republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-4093.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 ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMPLOYMENT FIRST STUDY COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING AND EVALUATING THE NEED FOR AN EMPLOYMENT FIRST INITIATIVE ACT, TO PROVIDE EXPECTATIONS POLICIES TO BE ESTABLISHED BY AN EMPLOYMENT FIRST INITIATIVE ACT, TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE, AND TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE SHALL REPORT ITS FINDINGS TO THE GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON OR BEFORE MAY 1, 2019, AT WHICH TIME THE STUDY COMMITTEE IS DISSOLVED. - ratified title	AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMPLOYMENT FIRST STUDY COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING AND EVALUATING THE NEED FOR AN EMPLOYMENT FIRST INITIATIVE ACT, TO PROVIDE EXPECTATIONS POLICIES TO BE ESTABLISHED BY AN EMPLOYMENT FIRST INITIATIVE ACT, TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE, AND TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE SHALL REPORT ITS FINDINGS TO THE GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON OR BEFORE MAY 1, 2019, AT WHICH TIME THE STUDY COMMITTEE IS DISSOLVED. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 4093	South Carolina H 4093 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Collins J.E. Smith Norrell	5	21	3	2017-04-04	2018-10-16	openstates	ocd-bill/050fc10d-b3a8-4e4a-9909-f6314006effe	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4093&session=122&summary=B	d83c88e354ed20f561a11bfba6e606676a4c3fc6fea78290df0e53f8ddbc0b73	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4093 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMPLOYMENT FIRST STUDY COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING AND EVALUATING THE NEED FOR AN EMPLOYMENT FIRST INITIATIVE ACT, TO PROVIDE EXPECTATIONS POLICIES TO BE ESTABLISHED BY AN EMPLOYMENT FIRST INITIATIVE ACT, TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE, AND TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE SHALL REPORT ITS FINDINGS TO THE GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON OR BEFORE MAY 1, 2019, AT WHICH TIME THE STUDY COMMITTEE IS DISSOLVED. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 3/22/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2. 4/3/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 4/4/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 5/1/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/10/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 77–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 102–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Collins — primary (person)
• J.E. Smith — primary (person)
• Norrell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-04 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-04-04 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2018-03-22 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Norrell
• 2018-04-03 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-04-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-04-03 Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-1
• 2018-04-04 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-04-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-04-09 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2018-05-01 Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-05-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-05-10 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-05-10 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-10 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2018-05-10 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2018-05-10 Roll call Yeas-77 Nays-2
• 2018-05-14 Ratified R 248
• 2018-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-25 Effective date See Act
• 2018-10-16 Act No. 292

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/050fc10d-b3a8-4e4a-9909-f6314006effe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).