republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/s-444.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 SECTIONS 56-1-10 AND 56-1-130, BOTH AS AMENDED, SECTION 56-3-20 AND SECTION 56-19-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE, THE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE TERM "AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND ITS DEFINITION, AND THE TERM "MOTORCYCLE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND ITS DEFINITION, SO AS TO DELETE THE TERM "AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND REPLACE IT WITH THE TERM "AUTOCYCLE" AND TO REVISE ITS DEFINITION; AND TO REPEAL SECTIONS 56-5-145 AND 56-5-155 RELATING TO THE TERMS "AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND "MOTORCYCLE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND THEIR DEFINITIONS. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-1-10 AND 56-1-130, BOTH AS AMENDED, SECTION 56-3-20 AND SECTION 56-19-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE, THE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE TERM "AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND ITS DEFINITION, AND THE TERM "MOTORCYCLE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND ITS DEFINITION, SO AS TO DELETE THE TERM "AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND REPLACE IT WITH THE TERM "AUTOCYCLE" AND TO REVISE ITS DEFINITION; AND TO REPEAL SECTIONS 56-5-145 AND 56-5-155 RELATING TO THE TERMS "AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND "MOTORCYCLE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND THEIR DEFINITIONS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	S 444	South Carolina S 444 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Grooms	5	18	2	2017-02-21	2017-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/f986dad3-a420-45c5-9650-88badc9e48a4	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=444&session=122&summary=B	08749bc589c720546747954f4ac4e27f0cab1fa6d3b1687440d7a7378ae6807c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 444 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-1-10 AND 56-1-130, BOTH AS AMENDED, SECTION 56-3-20 AND SECTION 56-19-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE, THE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE TERM "AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND ITS DEFINITION, AND THE TERM "MOTORCYCLE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND ITS DEFINITION, SO AS TO DELETE THE TERM "AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND REPLACE IT WITH THE TERM "AUTOCYCLE" AND TO REVISE ITS DEFINITION; AND TO REPEAL SECTIONS 56-5-145 AND 56-5-155 RELATING TO THE TERMS "AUTOMOTIVE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND "MOTORCYCLE THREE-WHEEL VEHICLE" AND THEIR DEFINITIONS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 2/21/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/21/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/22/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/23/2017 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/27/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Grooms — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-21 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-21 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-03-21 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-22 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-03-23 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-03-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-23 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2017-03-29 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-30 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2017-04-27 Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
• 2017-05-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-05-04 Roll call Yeas-95 Nays-0
• 2017-05-09 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-09 Ratified R 54
• 2017-05-10 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-17 Effective date 11/10/17
• 2017-05-18 Act No. 34

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f986dad3-a420-45c5-9650-88badc9e48a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).