Carolina H 3329 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Atwater B. Newton Clemmons Cobb-Hunter Crawford Daning Duckworth Elliott Fry Henegan King Toole Yow	7	33	4	2016-12-15	2018-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/ee52da39-cba6-4cb3-abfd-cb1d5725d28e	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3329&session=122&summary=B	871ed39c99e9e5581d756184c6d54c300cb2ad2277934bf080f40dc54ab15920	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3329 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-2010, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR THE ARTICLE ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, SO AS TO DELETE THE DEFINITION OF "TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS"; AND TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-2020, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, PENALTIES, AND DEFENSES, SO AS TO RESTRUCTURE THE OFFENSE AND PROVIDE A PENALTY WHEN THE VICTIM IS A MINOR UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN AND TO FURTHER ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF MINOR VICTIMS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - 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. 2/21/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/22/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/25/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/26/2018 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/26/2018-A (committee substitute) — source
7. 4/27/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 103–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Atwater — primary (person)
• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Clemmons — primary (person)
• Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Daning — primary (person)
• Duckworth — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• Fry — primary (person)
• Henegan — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Toole — primary (person)
• Yow — 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
• 2017-01-11 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Daning
• 2017-02-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henegan
• 2018-02-21 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-22 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Toole, King, Yow
• 2018-02-22 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-02-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-22 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
• 2018-02-22 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2018-02-23 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-27 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-27 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-16 Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Malloy, Shealy, Rice, Timmons
• 2018-04-25 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-26 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-04-26 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-04-27 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-05-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-05-09 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-09 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2018-05-09 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2018-05-09 Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
• 2018-05-09 Reconsidered
• 2018-05-09 Debate adjourned until Thur., 5-10-18
• 2018-05-10 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2018-05-10 Roll call Yeas-96 Nays-0
• 2018-05-14 Ratified R 238
• 2018-05-17 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-30 Effective date 05/17/18
• 2018-05-31 Act No. 238

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee52da39-cba6-4cb3-abfd-cb1d5725d28e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).