republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-4704.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 48-39-130, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERMITS TO UTILIZE CRITICAL AREAS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO ISSUE GENERAL PERMITS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 48-39-130, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERMITS TO UTILIZE CRITICAL AREAS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO ISSUE GENERAL PERMITS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 4704	South Carolina H 4704 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Burns Chumley Erickson Herbkersman Hiott Hixon Loftis McCravy Pitts Yow	4	18	2	2018-01-24	2018-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/ec541137-1bd6-4977-8b4b-b596638b5ac8	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4704&session=122&summary=B	5a24383f44d4dfdf12c698e8c20db39c08668b921259e16940ea22fa02630712	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4704 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 48-39-130, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERMITS TO UTILIZE CRITICAL AREAS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO ISSUE GENERAL PERMITS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. - 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. 2/15/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/29/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/3/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 89–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Burns — primary (person)
• Chumley — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Herbkersman — primary (person)
• Hiott — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Loftis — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• Pitts — primary (person)
• Yow — 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 Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-22 Roll call Yeas-89 Nays-1
• 2018-02-22 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2018-02-23 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-27 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-27 Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2018-03-29 Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and Natural Resources committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-04-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-04-17 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2018-04-18 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-01 Ratified R 187
• 2018-05-03 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-11 Effective date 05/03/18
• 2018-05-14 Act No. 174

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec541137-1bd6-4977-8b4b-b596638b5ac8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).