republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3883.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 THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO ENACT THE "PYRAMID PROMOTIONAL SCHEME PROHIBITION ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 7 TO CHAPTER 5, TITLE 39 SO AS TO PROVIDE PYRAMID PROMOTIONAL SCHEMES CONSTITUTE UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES UNDER THE SOUTH CAROLINA UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES ACT, AND TO PROVIDE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 39-5-30 RELATING TO PYRAMID CLUBS AND SIMILAR OPERATIONS. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO ENACT THE "PYRAMID PROMOTIONAL SCHEME PROHIBITION ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 7 TO CHAPTER 5, TITLE 39 SO AS TO PROVIDE PYRAMID PROMOTIONAL SCHEMES CONSTITUTE UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES UNDER THE SOUTH CAROLINA UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES ACT, AND TO PROVIDE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 39-5-30 RELATING TO PYRAMID CLUBS AND SIMILAR OPERATIONS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3883	South Carolina H 3883 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Pope Sandifer	4	17	2	2017-03-02	2017-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/3c79ebda-da0d-47aa-a4a1-9cdff91ea71e	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3883&session=122&summary=B	157906ee4e443c6322de4f615a6b83319fe9d616b636c36aacea2ab17f793440	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3883 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO ENACT THE "PYRAMID PROMOTIONAL SCHEME PROHIBITION ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 7 TO CHAPTER 5, TITLE 39 SO AS TO PROVIDE PYRAMID PROMOTIONAL SCHEMES CONSTITUTE UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES UNDER THE SOUTH CAROLINA UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES ACT, AND TO PROVIDE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 39-5-30 RELATING TO PYRAMID CLUBS AND SIMILAR OPERATIONS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pope — primary (person)
• Sandifer — 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 Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-02 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-05-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-05-02 Roll call Yeas-93 Nays-0
• 2017-05-03 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-03 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-05-03 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2017-05-04 Recalled from Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
• 2017-05-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-05-04 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2017-05-08 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-09 Ratified R 62
• 2017-05-10 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-17 Effective date 05/10/17
• 2017-05-18 Act No. 39

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c79ebda-da0d-47aa-a4a1-9cdff91ea71e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).