republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/s-198.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 56-1-100, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PERSONS WHO MUST SIGN AN APPLICATION OF A MINOR FOR A BEGINNER'S PERMIT, INSTRUCTION PERMIT, OR DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO DELETE THE TERM "INSTRUCTION PERMIT", AND TO REVISE THE LIST OF PERSONS WHO MUST SIGN THE APPLICATION OF AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-100, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PERSONS WHO MUST SIGN AN APPLICATION OF A MINOR FOR A BEGINNER'S PERMIT, INSTRUCTION PERMIT, OR DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO DELETE THE TERM "INSTRUCTION PERMIT", AND TO REVISE THE LIST OF PERSONS WHO MUST SIGN THE APPLICATION OF AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	S 198	South Carolina S 198 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Alexander Bryant McElveen Shealy	11	28	4	2016-12-13	2017-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/1db3a050-cca8-4a81-91a4-06c8613b23a7	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=198&session=122&summary=B	57dec1d7ad3d4dda9b3197a0c453cae8b90f7946769f12ca1cade1219bf93b81	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 198 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-100, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PERSONS WHO MUST SIGN AN APPLICATION OF A MINOR FOR A BEGINNER'S PERMIT, INSTRUCTION PERMIT, OR DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO DELETE THE TERM "INSTRUCTION PERMIT", AND TO REVISE THE LIST OF PERSONS WHO MUST SIGN THE APPLICATION OF AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 1/25/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 1/26/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 1/31/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 12/13/2016 (committee substitute) — source
5. 2/1/2017 (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/16/2017 (committee substitute) — source
7. 3/17/2017 (committee substitute) — source
8. 3/2/2017 (committee substitute) — source
9. 3/7/2017 (committee substitute) — source
10. 3/8/2017 (committee substitute) — source
11. 3/9/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 103–1 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 83–0 (pass) · lower
• to adopt — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Bryant — primary (person)
• McElveen — primary (person)
• 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 Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-01-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-01-25 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-01-26 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-01-31 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2017-02-01 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-02-01 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-02 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2017-03-02 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-07 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-03-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-08 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-1
• 2017-03-09 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-03-16 House amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2017-03-16 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2017-03-16 Returned to House with amendments
• 2017-03-17 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-03-22 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2017-03-22 Roll call Yeas-83 Nays-0
• 2017-04-04 Ratified R 8
• 2017-04-05 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-04-13 Effective date 4/5/17
• 2017-04-17 Act No. 2

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1db3a050-cca8-4a81-91a4-06c8613b23a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).