republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/h-4963.md

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Bill	Alcohol	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 61-4-360 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PRODUCER OR WHOLESALER MAY FURNISH OR GIVE CERTAIN SAMPLES OF WINES TO A RETAILER NOT TO EXCEED THREE LITERS ANNUALLY; AND BY ADDING SECTION 61-6-1650 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PRODUCER OR WHOLESALER MAY FURNISH OR GIVE CERTAIN SAMPLES OF WINES IN EXCESS OF SIXTEEN PERCENT ALCOHOL, CORDIALS, OR DISTILLED SPIRITS TO A RETAILER NOT TO EXCEED THREE LITERS ANNUALLY. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	H 4963	South Carolina H 4963 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Atkinson B. Newton Bailey Bamberg Bannister Bernstein Bradley Caskey Clary Collins Daning Davis Elliott Erickson Felder Finlay Fry Hardee Herbkersman Hewitt Hyde King Kirby Mace Martin Moore Murphy Oremus Ott Ridgeway Rose Rutherford Sandifer Simrill Sottile Tallon W. Newton Wheeler Wooten	5	18	2	2020-01-16	2020-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/78422053-f5ee-4acf-b5fb-b1250ca19a5f	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4963&session=123&summary=B	1ba2dc44b71316003e6c7506f1cde34534d97bb3ffe28c924a1863822fae87b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4963 (2019-2020) — Alcohol

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 61-4-360 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PRODUCER OR WHOLESALER MAY FURNISH OR GIVE CERTAIN SAMPLES OF WINES TO A RETAILER NOT TO EXCEED THREE LITERS ANNUALLY; AND BY ADDING SECTION 61-6-1650 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PRODUCER OR WHOLESALER MAY FURNISH OR GIVE CERTAIN SAMPLES OF WINES IN EXCESS OF SIXTEEN PERCENT ALCOHOL, CORDIALS, OR DISTILLED SPIRITS TO A RETAILER NOT TO EXCEED THREE LITERS ANNUALLY. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/16/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/27/2020 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/4/2020 (committee substitute) — source
5. 9/15/2020 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 94–12 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 34–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Atkinson — primary (person)
• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Bailey — primary (person)
• Bamberg — primary (person)
• Bannister — primary (person)
• Bernstein — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)
• Clary — primary (person)
• Collins — primary (person)
• Daning — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Finlay — primary (person)
• Fry — primary (person)
• Hardee — primary (person)
• Herbkersman — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Hyde — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Kirby — primary (person)
• Mace — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• Moore — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Ott — primary (person)
• Ridgeway — primary (person)
• Rose — primary (person)
• Rutherford — primary (person)
• Sandifer — primary (person)
• Simrill — primary (person)
• Sottile — primary (person)
• Tallon — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Wheeler — primary (person)
• Wooten — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-16 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-03 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson
• 2020-03-04 Amended amendment-passage
• 2020-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-04 Roll call Yeas-94 Nays-12
• 2020-03-05 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2020-03-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2020-03-10 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-09-15 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 2020-09-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-09-16 Roll call Ayes-34 Nays-4
• 2020-09-22 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2020-09-25 Ratified R 188
• 2020-09-28 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2020-10-02 Effective date 09/28/20
• 2020-10-02 Act No. 161

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78422053-f5ee-4acf-b5fb-b1250ca19a5f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).