republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/s-297.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 40-18-80, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SECURITY OFFICER REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES AND QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT, PENDING ISSUANCE OF A REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE, A SECURITY OFFICER MAY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF A SECURITY OFFICER FOR UP TO THIRTY DAYS AFTER RECEIPT BY SLED OF HIS APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-18-80, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SECURITY OFFICER REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES AND QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT, PENDING ISSUANCE OF A REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE, A SECURITY OFFICER MAY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF A SECURITY OFFICER FOR UP TO THIRTY DAYS AFTER RECEIPT BY SLED OF HIS APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	S 297	South Carolina S 297 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Shealy	4	17	2	2017-01-24	2018-02-20	openstates	ocd-bill/2425f4a2-1021-47b2-b072-8a01576276c1	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=297&session=122&summary=B	113fb29964e3b0f687728b290ecab1bb8ae7e599ab2ddcb3b6d08c263b71da0f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 297 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-18-80, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SECURITY OFFICER REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES AND QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT, PENDING ISSUANCE OF A REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE, A SECURITY OFFICER MAY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF A SECURITY OFFICER FOR UP TO THIRTY DAYS AFTER RECEIPT BY SLED OF HIS APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 1/24/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 2/1/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/14/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 2/16/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Shealy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-24 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-24 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-16 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-16 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2017-02-23 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-28 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2018-02-01 Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-06 Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
• 2018-02-07 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-08 Ratified R 135
• 2018-02-12 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-02-15 Effective date 2/12/18
• 2018-02-20 Act No. 131

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2425f4a2-1021-47b2-b072-8a01576276c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).