republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-4729.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 61-6-141 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE FROM ISSUING MORE THAN THREE RETAIL DEALER LICENSES TO ONE LICENSEE AND PROVIDE THAT A LICENSEE MAY BE ISSUED ADDITIONAL LICENSES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; BY ADDING SECTION 61-6-151 SO AS TO PROHIBIT A LICENSEE FROM HAVING AN INTEREST IN A RETAIL LIQUOR STORE OTHER THAN THE STORES COVERED BY HIS RETAIL DEALER'S LICENSE; TO AMEND SECTION 61-6-1636, RELATING TO THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR BY THE DRINK, SO AS TO ALLOW A LICENSED WHOLESALER TO DELIVER NEW ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR TO A PERSON LICENSED TO SELL ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRST BILL OF LADING; AND TO ESTABLISH A SCHEDULE FOR THE INCREMENTAL INCREASE OF RETAIL LICENSES THAT MAY BE ISSUED TO ONE LICENSEE. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 61-6-141 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE FROM ISSUING MORE THAN THREE RETAIL DEALER LICENSES TO ONE LICENSEE AND PROVIDE THAT A LICENSEE MAY BE ISSUED ADDITIONAL LICENSES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; BY ADDING SECTION 61-6-151 SO AS TO PROHIBIT A LICENSEE FROM HAVING AN INTEREST IN A RETAIL LIQUOR STORE OTHER THAN THE STORES COVERED BY HIS RETAIL DEALER'S LICENSE; TO AMEND SECTION 61-6-1636, RELATING TO THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR BY THE DRINK, SO AS TO ALLOW A LICENSED WHOLESALER TO DELIVER NEW ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR TO A PERSON LICENSED TO SELL ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRST BILL OF LADING; AND TO ESTABLISH A SCHEDULE FOR THE INCREMENTAL INCREASE OF RETAIL LICENSES THAT MAY BE ISSUED TO ONE LICENSEE. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 4729	South Carolina H 4729 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Bannister Bennett Bernstein Bryant Burns Caskey Chumley Clary Cobb-Hunter D.C. Moss Delleney Duckworth Elliott Finlay Forrest Fry Funderburk G.M. Smith G.R. Smith Hayes Henderson Henegan Herbkersman Hewitt Hiott Huggins J.E. Smith Johnson Jordan King Loftis Long Magnuson Martin McCoy McCravy Norrell Pitts Pope Simrill Spires Tallon Toole Trantham W. Newton Wheeler White Willis Yow	7	28	7	2018-01-30	2018-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/20931249-e724-489c-a1d5-90347f520aa3	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4729&session=122&summary=B	016c8f25996bc54227a095071297a508083c55f9c9e444644a36dc8a7f5a91b8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4729 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 61-6-141 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE FROM ISSUING MORE THAN THREE RETAIL DEALER LICENSES TO ONE LICENSEE AND PROVIDE THAT A LICENSEE MAY BE ISSUED ADDITIONAL LICENSES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; BY ADDING SECTION 61-6-151 SO AS TO PROHIBIT A LICENSEE FROM HAVING AN INTEREST IN A RETAIL LIQUOR STORE OTHER THAN THE STORES COVERED BY HIS RETAIL DEALER'S LICENSE; TO AMEND SECTION 61-6-1636, RELATING TO THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR BY THE DRINK, SO AS TO ALLOW A LICENSED WHOLESALER TO DELIVER NEW ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR TO A PERSON LICENSED TO SELL ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRST BILL OF LADING; AND TO ESTABLISH A SCHEDULE FOR THE INCREMENTAL INCREASE OF RETAIL LICENSES THAT MAY BE ISSUED TO ONE LICENSEE. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 1/30/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2. 1/30/2018-A (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/7/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/15/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/21/2018 (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/22/2018 (committee substitute) — source
7. 3/23/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• to adopt — 33–8 (pass) · upper
• 2nd Reading — 33–8 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 106–1 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment — 72–31 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 100–1 (pass) · lower
• Rule 15A-Cloture — 5–35 (fail) · upper
• to lay on the table — 28–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bannister — primary (person)
• Bennett — primary (person)
• Bernstein — primary (person)
• Bryant — primary (person)
• Burns — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)
• Chumley — primary (person)
• Clary — primary (person)
• Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
• D.C. Moss — primary (person)
• Delleney — primary (person)
• Duckworth — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• Finlay — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Fry — primary (person)
• Funderburk — primary (person)
• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• G.R. Smith — primary (person)
• Hayes — primary (person)
• Henderson — primary (person)
• Henegan — primary (person)
• Herbkersman — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Hiott — primary (person)
• Huggins — primary (person)
• J.E. Smith — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• Jordan — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Loftis — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• Magnuson — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• McCoy — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• Norrell — primary (person)
• Pitts — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Simrill — primary (person)
• Spires — primary (person)
• Tallon — primary (person)
• Toole — primary (person)
• Trantham — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Wheeler — primary (person)
• White — primary (person)
• Willis — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-30 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-01-30 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-02-07 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-08 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Delleney
• 2018-02-13 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: King
• 2018-02-13 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Magnuson, Sandifer, Norrell, Whitmire, Blackwell, Taylor, Pope, DC Moss, Mack, Pendarvis, Brown, Robinson-Simson, Hiott, GR Smith, Trantham, Ott, Clary
• 2018-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-14 Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-1
• 2018-02-15 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-20 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-08 Referred to Subcommittee: Rankin (ch), Hutto, Senn, Climer, M.B.Matthews
• 2018-03-15 Polled out of committee Judiciary
• 2018-03-15 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-20 Special order, set for March 20, 2018
• 2018-03-21 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-03-21 Roll call Ayes-33 Nays-8
• 2018-03-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-03-21 Roll call Ayes-33 Nays-8
• 2018-03-22 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-03-23 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-04-03 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2018-04-03 Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-1
• 2018-04-03 Ratified R 155
• 2018-04-04 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-04-06 Effective date 04/04/18
• 2018-04-09 Act No. 147

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20931249-e724-489c-a1d5-90347f520aa3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).