republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3879.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 42-9-290, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF BURIAL EXPENSES PAYABLE UNDER WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS FOR ACCIDENTAL DEATH, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM PAYABLE AMOUNT TO TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 42-9-290, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF BURIAL EXPENSES PAYABLE UNDER WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS FOR ACCIDENTAL DEATH, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM PAYABLE AMOUNT TO TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3879	South Carolina H 3879 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Anderson Davis Gilliard Thayer Yow	5	23	3	2017-03-02	2017-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/c3ad072b-f8f0-47da-a8eb-febcf4801940	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3879&session=122&summary=B	5f1572289bfcdbf78421226d9a21532b5e73eaa72399437e70b4275e6d1169ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3879 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 42-9-290, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF BURIAL EXPENSES PAYABLE UNDER WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS FOR ACCIDENTAL DEATH, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM PAYABLE AMOUNT TO TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 3/13/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/2/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/21/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/26/2017 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/2/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 82–16 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anderson — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Gilliard — primary (person)
• Thayer — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-02 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2017-03-07 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Anderson
• 2017-03-13 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard
• 2017-03-21 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-03-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-21 Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
• 2017-03-22 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-22 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-22 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 Referred to Subcommittee: Young (ch), Sabb, Talley
• 2017-04-26 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-02 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-05-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-05-02 Roll call Ayes-36 Nays-0
• 2017-05-03 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-04 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2017-05-04 Roll call Yeas-82 Nays-16
• 2017-05-09 Ratified R 61
• 2017-05-10 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-17 Effective date 05/10/17
• 2017-05-18 Act No. 38

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3ad072b-f8f0-47da-a8eb-febcf4801940. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).