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Bill	Animal cruelty and care	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 47-1-225 SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT MAGISTRATES AND MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES RECEIVE AT LEAST TWO HOURS OF INSTRUCTIONS ON ISSUES CONCERNING ANIMAL CRUELTY EVERY FOUR YEARS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-3-10, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO DOMESTIC PETS, SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERM "LITTER"; TO AMEND SECTION 47-3-60, RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF IMPOUNDED ANIMALS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE AN ANIMAL SHELTER TO TURN OVER A LITTER OF UNIDENTIFIABLE DOGS OR CATS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; BY ADDING SECTION 47-1-145 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE CUSTODY AND CARE OF AN ANIMAL AFTER THE ARREST OF THE ANIMAL'S OWNER FOR CHARGES RELATED TO ANIMAL CRUELTY; TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-9600, RELATING TO THE SPECIAL FUND TO SUPPORT LOCAL ANIMAL SPAYING AND NEUTERING PROGRAMS, SO AS TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR THE AWARD OF GRANTS TO SPAYING AND NEUTERING PROGRAMS; TO AMEND SECTION 40-69-30, RELATING TO A LICENSE TO PRACTICE VETERINARY MEDICINE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A VETERINARIAN LICENSED IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION MAY OBTAIN AN EMERGENCY LIMITED LICENSE DURING AN EMERGENCY OR NATURAL DISASTER; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-3-470, 47-3-480, AND 47-3-490, ALL RELATING TO THE STERILIZATION OF DOGS AND CATS, SO AS TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO "ANIMAL REFUGE" AND REPLACE IT WITH "RESCUE ORGANIZATION". - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	S 105	South Carolina S 105 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Campbell Rankin Sheheen Verdin	9	26	2	2018-12-12	2019-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/e3ae8e61-5bdc-4948-b6f8-73649e0002ec	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=105&session=123&summary=B	6d7b5aea721008ad4301150ed0ff5c3faa419690feaa73cd6a8c78e3bbc99237	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 105 (2019-2020) — Animal cruelty and care

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 47-1-225 SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT MAGISTRATES AND MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES RECEIVE AT LEAST TWO HOURS OF INSTRUCTIONS ON ISSUES CONCERNING ANIMAL CRUELTY EVERY FOUR YEARS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-3-10, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO DOMESTIC PETS, SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERM "LITTER"; TO AMEND SECTION 47-3-60, RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF IMPOUNDED ANIMALS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE AN ANIMAL SHELTER TO TURN OVER A LITTER OF UNIDENTIFIABLE DOGS OR CATS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; BY ADDING SECTION 47-1-145 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE CUSTODY AND CARE OF AN ANIMAL AFTER THE ARREST OF THE ANIMAL'S OWNER FOR CHARGES RELATED TO ANIMAL CRUELTY; TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-9600, RELATING TO THE SPECIAL FUND TO SUPPORT LOCAL ANIMAL SPAYING AND NEUTERING PROGRAMS, SO AS TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR THE AWARD OF GRANTS TO SPAYING AND NEUTERING PROGRAMS; TO AMEND SECTION 40-69-30, RELATING TO A LICENSE TO PRACTICE VETERINARY MEDICINE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A VETERINARIAN LICENSED IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION MAY OBTAIN AN EMERGENCY LIMITED LICENSE DURING AN EMERGENCY OR NATURAL DISASTER; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-3-470, 47-3-480, AND 47-3-490, ALL RELATING TO THE STERILIZATION OF DOGS AND CATS, SO AS TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO "ANIMAL REFUGE" AND REPLACE IT WITH "RESCUE ORGANIZATION". - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/30/2019 (committee substitute) — source
3. 12/12/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 2/28/2019 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/27/2019 (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/28/2019 (committee substitute) — source
7. 3/7/2019 (committee substitute) — source
8. 5/2/2019 (committee substitute) — source
9. 5/8/2019 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 101–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Campbell — primary (person)
• Rankin — primary (person)
• Sheheen — primary (person)
• Verdin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-12 Prefiled filing
• 2018-12-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2019-01-08 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2019-01-29 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture and Natural Resources committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-01-30 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-02-28 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-02-28 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-03-07 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-03-27 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-03-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-03-27 Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-1
• 2019-03-28 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2019-03-28 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-04-02 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-04-02 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-05-02 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-08 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-05-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-05-08 Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
• 2019-05-09 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2019-05-09 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2019-05-13 Ratified R 63
• 2019-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-31 Effective date 05/16/19
• 2019-06-05 Act No. 43

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3ae8e61-5bdc-4948-b6f8-73649e0002ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).