republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/s-185.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 40-19-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITIONS CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF FUNERAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, SO AS TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-19-110, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITED USE OF FALSE OR MISLEADING ADVERTISING BY FUNERAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNERAL SERVICE ADVERTISEMENTS. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-19-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITIONS CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF FUNERAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, SO AS TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-19-110, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITED USE OF FALSE OR MISLEADING ADVERTISING BY FUNERAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNERAL SERVICE ADVERTISEMENTS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	S 185	South Carolina S 185 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Shealy	6	23	3	2016-12-13	2018-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/807c4ef5-61e2-4ce6-bf65-e04bfeb6a80d	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=185&session=122&summary=B	ad6c7f6bfc512310dddd2b26b91bea9a73e475bff03c85f8294c30a0c9d553bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 185 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-19-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITIONS CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF FUNERAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, SO AS TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-19-110, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITED USE OF FALSE OR MISLEADING ADVERTISING BY FUNERAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNERAL SERVICE ADVERTISEMENTS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 12/13/2016 (committee substitute) — source
2. 2/1/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/6/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/10/2017 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/15/2017 (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/9/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• to concur — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 104–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Shealy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-13 Prefiled filing
• 2016-12-13 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2017-01-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2017-03-09 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-10 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-03-15 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-03-15 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-15 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2017-03-16 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-21 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-21 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2018-02-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-06 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-06 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
• 2018-02-07 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-13 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2018-02-13 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2018-03-07 Ratified R 139
• 2018-03-12 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-14 Effective date 03/12/18
• 2018-03-20 Act No. 135

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/807c4ef5-61e2-4ce6-bf65-e04bfeb6a80d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).