republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3719.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 48-35-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE STATE FORESTER'S AUTHORITY TO DIRECT THAT CERTAIN FIRES NOT BE STARTED, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE FORESTER MAY PROHIBIT ALL OPEN BURNING EXCEPT FIRES USED FOR NONRECREATIONAL PURPOSES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 48-35-60, RELATING TO PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE STARTING OF UNLAWFUL FIRES, SO AS TO REVISE THESE PENALTIES. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 48-35-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE STATE FORESTER'S AUTHORITY TO DIRECT THAT CERTAIN FIRES NOT BE STARTED, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE FORESTER MAY PROHIBIT ALL OPEN BURNING EXCEPT FIRES USED FOR NONRECREATIONAL PURPOSES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 48-35-60, RELATING TO PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE STARTING OF UNLAWFUL FIRES, SO AS TO REVISE THESE PENALTIES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3719	South Carolina H 3719 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Bannister Burns Chumley G.R. Smith Hiott Hixon	4	20	3	2017-02-09	2017-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/be75c234-e9c8-4dbb-9fed-cc35bda40b49	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3719&session=122&summary=B	947dd362cdffc50836cc75b8e237dd26955fcca51a8bbf339773c19a1598e056	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3719 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 48-35-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE STATE FORESTER'S AUTHORITY TO DIRECT THAT CERTAIN FIRES NOT BE STARTED, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE FORESTER MAY PROHIBIT ALL OPEN BURNING EXCEPT FIRES USED FOR NONRECREATIONAL PURPOSES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 48-35-60, RELATING TO PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE STARTING OF UNLAWFUL FIRES, SO AS TO REVISE THESE PENALTIES. - 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. 2/23/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/9/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 5/3/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 94–6 (pass) · lower
• Table — 57–33 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bannister — primary (person)
• Burns — primary (person)
• Chumley — primary (person)
• G.R. Smith — primary (person)
• Hiott — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon, Chumley, Bannister, G.R.Smith
• 2017-02-16 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-22 Requests for debate-Rep(s). JE Smith, Gilliard, Jefferson, Ott, Mack, Robinson-Simpson, Williams
• 2017-02-23 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-23 Roll call Yeas-94 Nays-6
• 2017-02-23 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2017-02-24 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-28 Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Recalled from Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
• 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 110
• 2017-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-25 Effective date 5/19/17
• 2017-05-31 Act No. 74

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be75c234-e9c8-4dbb-9fed-cc35bda40b49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).