republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-4458.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-11-700, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DUMPING OF LITTER ON PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY AND ITS PENALTIES, SO AS TO RESTRUCTURE THE OFFENSES TO ENSURE CIGARETTE BUTTS AND CIGARETTE COMPONENT LITTER AND DECEASED ANIMALS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PURVIEW OF THE STATUTE, AND TO RESTRUCTURE THE PENALTIES. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-11-700, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DUMPING OF LITTER ON PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY AND ITS PENALTIES, SO AS TO RESTRUCTURE THE OFFENSES TO ENSURE CIGARETTE BUTTS AND CIGARETTE COMPONENT LITTER AND DECEASED ANIMALS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PURVIEW OF THE STATUTE, AND TO RESTRUCTURE THE PENALTIES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 4458	South Carolina H 4458 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Bamberg Blackwell Bowers Burns Cobb-Hunter Crawford Davis Dillard Duckworth Erickson Forrest Fry Gagnon Hardee Hewitt Hill Hixon Johnson Kirby Mace Magnuson Martin McEachern McGinnis Ott West Wheeler Willis Yow	7	34	4	2017-12-13	2018-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/483cb3fa-ca4a-46f5-b19b-231f8e6d4f23	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4458&session=122&summary=B	7914765f1274e4d0feefd00b701b57f4d942e2b65404598ba11a1295f6581228	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4458 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-11-700, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DUMPING OF LITTER ON PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY AND ITS PENALTIES, SO AS TO RESTRUCTURE THE OFFENSES TO ENSURE CIGARETTE BUTTS AND CIGARETTE COMPONENT LITTER AND DECEASED ANIMALS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PURVIEW OF THE STATUTE, AND TO RESTRUCTURE THE PENALTIES. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 1/25/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2. 1/30/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 12/13/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/25/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/1/2018 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/10/2018 (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/9/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 100–4 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 98–14 (pass) · lower
• Adopt — 100–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bamberg — primary (person)
• Blackwell — primary (person)
• Bowers — primary (person)
• Burns — primary (person)
• Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Dillard — primary (person)
• Duckworth — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Fry — primary (person)
• Gagnon — primary (person)
• Hardee — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• Kirby — primary (person)
• Mace — primary (person)
• Magnuson — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• McEachern — primary (person)
• McGinnis — primary (person)
• Ott — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)
• Wheeler — primary (person)
• Willis — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-13 Prefiled filing
• 2017-12-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-01-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-01-16 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon
• 2018-01-24 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kirby, Yow, Duckworth, Burns, Blackwell, Dillard, Davis
• 2018-01-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest
• 2018-01-25 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Fry, Hewitt, Crawford, McGinnis, Ott, Bamberg, Erickson, Cobb-Hunter, Willis, Mace, Hill, Gagnon, West, Hardee, Wheeler
• 2018-01-30 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McEachern, Magnuson, Martin, Bowers
• 2018-01-30 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-01-30 Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-14
• 2018-01-31 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-01-31 Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-4
• 2018-01-31 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-31 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-16 Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, Timmons
• 2018-04-25 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-05-01 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-05-01 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-05-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-05-09 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-05-09 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-09 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2018-05-09 Debate adjourned until Thur., 5-10-18
• 2018-05-10 Senate amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2018-05-10 Returned to Senate with amendments
• 2018-05-10 Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-0
• 2018-05-10 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2018-05-14 Ratified R 252
• 2018-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-25 Effective date 05/18/18
• 2018-05-31 Act No. 214

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/483cb3fa-ca4a-46f5-b19b-231f8e6d4f23. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).