republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3653.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 THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 24 TO TITLE 31 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE OPERATIONS OR EXPANSIONS OF MANUFACTURING OR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NUISANCES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE THIS PROTECTED STATUS IS TRANSFERABLE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE THIS PROTECTED STATUS IS NOT WAIVABLE BY TEMPORARILY CEASING OPERATIONS FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED TWO YEARS OR BY DIMINISHING THE SIZE OF OPERATIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO MODIFY OR AFFECT STATUTORY EMINENT DOMAIN LAWS, STATUTORY ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, OR COMMON LAW CLAIMS OF TRESPASS AND NEGLIGENT OPERATION; AND TO PROVIDE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT DO NOT APPLY TO NUISANCE ACTIONS COMMENCED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CHAPTER. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 24 TO TITLE 31 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE OPERATIONS OR EXPANSIONS OF MANUFACTURING OR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NUISANCES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE THIS PROTECTED STATUS IS TRANSFERABLE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE THIS PROTECTED STATUS IS NOT WAIVABLE BY TEMPORARILY CEASING OPERATIONS FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED TWO YEARS OR BY DIMINISHING THE SIZE OF OPERATIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO MODIFY OR AFFECT STATUTORY EMINENT DOMAIN LAWS, STATUTORY ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, OR COMMON LAW CLAIMS OF TRESPASS AND NEGLIGENT OPERATION; AND TO PROVIDE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT DO NOT APPLY TO NUISANCE ACTIONS COMMENCED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CHAPTER. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3653	South Carolina H 3653 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Alexander Anderson Anthony Arrington Atkinson Bennett Burns Chumley Crawford Crosby Erickson Felder Forrester Gagnon Hamilton Hayes Henderson Henegan Hixon Hosey Jefferson Loftis Murphy Norman Ryhal S. Rivers Sandifer Spires Thayer V.S. Moss West Willis Yow	6	31	7	2017-02-02	2018-02-20	openstates	ocd-bill/0c186236-68ac-4761-8af8-7a8588ffbdc9	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3653&session=122&summary=B	7db163519ac51e3d3626b7af6e6769137b469f7a73cbd81f7e11874681acb740	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3653 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 24 TO TITLE 31 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE OPERATIONS OR EXPANSIONS OF MANUFACTURING OR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NUISANCES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE THIS PROTECTED STATUS IS TRANSFERABLE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE THIS PROTECTED STATUS IS NOT WAIVABLE BY TEMPORARILY CEASING OPERATIONS FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED TWO YEARS OR BY DIMINISHING THE SIZE OF OPERATIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO MODIFY OR AFFECT STATUTORY EMINENT DOMAIN LAWS, STATUTORY ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, OR COMMON LAW CLAIMS OF TRESPASS AND NEGLIGENT OPERATION; AND TO PROVIDE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT DO NOT APPLY TO NUISANCE ACTIONS COMMENCED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CHAPTER. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 1/24/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2. 1/31/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/1/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 2/2/2017 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/7/2017 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/18/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• to lay on the table — 14–29 (fail) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 75–24 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 29–14 (pass) · upper
• Table — 68–28 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 78–27 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 86–7 (pass) · lower
• Table Motion to Commit the Bill — 68–34 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Anderson — primary (person)
• Anthony — primary (person)
• Arrington — primary (person)
• Atkinson — primary (person)
• Bennett — primary (person)
• Burns — primary (person)
• Chumley — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Crosby — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Forrester — primary (person)
• Gagnon — primary (person)
• Hamilton — primary (person)
• Hayes — primary (person)
• Henderson — primary (person)
• Henegan — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Hosey — primary (person)
• Jefferson — primary (person)
• Loftis — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Norman — primary (person)
• Ryhal — primary (person)
• S. Rivers — primary (person)
• Sandifer — primary (person)
• Spires — primary (person)
• Thayer — primary (person)
• V.S. Moss — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)
• Willis — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-02 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson
• 2017-02-08 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Alexander
• 2017-02-14 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: West
• 2017-03-07 Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-08 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Sandifer, Hiott, Clary, Allison, Hixion, Bedingfield, Martin, Henderson, Blackwell, Toole, Brown, Anderson, Cogswell, Crosby, Danning, Chumley, Long, VS Moss, Elliott, Cole, Hosey, Yow, Erickson, Wheeler, Hewitt, Jordon, Williams, Douglas, W. Newton, Hart, Hill, Tallon, Knight
• 2017-03-22 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon, Murphy, Arrington, Bennett, Crosby
• 2017-03-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-22 Roll call Yeas-78 Nays-27
• 2017-03-23 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-23 Roll call Yeas-75 Nays-24
• 2017-03-29 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-29 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2017-04-18 Polled out of committee Labor, Commerce and Industry
• 2017-04-18 Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-16 Special order, set for January 16, 2018
• 2018-01-23 Debate interrupted
• 2018-01-24 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-01-24 Debate interrupted
• 2018-01-30 Debate interrupted
• 2018-01-31 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-01-31 Roll call Ayes-29 Nays-14
• 2018-02-01 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-02-01 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-07 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2018-02-08 Ratified R 136
• 2018-02-12 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-02-15 Effective date 2/12/18
• 2018-02-20 Act No. 132

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c186236-68ac-4761-8af8-7a8588ffbdc9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).