republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/h-3916.md

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Bill	Vehicle registration	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-2615, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER A MOTOR VEHICLE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO FAILS TO REGISTER A MOTOR VEHICLE IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND, UPON CONVICTION, MUST BE FINED NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR IMPRISONED FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY DAYS, OR BOTH. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	H 3916	South Carolina H 3916 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Chellis Kimmons Murphy Pope Simrill	6	21	3	2019-02-06	2019-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/0eed6904-d28f-4255-97cb-d09c3fe13b7d	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3916&session=123&summary=B	e99b9d250b0c7980a1120c3cb1725996397905b9904f928c0852569ab6fc1f11	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3916 (2019-2020) — Vehicle registration

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-2615, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER A MOTOR VEHICLE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO FAILS TO REGISTER A MOTOR VEHICLE IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND, UPON CONVICTION, MUST BE FINED NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR IMPRISONED FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY DAYS, OR BOTH. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 2/21/2019 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/6/2019 (committee substitute) — source
4. 5/1/2019 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/7/2019 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/9/2019 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 67–36 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chellis — primary (person)
• Kimmons — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Simrill — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-06 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-21 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-27 Roll call Yeas-67 Nays-36
• 2019-02-27 Motion to reconsider tabled
• 2019-02-28 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-28 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 Recalled from Committee on Finance
• 2019-05-07 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-05-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-05-07 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2019-05-08 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2019-05-09 Senate amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2019-05-09 Returned to Senate with amendments
• 2019-05-09 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2019-05-13 Ratified R 89
• 2019-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-31 Effective date 05/16/19
• 2019-06-05 Act No. 69

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0eed6904-d28f-4255-97cb-d09c3fe13b7d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).