republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/s-342.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 40-22-295, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ENGINEER IMMUNITY FOR CERTAIN VOLUNTARY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENDERED AT THE SCENES OF DECLARED STATE OR NATIONAL EMERGENCIES AT THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, SO AS TO EXTEND THE EXEMPTION TO SURVEYORS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-22-280, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE EXEMPTION OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE EMPLOYEES FROM THE STATE REGULATION OF ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, SO AS TO REVISE THE CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES TO WHOM THE EXEMPTION IS APPLICABLE AND TO CORRECT AN OBSOLETE REFERENCE. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-22-295, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ENGINEER IMMUNITY FOR CERTAIN VOLUNTARY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENDERED AT THE SCENES OF DECLARED STATE OR NATIONAL EMERGENCIES AT THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, SO AS TO EXTEND THE EXEMPTION TO SURVEYORS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-22-280, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE EXEMPTION OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE EMPLOYEES FROM THE STATE REGULATION OF ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, SO AS TO REVISE THE CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES TO WHOM THE EXEMPTION IS APPLICABLE AND TO CORRECT AN OBSOLETE REFERENCE. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	S 342	South Carolina S 342 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Alexander Allen Campbell Climer Davis Goldfinch Grooms Hembree Hutto J. Matthews Johnson M.B. Matthews Nicholson Rankin Sabb Scott Senn Setzler Williams	5	19	2	2017-02-01	2017-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/6d748990-4196-4296-8cfe-e36ec7be6767	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=342&session=122&summary=B	edd8aceccd483de226fb645f1728124af50e461524f2c750efc38ba11d1fa7af	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 342 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-22-295, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ENGINEER IMMUNITY FOR CERTAIN VOLUNTARY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENDERED AT THE SCENES OF DECLARED STATE OR NATIONAL EMERGENCIES AT THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, SO AS TO EXTEND THE EXEMPTION TO SURVEYORS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-22-280, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE EXEMPTION OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE EMPLOYEES FROM THE STATE REGULATION OF ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, SO AS TO REVISE THE CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES TO WHOM THE EXEMPTION IS APPLICABLE AND TO CORRECT AN OBSOLETE REFERENCE. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 2/1/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/15/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/16/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/9/2017 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/26/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Allen — primary (person)
• Campbell — primary (person)
• Climer — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Goldfinch — primary (person)
• Grooms — primary (person)
• Hembree — primary (person)
• Hutto — primary (person)
• J. Matthews — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• M.B. Matthews — primary (person)
• Nicholson — primary (person)
• Rankin — primary (person)
• Sabb — primary (person)
• Scott — primary (person)
• Senn — primary (person)
• Setzler — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-01 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-01 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
• 2017-03-15 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
• 2017-03-16 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-03-21 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-21 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-04-27 Roll call Yeas-96 Nays-0
• 2017-04-27 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2017-04-28 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-04 Ratified R 27
• 2017-05-09 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-12 Effective date 5/9/17
• 2017-05-15 Act No. 18

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d748990-4196-4296-8cfe-e36ec7be6767. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).