republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-4875.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 CHAPTER 4 TO TITLE 50 SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA SOLAR HABITAT ACT" TO ESTABLISH VOLUNTARY SOLAR BEST-MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR COMMERCIAL SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SITES, TO ESTABLISH A NATIVE VEGETATION HABITAT AND POLLINATOR MANAGEMENT PLAN TO BE USED AS TECHNICAL GUIDANCE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT, AND TO PROVIDE THAT CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE MAY BE ISSUED TO ENTITIES THAT MEET SOLAR SITE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS ACT. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 4 TO TITLE 50 SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA SOLAR HABITAT ACT" TO ESTABLISH VOLUNTARY SOLAR BEST-MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR COMMERCIAL SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SITES, TO ESTABLISH A NATIVE VEGETATION HABITAT AND POLLINATOR MANAGEMENT PLAN TO BE USED AS TECHNICAL GUIDANCE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT, AND TO PROVIDE THAT CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE MAY BE ISSUED TO ENTITIES THAT MEET SOLAR SITE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS ACT. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 4875	South Carolina H 4875 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Clary Ott	3	21	3	2018-02-07	2018-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a1f29d9d-6a61-4852-a959-99627ef09e52	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4875&session=122&summary=B	625cfddc4bd01793a9fde67916c078c724af2cd0b0e671271d82302ff991b439	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4875 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 4 TO TITLE 50 SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA SOLAR HABITAT ACT" TO ESTABLISH VOLUNTARY SOLAR BEST-MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR COMMERCIAL SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SITES, TO ESTABLISH A NATIVE VEGETATION HABITAT AND POLLINATOR MANAGEMENT PLAN TO BE USED AS TECHNICAL GUIDANCE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT, AND TO PROVIDE THAT CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE MAY BE ISSUED TO ENTITIES THAT MEET SOLAR SITE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS ACT. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 2/7/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/8/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 4/26/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 96–11 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 98–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Clary — primary (person)
• Ott — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 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 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clary
• 2018-03-08 Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-03-20 Roll call Yeas-96 Nays-11
• 2018-03-21 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-03-21 Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-11
• 2018-03-21 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-03-21 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-22 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 2018-03-22 Committed to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2018-04-26 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture and Natural Resources committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-05-09 Committee Amendment Withdrawn
• 2018-05-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-05-09 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2018-05-10 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-23 Ratified R 283
• 2018-05-25 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-06-01 Effective date 05/25/18
• 2018-06-01 Act No. 253

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1f29d9d-6a61-4852-a959-99627ef09e52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).