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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 30 TO TITLE 27 SO AS ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION ACT", TO PROVIDE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS, TO PROVIDE RECORDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ENFORCEABILITY OF HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION RULES AND REGULATIONS, TO PROVIDE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS MUST COMPLY WITH CERTAIN NOTICE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE ADOPTING ANNUAL BUDGET INCREASES, AND TO PROVIDE MAGISTRATES COURTS HAVE JURISDICTION TO ADJUDICATE CERTAIN MONETARY DISPUTES BETWEEN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND HOMEOWNERS; AND TO ENACT THE "DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS SERVICES FOR HOMEOWNERS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS ACT", TO PROVIDE RELATED DEFINITIONS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS CONCERNING THE RECEIPT AND PROCESSING OF COMPLAINTS INVOLVING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE CERTAIN RELATED INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE, TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COMPILE AND ANNUALLY REPORT CERTAIN RELATED DATA TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT SHALL POST THESE REPORTS ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE, TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM PROMULGATING CERTAIN RELATED REGULATIONS OR ISSUING CERTAIN RELATED GUIDELINES, AND TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM ARBITRATING DISPUTES BETWEEN HOMEOWNERS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 27-50-40, RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY CONDITION DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THESE STATEMENTS INCLUDE WHETHER PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO GOVERNANCE OF A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WHICH CARRIES CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS THAT MAY LIMIT USE OF THE PROPERTY AND INVOLVE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS. - ratified title AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 30 TO TITLE 27 SO AS ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION ACT", TO PROVIDE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS, TO PROVIDE RECORDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ENFORCEABILITY OF HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION RULES AND REGULATIONS, TO PROVIDE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS MUST COMPLY WITH CERTAIN NOTICE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE ADOPTING ANNUAL BUDGET INCREASES, AND TO PROVIDE MAGISTRATES COURTS HAVE JURISDICTION TO ADJUDICATE CERTAIN MONETARY DISPUTES BETWEEN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND HOMEOWNERS; AND TO ENACT THE "DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS SERVICES FOR HOMEOWNERS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS ACT", TO PROVIDE RELATED DEFINITIONS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS CONCERNING THE RECEIPT AND PROCESSING OF COMPLAINTS INVOLVING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE CERTAIN RELATED INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE, TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COMPILE AND ANNUALLY REPORT CERTAIN RELATED DATA TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT SHALL POST THESE REPORTS ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE, TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM PROMULGATING CERTAIN RELATED REGULATIONS OR ISSUING CERTAIN RELATED GUIDELINES, AND TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM ARBITRATING DISPUTES BETWEEN HOMEOWNERS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 27-50-40, RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY CONDITION DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THESE STATEMENTS INCLUDE WHETHER PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO GOVERNANCE OF A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WHICH CARRIES CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS THAT MAY LIMIT USE OF THE PROPERTY AND INVOLVE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS. - ratified title us/states/sc South Carolina General Assembly 2017-2018 H 3886 South Carolina H 3886 (2017-2018)
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Bennett
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Brown
Clemmons
Crawford
Crosby
Daning
Davis
Duckworth
Felder
Fry
Gagnon
Hamilton
Hardee
Hayes
Henderson
Hewitt
Hill
Hixon
Huggins
Johnson
Jordan
King
Kirby
Lowe
McCravy
McKnight
Murphy
Ott
Pitts
Putnam
Ryhal
Sandifer
Sottile
Spires
Taylor
Thigpen
V.S. Moss
West
Wheeler
Whipper
White
Yow
8 44 4 2017-03-02 2018-05-31 openstates ocd-bill/80765237-ef56-4316-a349-e3039127aa78 http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3886&session=122&summary=B bf05a9a7a3404e9a9643f9bb5c9dc281ed111e8dffd72a2e750e5c6f5879ac5d 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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South Carolina H 3886 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 30 TO TITLE 27 SO AS ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION ACT", TO PROVIDE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS, TO PROVIDE RECORDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ENFORCEABILITY OF HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION RULES AND REGULATIONS, TO PROVIDE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS MUST COMPLY WITH CERTAIN NOTICE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE ADOPTING ANNUAL BUDGET INCREASES, AND TO PROVIDE MAGISTRATES COURTS HAVE JURISDICTION TO ADJUDICATE CERTAIN MONETARY DISPUTES BETWEEN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND HOMEOWNERS; AND TO ENACT THE "DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS SERVICES FOR HOMEOWNERS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS ACT", TO PROVIDE RELATED DEFINITIONS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS CONCERNING THE RECEIPT AND PROCESSING OF COMPLAINTS INVOLVING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE CERTAIN RELATED INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE, TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COMPILE AND ANNUALLY REPORT CERTAIN RELATED DATA TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT SHALL POST THESE REPORTS ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE, TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM PROMULGATING CERTAIN RELATED REGULATIONS OR ISSUING CERTAIN RELATED GUIDELINES, AND TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM ARBITRATING DISPUTES BETWEEN HOMEOWNERS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 27-50-40, RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY CONDITION DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THESE STATEMENTS INCLUDE WHETHER PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO GOVERNANCE OF A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WHICH CARRIES CERTAIN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS THAT MAY LIMIT USE OF THE PROPERTY AND INVOLVE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS. - 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. 3/14/2017 (committee substitute) — source
  3. 3/2/2017 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 3/29/2018 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 3/30/2017 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 4/19/2017 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 4/26/2018 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 4/3/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • to concur — 410 (pass) · upper
  • Passage of Bill — 910 (pass) · lower
  • Adopt — 1040 (pass) · lower
  • 2nd Reading — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Anderson — primary (person)
  • Bennett — primary (person)
  • Bowers — primary (person)
  • Brown — primary (person)
  • Clemmons — primary (person)
  • Crawford — primary (person)
  • Crosby — primary (person)
  • Daning — primary (person)
  • Davis — primary (person)
  • Duckworth — primary (person)
  • Felder — primary (person)
  • Fry — primary (person)
  • Gagnon — primary (person)
  • Hamilton — primary (person)
  • Hardee — primary (person)
  • Hayes — primary (person)
  • Henderson — primary (person)
  • Hewitt — primary (person)
  • Hill — primary (person)
  • Hixon — primary (person)
  • Huggins — primary (person)
  • Johnson — primary (person)
  • Jordan — primary (person)
  • King — primary (person)
  • Kirby — primary (person)
  • Lowe — primary (person)
  • McCravy — primary (person)
  • McKnight — primary (person)
  • Murphy — primary (person)
  • Ott — primary (person)
  • Pitts — primary (person)
  • Putnam — primary (person)
  • Ryhal — primary (person)
  • Sandifer — primary (person)
  • Sottile — primary (person)
  • Spires — primary (person)
  • Taylor — primary (person)
  • Thigpen — primary (person)
  • V.S. Moss — primary (person)
  • West — primary (person)
  • Wheeler — primary (person)
  • Whipper — primary (person)
  • White — 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
  • 2017-03-09 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers
  • 2017-03-13 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sottile
  • 2017-03-13 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-14 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Crosby
  • 2017-03-14 Scrivener's error corrected
  • 2017-03-14 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Felder
  • 2017-03-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bennett, Thigpen
  • 2017-03-21 Debate adjourned until Wed., 3-22-17
  • 2017-03-22 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Crawford, Sandifer, B Newton, Tallon, Norrell, Mack, Whitmire, Forester, Hamilton, GR Smith, Loftis, Crosby, Clary, Magnuson, McKnight, Hosey, Kirby, Clemmons, W Newton, Douglas, Williams, Jefferson, Ott, King, Cobb-Hunter, Finlay, Hart, Thigpen, Yow, Johnson, Henegan, West, Caskey, Hewitt
  • 2017-03-28 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: S.Rivers
  • 2017-03-29 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Whipper, Brown
  • 2017-03-29 Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: S.Rivers
  • 2017-03-29 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon, Taylor, King, Daning, Spires, Henderson, Pitts, Kirby, White, McCravy, Hill, Gagnon, West, Wheeler, Davis, Murphy, Hayes, Ott, V.S.Moss, Lowe, McKnight, Jordan
  • 2017-03-29 Debate adjourned until Thur., 3-30-17
  • 2017-03-30 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2017-03-30 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-03-30 Roll call Yeas-91 Nays-0
  • 2017-03-30 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
  • 2017-03-31 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
  • 2017-04-04 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-04-04 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2017-04-07 Referred to Subcommittee: Rankin (ch), Hutto, Johnson, Turner, Gambrell
  • 2017-04-19 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-29 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2018-03-29 Read second time reading-2
  • 2018-03-29 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
  • 2018-04-03 Scrivener's error corrected
  • 2018-04-09 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2018-04-11 Debate adjourned until Tues., 4-17-18
  • 2018-04-17 Debate adjourned until Wed., 4-18-18
  • 2018-04-18 Debate adjourned until Thur., 4-19-18
  • 2018-04-19 Debate adjourned until Wed., 4-25-18
  • 2018-04-25 Debate adjourned until Thur., 4-26-18
  • 2018-04-26 Senate amendment amended amendment-amendment
  • 2018-04-26 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
  • 2018-04-26 Returned to Senate with amendments
  • 2018-05-01 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
  • 2018-05-01 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
  • 2018-05-14 Ratified R 245
  • 2018-05-17 Signed By Governor executive-signature
  • 2018-05-30 Effective date 05/17/18
  • 2018-05-31 Act No. 245

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/80765237-ef56-4316-a349-e3039127aa78. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).