republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/h-4244.md

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Bill	Service contract requirements	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 38-78-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO SERVICE CONTRACTS, SO AS TO EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF "SERVICE CONTRACT" AND "WARRANTY" AND TO DEFINE THE TERMS "ROAD HAZARD", "THEFT PROTECTION PROGRAM", AND "THEFT PROTECTION PROGRAM WARRANTY"; TO AMEND SECTION 38-78-30, RELATING TO SERVICE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO EXCLUDE A SERVICE CONTRACT PROVIDER THAT INSURES THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER A REIMBURSEMENT INSURANCE POLICY FROM THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIREMENT FOR REGISTRATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 38-78-50, RELATING TO REQUIRED PROVISIONS IN SERVICE CONTRACTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE A CERTAIN DISCLOSURE. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	H 4244	South Carolina H 4244 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Sandifer	9	24	5	2019-03-13	2020-02-07	openstates	ocd-bill/502842c8-f69f-4b0f-a490-e10689022752	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4244&session=123&summary=B	fcd29e955cdfc6f830056e9bcb7fbb78429fe4276e5430226c5dba11b4b86e8b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4244 (2019-2020) — Service contract requirements

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 38-78-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO SERVICE CONTRACTS, SO AS TO EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF "SERVICE CONTRACT" AND "WARRANTY" AND TO DEFINE THE TERMS "ROAD HAZARD", "THEFT PROTECTION PROGRAM", AND "THEFT PROTECTION PROGRAM WARRANTY"; TO AMEND SECTION 38-78-30, RELATING TO SERVICE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO EXCLUDE A SERVICE CONTRACT PROVIDER THAT INSURES THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER A REIMBURSEMENT INSURANCE POLICY FROM THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIREMENT FOR REGISTRATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 38-78-50, RELATING TO REQUIRED PROVISIONS IN SERVICE CONTRACTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE A CERTAIN DISCLOSURE. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/15/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/13/2019 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/26/2019 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/27/2019 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/2/2019 (committee substitute) — source
7. 4/3/2019 (committee substitute) — source
8. 5/1/2019 (committee substitute) — source
9. 5/7/2019 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt Amendment 2A — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Amendment 1A — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• to concur — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sandifer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-03-13 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-04-02 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-04-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-04-02 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
• 2019-04-03 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-03 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-04-03 Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-05-01 Committee report: Favorable Banking and Insurance committee-passage-favorable
• 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
• 2020-01-15 Senate amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2020-01-15 Returned to Senate with amendments
• 2020-01-21 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2020-01-21 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2020-01-29 Ratified R 117
• 2020-02-03 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2020-02-05 Effective date See Act
• 2020-02-07 Act No. 115

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/502842c8-f69f-4b0f-a490-e10689022752. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).