republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3665.md

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

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 50-5-1710, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SIZE LIMITS FOR CERTAIN FISH THAT MAY BE LAWFULLY TAKEN, POSSESSED, LANDED, SOLD, OR PURCHASED, SO AS TO INCREASE THE SIZE LIMIT FOR FLOUNDER THAT MAY BE LAWFULLY TAKEN, POSSESSED, LANDED, SOLD, OR PURCHASED; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1705, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO CATCH LIMITS FOR CERTAIN FISH, SO AS TO REDUCE THE CATCH LIMIT FOR FLOUNDER. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1710, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SIZE LIMITS FOR CERTAIN FISH THAT MAY BE LAWFULLY TAKEN, POSSESSED, LANDED, SOLD, OR PURCHASED, SO AS TO INCREASE THE SIZE LIMIT FOR FLOUNDER THAT MAY BE LAWFULLY TAKEN, POSSESSED, LANDED, SOLD, OR PURCHASED; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1705, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO CATCH LIMITS FOR CERTAIN FISH, SO AS TO REDUCE THE CATCH LIMIT FOR FLOUNDER. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3665	South Carolina H 3665 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Atkinson Cogswell Forrest Hewitt Hixon Kirby Sottile Wheeler Yow	4	17	2	2017-02-02	2017-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/fe5f77f9-4e5a-4f50-a6d6-b45012d804a0	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3665&session=122&summary=B	e9437abe28038ee0601bb53dd62b1affa0cd50e76c6713cafda36886f45d8a71	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3665 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1710, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SIZE LIMITS FOR CERTAIN FISH THAT MAY BE LAWFULLY TAKEN, POSSESSED, LANDED, SOLD, OR PURCHASED, SO AS TO INCREASE THE SIZE LIMIT FOR FLOUNDER THAT MAY BE LAWFULLY TAKEN, POSSESSED, LANDED, SOLD, OR PURCHASED; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1705, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO CATCH LIMITS FOR CERTAIN FISH, SO AS TO REDUCE THE CATCH LIMIT FOR FLOUNDER. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 2/16/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 2/2/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/21/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 5/3/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Atkinson — primary (person)
• Cogswell — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Kirby — primary (person)
• Sottile — primary (person)
• Wheeler — 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 Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-21 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-21 Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
• 2017-02-22 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-22 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-22 Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-05-08 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2017-05-09 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-15 Ratified R 108
• 2017-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-25 Effective date 7/1/17
• 2017-05-31 Act No. 72

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe5f77f9-4e5a-4f50-a6d6-b45012d804a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).