republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-4672.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 SECTION 56-1-220, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE VISION SCREENING REQUIRED FOR ISSUANCE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE VISION SCREENING IS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN AN INITIAL LICENSE AND UPON RENEWAL OF A LICENSE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE VISION SCREENING MUST BE OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON'S SCREENING MUST BE WAIVED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF VISION EXAMINATION FORM MUST BE EXECUTED BY THE CERTIFYING OPHTHALMOLOGIST OR OPTOMETRIST AND TRANSMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT ELECTRONICALLY. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-220, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE VISION SCREENING REQUIRED FOR ISSUANCE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE VISION SCREENING IS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN AN INITIAL LICENSE AND UPON RENEWAL OF A LICENSE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE VISION SCREENING MUST BE OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON'S SCREENING MUST BE WAIVED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF VISION EXAMINATION FORM MUST BE EXECUTED BY THE CERTIFYING OPHTHALMOLOGIST OR OPTOMETRIST AND TRANSMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT ELECTRONICALLY. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 4672	South Carolina H 4672 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Allison Anderson Arrington Atwater B. Newton Ballentine Bernstein Bowers Bryant Chumley Cogswell D.C. Moss Daning Douglas Elliott Felder Gagnon Gilliard Govan Henderson Henderson-Myers Huggins J.E. Smith Jefferson Long M. Rivers Mace Martin McGinnis Putnam Tallon Thayer Thigpen W. Newton Weeks West Williams	5	31	4	2018-01-24	2018-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/0d903fc2-c071-4cb7-99b2-e28fe3ca9ab3	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4672&session=122&summary=B	ff5154d9a200a62ffe97737f56f5f63d9cba8f1852866aef4f8cccd1fcbc2fca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4672 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-220, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE VISION SCREENING REQUIRED FOR ISSUANCE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE VISION SCREENING IS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN AN INITIAL LICENSE AND UPON RENEWAL OF A LICENSE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE VISION SCREENING MUST BE OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON'S SCREENING MUST BE WAIVED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF VISION EXAMINATION FORM MUST BE EXECUTED BY THE CERTIFYING OPHTHALMOLOGIST OR OPTOMETRIST AND TRANSMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT ELECTRONICALLY. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 1/24/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2. 2/14/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/27/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/18/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/25/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 99–8 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• Table Amendment — 38–73 (fail) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 109–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Allison — primary (person)
• Anderson — primary (person)
• Arrington — primary (person)
• Atwater — primary (person)
• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Ballentine — primary (person)
• Bernstein — primary (person)
• Bowers — primary (person)
• Bryant — primary (person)
• Chumley — primary (person)
• Cogswell — primary (person)
• D.C. Moss — primary (person)
• Daning — primary (person)
• Douglas — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Gagnon — primary (person)
• Gilliard — primary (person)
• Govan — primary (person)
• Henderson — primary (person)
• Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
• Huggins — primary (person)
• J.E. Smith — primary (person)
• Jefferson — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• M. Rivers — primary (person)
• Mace — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• McGinnis — primary (person)
• Putnam — primary (person)
• Tallon — primary (person)
• Thayer — primary (person)
• Thigpen — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Weeks — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-24 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-24 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2018-01-24 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Putnam, Martin, Arrington, Thigpen, Gagnon, Thayer, Douglas, Govan
• 2018-01-30 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: D.C.Moss, Anderson, McGinnis
• 2018-01-31 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Huggins
• 2018-02-01 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Tallon
• 2018-02-06 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Daning, Long, Henderson, Mace, Cogswell, West, Chumley, Gilliard, Atwater, J.E.Smith, Bernstein
• 2018-02-07 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Jefferson, Williams
• 2018-02-08 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton
• 2018-02-14 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-15 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers, Ballentine
• 2018-02-20 Requests for debate-Rep(s). King, Hart, Yow, Rutherford, Ott, Taylor, Crosby, Hosey, Kirby, Anderson, Elliott, Clyburn, Crawford, Willis, Knight, West
• 2018-02-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers, Weeks
• 2018-02-27 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.Rivers
• 2018-02-27 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-27 Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-1
• 2018-02-28 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-28 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2018-04-18 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-25 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-04-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-04-25 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2018-04-26 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-01 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2018-05-01 Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-8
• 2018-05-14 Ratified R 260
• 2018-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-25 Effective date 05/18/18
• 2018-05-31 Act No. 220

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d903fc2-c071-4cb7-99b2-e28fe3ca9ab3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).