republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/s-218.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 41-1-25 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE MAY NOT ESTABLISH, MANDATE, OR OTHERWISE REQUIRE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 41-1-25 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE MAY NOT ESTABLISH, MANDATE, OR OTHERWISE REQUIRE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	S 218	South Carolina S 218 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Alexander Bennett Bryant Campsen Corbin Gregory Martin Massey Rice Turner Young	3	19	6	2017-01-10	2017-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/45a637c6-42b0-42f1-860f-08a96d14b9a7	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=218&session=122&summary=B	5136f778f42b5757dd802e5320f026e9e6234f1571a56fb487f86b279650b9de	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 218 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 41-1-25 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE MAY NOT ESTABLISH, MANDATE, OR OTHERWISE REQUIRE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 1/10/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 1/26/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/7/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• to lay on the table — 28–15 (pass) · upper
• Table Motion to Adjourn Debate — 68–34 (pass) · lower
• Table — 68–31 (pass) · lower
• to lay on the table — 30–14 (pass) · upper
• 2nd Reading — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 73–29 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Bennett — primary (person)
• Bryant — primary (person)
• Campsen — primary (person)
• Corbin — primary (person)
• Gregory — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• Massey — primary (person)
• Rice — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)
• Young — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-01-31 Special order, set for January 31, 2017
• 2017-02-02 Debate interrupted
• 2017-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-07 Roll call Ayes-32 Nays-8
• 2017-02-08 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2017-03-07 Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-09 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Sandifer, Toole, Forrest, West, Whitmire, Allison, Bedingfield, Anderson, Loftis, Weeks, Hart, Felder, Hixon
• 2017-03-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-22 Roll call Yeas-73 Nays-29
• 2017-03-23 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-04 Ratified R 9
• 2017-04-05 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-04-13 Effective date 4/5/17
• 2017-04-17 Act No. 3

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45a637c6-42b0-42f1-860f-08a96d14b9a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).