republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-4673.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 62-2-507, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REVOCATION OF CERTAIN BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS BY DIVORCE, ANNULMENT, OR AN ORDER TERMINATING MARITAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, SO AS TO EXCLUDE FROM THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "GOVERNING INSTRUMENT" A BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION MADE IN CONNECTION WITH A GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN ESTABLISHED OR MAINTAINED FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, OR BY ONE OF THEIR COMPONENT AGENCIES OR INSTRUMENTALITIES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 30-5-30, RELATING TO PREREQUISITES TO RECORDING, SO AS TO SPECIFY CERTAIN METHODS OF PROOF OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT NECESSARY FOR RECORDING DEEDS OR OTHER WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 62-2-507, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REVOCATION OF CERTAIN BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS BY DIVORCE, ANNULMENT, OR AN ORDER TERMINATING MARITAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, SO AS TO EXCLUDE FROM THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "GOVERNING INSTRUMENT" A BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION MADE IN CONNECTION WITH A GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN ESTABLISHED OR MAINTAINED FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, OR BY ONE OF THEIR COMPONENT AGENCIES OR INSTRUMENTALITIES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 30-5-30, RELATING TO PREREQUISITES TO RECORDING, SO AS TO SPECIFY CERTAIN METHODS OF PROOF OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT NECESSARY FOR RECORDING DEEDS OR OTHER WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 4673	South Carolina H 4673 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Brawley G.M. Smith Weeks	6	22	3	2018-01-24	2018-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/9a5bc779-0ca1-476a-8781-2e53780c1b85	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4673&session=122&summary=B	15811829a35d67262cab65b47081147fbe04f3194f7e9c939110cedaad05246b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4673 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 62-2-507, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REVOCATION OF CERTAIN BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS BY DIVORCE, ANNULMENT, OR AN ORDER TERMINATING MARITAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, SO AS TO EXCLUDE FROM THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "GOVERNING INSTRUMENT" A BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION MADE IN CONNECTION WITH A GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN ESTABLISHED OR MAINTAINED FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, OR BY ONE OF THEIR COMPONENT AGENCIES OR INSTRUMENTALITIES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 30-5-30, RELATING TO PREREQUISITES TO RECORDING, SO AS TO SPECIFY CERTAIN METHODS OF PROOF OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT NECESSARY FOR RECORDING DEEDS OR OTHER WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS. - 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. 1/25/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 1/25/2018-A (committee substitute) — source
4. 1/30/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/18/2018 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/26/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 93–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brawley — primary (person)
• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Weeks — 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 Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-01-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brawley, Weeks
• 2018-01-25 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 2018-01-30 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-01-30 Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
• 2018-01-31 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-01-31 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-31 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Subcommittee: Massey (ch), McElveen, Senn
• 2018-04-18 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-26 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-04-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-04-26 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-1
• 2018-05-01 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-02 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2018-05-02 Roll call Yeas-93 Nays-0
• 2018-05-14 Ratified R 261
• 2018-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-30 Effective date 05/18/18
• 2018-05-31 Act No. 250

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a5bc779-0ca1-476a-8781-2e53780c1b85. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).