republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-4946.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 50-5-1005, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SHELLFISH IMPORTATION PERMITS AND PERMITS TO POSSESS, PRODUCE, PURCHASE, OR SELL GENETICALLY MODIFIED SHELLFISH, INCLUDING POLYPLOID SHELLFISH, SO AS TO NO LONGER PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO PERSONS TO POSSESS, PRODUCE, PURCHASE, OR SELL GENETICALLY MODIFIED SHELLFISH AND TO NO LONGER PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PLACEMENT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SHELLFISH IN CERTAIN WATERS OF THIS STATE. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1005, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SHELLFISH IMPORTATION PERMITS AND PERMITS TO POSSESS, PRODUCE, PURCHASE, OR SELL GENETICALLY MODIFIED SHELLFISH, INCLUDING POLYPLOID SHELLFISH, SO AS TO NO LONGER PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO PERSONS TO POSSESS, PRODUCE, PURCHASE, OR SELL GENETICALLY MODIFIED SHELLFISH AND TO NO LONGER PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PLACEMENT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SHELLFISH IN CERTAIN WATERS OF THIS STATE. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 4946	South Carolina H 4946 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Bowers Bradley Erickson M. Rivers	4	18	2	2018-02-15	2018-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/a7c29024-2dab-41d4-8030-cad463dd7463	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4946&session=122&summary=B	6d95863916abb7ac881bc3b0d475e9d263be6eace6d24d2a8c9b0aeb1934af2c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4946 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1005, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SHELLFISH IMPORTATION PERMITS AND PERMITS TO POSSESS, PRODUCE, PURCHASE, OR SELL GENETICALLY MODIFIED SHELLFISH, INCLUDING POLYPLOID SHELLFISH, SO AS TO NO LONGER PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO PERSONS TO POSSESS, PRODUCE, PURCHASE, OR SELL GENETICALLY MODIFIED SHELLFISH AND TO NO LONGER PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PLACEMENT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SHELLFISH IN CERTAIN WATERS OF THIS STATE. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 2/15/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/20/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/8/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/18/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 97–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bowers — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• M. Rivers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-15 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-15 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: W.Newton, Herbkersman
• 2018-03-08 Recalled from Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
• 2018-03-20 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-03-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-03-20 Roll call Yeas-97 Nays-5
• 2018-03-21 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-03-21 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-03-21 Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry referral-committee
• 2018-04-18 Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-04-25 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2018-04-26 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-01 Ratified R 190
• 2018-05-03 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-11 Effective date 05/03/18
• 2018-05-14 Act No. 176

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7c29024-2dab-41d4-8030-cad463dd7463. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).