republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-4612.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 40-11-262 SO AS TO PROVIDE APPLICANTS FOR GENERAL CONTRACTOR LICENSURE OR MECHANICAL CONTRACT LICENSURE WHO ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIREMENTS MAY PROVIDE CERTAIN SURETY BONDS IN LIEU OF PROVIDING THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THESE SURETY BONDS, AND TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR FILING CLAIMS AGAINST THESE SURETY BONDS. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 40-11-262 SO AS TO PROVIDE APPLICANTS FOR GENERAL CONTRACTOR LICENSURE OR MECHANICAL CONTRACT LICENSURE WHO ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIREMENTS MAY PROVIDE CERTAIN SURETY BONDS IN LIEU OF PROVIDING THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THESE SURETY BONDS, AND TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR FILING CLAIMS AGAINST THESE SURETY BONDS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 4612	South Carolina H 4612 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Sandifer Toole	9	38	8	2018-01-11	2018-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/c483eaec-da6d-42b3-8f43-62aeb03337b4	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4612&session=122&summary=B	0aa5d7b82f5ca4b5352372fd39d8d322ece2eff6156d9150af9c5b53cc2887dc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4612 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 40-11-262 SO AS TO PROVIDE APPLICANTS FOR GENERAL CONTRACTOR LICENSURE OR MECHANICAL CONTRACT LICENSURE WHO ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIREMENTS MAY PROVIDE CERTAIN SURETY BONDS IN LIEU OF PROVIDING THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THESE SURETY BONDS, AND TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR FILING CLAIMS AGAINST THESE SURETY BONDS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 1/11/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2. 2/1/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/15/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 2/16/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 2/27/2018 (committee substitute) — source
6. 2/6/2018 (committee substitute) — source
7. 2/7/2018 (committee substitute) — source
8. 3/8/2018 (committee substitute) — source
9. 5/8/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• to grant free conference powers — 40–2 (pass) · upper
• Grant Free Conference Powers — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Amendment — 80–19 (pass) · lower
• to adopt the free conference report — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Free Conference Report — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• to concur — 0–37 (fail) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 105–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Sandifer — primary (person)
• Toole — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-11 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2018-01-23 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Toole
• 2018-02-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-06 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-06 Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
• 2018-02-07 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-02-07 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-07 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-07 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-16 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-02-27 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-27 Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0
• 2018-03-01 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-03-08 Returned to Senate with amendments
• 2018-03-08 Roll call Yeas-80 Nays-19
• 2018-04-18 Non-concurrence in House amendment
• 2018-04-18 Roll call Ayes-0 Nays-37
• 2018-04-19 House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. Sandifer, Henderson, Anderson
• 2018-04-24 Conference committee appointed Bennett, Johnson, Gambrell
• 2018-05-08 Free conference powers granted
• 2018-05-08 Free conference committee appointed Sandifer, Anderson, Henderson
• 2018-05-08 Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
• 2018-05-08 Free conference report adopted
• 2018-05-08 Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-0
• 2018-05-08 Free conference powers granted
• 2018-05-08 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-2
• 2018-05-08 Free conference committee appointed Bennett, Johnson, Gambrell
• 2018-05-08 Free conference report adopted
• 2018-05-08 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2018-05-08 Ordered enrolled for ratification
• 2018-05-14 Ratified R 257
• 2018-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-25 Effective date 05/18/18
• 2018-05-31 Act No. 217

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c483eaec-da6d-42b3-8f43-62aeb03337b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).