republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/s-488.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-2320, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A DEALER LICENSE PLATE MAY BE USED BY A PERSON WHOSE VEHICLE IS BEING SERVICED OR REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP, PROVIDED THE VEHICLE DISPLAYING THE LICENSE PLATE IS PART OF A MANUFACTURER PROGRAM AND THE PLATE IS GIVEN TO THE PERSON BY THE DEALER AT NO CHARGE TO THE CONSUMER FOR NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A DEALER MAY BE ISSUED TWO PLATES FOR THE FIRST FIFTEEN VEHICLES SOLD DURING THE PRECEDING YEAR AND A DEALER PARTICIPATING IN A MANUFACTURER PROGRAM MAY BE ISSUED TWO ADDITIONAL PLATES FOR EACH FIFTEEN VEHICLES SOLD BEYOND THE INITIAL TWENTY DURING THE PRECEDING YEAR. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-2320, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A DEALER LICENSE PLATE MAY BE USED BY A PERSON WHOSE VEHICLE IS BEING SERVICED OR REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP, PROVIDED THE VEHICLE DISPLAYING THE LICENSE PLATE IS PART OF A MANUFACTURER PROGRAM AND THE PLATE IS GIVEN TO THE PERSON BY THE DEALER AT NO CHARGE TO THE CONSUMER FOR NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A DEALER MAY BE ISSUED TWO PLATES FOR THE FIRST FIFTEEN VEHICLES SOLD DURING THE PRECEDING YEAR AND A DEALER PARTICIPATING IN A MANUFACTURER PROGRAM MAY BE ISSUED TWO ADDITIONAL PLATES FOR EACH FIFTEEN VEHICLES SOLD BEYOND THE INITIAL TWENTY DURING THE PRECEDING YEAR. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	S 488	South Carolina S 488 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Campbell Campsen Climer Grooms Johnson Peeler Reese Shealy	5	20	2	2017-02-28	2017-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/5487ee1d-1ce2-4e26-9129-c3b1f71ccc9a	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=488&session=122&summary=B	7ee2e4ee7e8205a0cf3628e3262df8b0e2c9eaa5edf3f519f6d60737b8ea6d01	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 488 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-2320, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A DEALER LICENSE PLATE MAY BE USED BY A PERSON WHOSE VEHICLE IS BEING SERVICED OR REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP, PROVIDED THE VEHICLE DISPLAYING THE LICENSE PLATE IS PART OF A MANUFACTURER PROGRAM AND THE PLATE IS GIVEN TO THE PERSON BY THE DEALER AT NO CHARGE TO THE CONSUMER FOR NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A DEALER MAY BE ISSUED TWO PLATES FOR THE FIRST FIFTEEN VEHICLES SOLD DURING THE PRECEDING YEAR AND A DEALER PARTICIPATING IN A MANUFACTURER PROGRAM MAY BE ISSUED TWO ADDITIONAL PLATES FOR EACH FIFTEEN VEHICLES SOLD BEYOND THE INITIAL TWENTY DURING THE PRECEDING YEAR. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 2/28/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/21/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/29/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/31/2017 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/4/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 36–1 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Campbell — primary (person)
• Campsen — primary (person)
• Climer — primary (person)
• Grooms — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• Peeler — primary (person)
• Reese — primary (person)
• Shealy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-28 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-03-21 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-29 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-03-29 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-03-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-29 Roll call Ayes-36 Nays-1
• 2017-03-30 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-31 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-04-04 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-04-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2017-05-04 Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
• 2017-05-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-05-09 Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-0
• 2017-05-10 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-10 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-05-15 Ratified R 85
• 2017-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-26 Effective date 5/19/17
• 2017-05-31 Act No. 57

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5487ee1d-1ce2-4e26-9129-c3b1f71ccc9a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).