republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-4005.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 THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-215 SO AS TO DECLARE THE THIRD WEEK IN OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR AS "SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE PLANT WEEK" AND ENCOURAGE ALL SOUTH CAROLINIANS TO RECOGNIZE THE ESSENTIAL VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIVE PLANTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO OUR STATE'S HISTORY, ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE, AND ENVIRONMENT. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-215 SO AS TO DECLARE THE THIRD WEEK IN OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR AS "SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE PLANT WEEK" AND ENCOURAGE ALL SOUTH CAROLINIANS TO RECOGNIZE THE ESSENTIAL VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIVE PLANTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO OUR STATE'S HISTORY, ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE, AND ENVIRONMENT. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 4005	South Carolina H 4005 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Clary J.E. Smith	3	17	2	2017-03-15	2018-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/850cd326-8a6a-4eeb-97a6-585c9f1fee73	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4005&session=122&summary=B	02029f4813949af1a64b2fb981db6825e55f81ea27a9d58036c821f40482e2e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4005 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-215 SO AS TO DECLARE THE THIRD WEEK IN OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR AS "SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE PLANT WEEK" AND ENCOURAGE ALL SOUTH CAROLINIANS TO RECOGNIZE THE ESSENTIAL VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIVE PLANTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO OUR STATE'S HISTORY, ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE, AND ENVIRONMENT. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 2/14/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/15/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/30/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 73–26 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Clary — primary (person)
• J.E. Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-15 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-15 Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial Resolutions committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-05 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clary
• 2017-04-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-04-06 Roll call Yeas-73 Nays-26
• 2017-04-18 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-18 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-04-18 Referred to Committee on General referral-committee
• 2018-02-14 Committee report: Favorable General committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2018-02-21 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2018-03-07 Ratified R 145
• 2018-03-12 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-14 Effective date 03/12/18
• 2018-03-20 Act No. 140

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/850cd326-8a6a-4eeb-97a6-585c9f1fee73. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).