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Veterans Affairs

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1-30-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT, SO AS TO INCLUDE THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS; BY ADDING SECTION 1-30-130 SO AS TO ENUMERATE THE ASSETS, RIGHTS, AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE FORMER DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS; TO AMEND CHAPTER 11, TITLE 25, RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, SO AS TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, REDESIGNATE THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS AS THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS; TO ESTABLISH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT A SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE, AND TO ENUMERATE THE SECRETARY'S POWERS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS; TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "VETERAN" FOR PURPOSES OF APPOINTING COUNTY VETERANS' AFFAIRS OFFICERS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A COUNTY VETERANS' AFFAIRS OFFICER IS AN AT-WILL EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT WHO MAY BE REMOVED FOR CAUSE AT ANY TIME BY THE DEPARTMENT SECRETARY, A MAJORITY OF THE SENATORS REPRESENTING THE COUNTY, AND A MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE COUNTY; TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE CHAPTER; TO ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY BASE TASK FORCE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TASK FORCE'S COMPOSITION, POWERS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES; AND TO PROVIDE COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO THE REDESIGNATION OF THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS AS THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS. - ratified title

us/states/sc

South Carolina General Assembly

2019-2020

H 3438

South Carolina H 3438 (2019-2020)

bill

enacted

B. Cox

Caskey

Cobb-Hunter

Davis

Hixon

Huggins

Mace

McCravy

Pitts

Taylor

W. Cox

2018-12-18

2019-05-06

openstates

ocd-bill/3aa768e2-056b-4544-9408-c6cc40d82fa8

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3438&session=123&summary=B

7c15bd68137bbd9a24413675deb299f7dcb59fbcd61896a811129a98a3ed424f

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

reported

legislation

bill

us-sc

South Carolina H 3438 (2019-2020) — Veterans Affairs

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

Filed (filed) — source
12/18/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2/21/2019 (committee substitute) — source
2/27/2019 (committee substitute) — source
2/28/2019 (committee substitute) — source
3/13/2019 (committee substitute) — source
3/14/2019 (committee substitute) — source
3/20/2019 (committee substitute) — source
3/21/2019 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
Passage of Bill — 105–0 (pass) · lower
Concur in Senate Amendments — 81–29 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2018-12-18 Prefiled filing
2018-12-18 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
2019-01-08 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
2019-01-16 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
2019-01-16 Committed to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
2019-02-07 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cobb-Hunter
2019-02-20 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon
2019-02-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Cox, Taylor, Davis
2019-02-21 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
2019-02-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey
2019-02-27 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Mace
2019-02-27 Amended amendment-passage
2019-02-27 Read second time reading-2
2019-02-27 Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
2019-02-28 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
2019-02-28 Scrivener's error corrected
2019-02-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
2019-02-28 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
2019-03-13 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
2019-03-14 Scrivener's error corrected
2019-03-20 Committee Amendment Amended and Adopted amendment-amendment, amendment-passage
2019-03-20 Read second time reading-2
2019-03-20 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
2019-03-21 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
2019-03-21 Scrivener's error corrected
2019-04-03 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
2019-04-03 Roll call Yeas-81 Nays-29
2019-04-25 Ratified R 39
2019-04-26 Signed By Governor executive-signature
2019-05-03 Effective date 07/01/19
2019-05-06 Act No. 26

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3aa768e2-056b-4544-9408-c6cc40d82fa8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).

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