republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/s-281.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Guide dogs	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTIONS 47-3-980 AND 47-3-990 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT INTENTIONAL MISREPRESENTATION OF A SERVICE ANIMAL IS UNLAWFUL, TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; TO AMEND SECTION 56-7-10, RELATING TO OFFENSES FOR WHICH UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKETS MUST BE USED, SO AS TO ADD THE OFFENSE OF MISREPRESENTING SERVICE ANIMALS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-3-920 AND 47-3-970, RELATING TO TERMS DEFINED IN LAYLA'S LAW AND RESTITUTION REQUIREMENTS, RESPECTIVELY, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 31-21-70, RELATING TO FAIR HOUSING APPLICATIONS, SO AS TO ALLOW LANDLORDS TO ASK CERTAIN QUESTIONS REGARDING A TENANT'S OR PROSPECTIVE TENANT'S ANIMAL FOR PURPOSES OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	S 281	South Carolina S 281 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Campbell Martin Talley	10	25	2	2018-12-12	2019-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/a0571faa-30fe-4cdf-942e-b33b562016cd	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=281&session=123&summary=B	73ef766800308c72254cb303dbb3afe363b164fffad990aed6c3326f0b58a071	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 281 (2019-2020) — Guide dogs

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTIONS 47-3-980 AND 47-3-990 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT INTENTIONAL MISREPRESENTATION OF A SERVICE ANIMAL IS UNLAWFUL, TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; TO AMEND SECTION 56-7-10, RELATING TO OFFENSES FOR WHICH UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKETS MUST BE USED, SO AS TO ADD THE OFFENSE OF MISREPRESENTING SERVICE ANIMALS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-3-920 AND 47-3-970, RELATING TO TERMS DEFINED IN LAYLA'S LAW AND RESTITUTION REQUIREMENTS, RESPECTIVELY, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 31-21-70, RELATING TO FAIR HOUSING APPLICATIONS, SO AS TO ALLOW LANDLORDS TO ASK CERTAIN QUESTIONS REGARDING A TENANT'S OR PROSPECTIVE TENANT'S ANIMAL FOR PURPOSES OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 12/12/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 4/10/2019 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/10/2019-A (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/11/2019 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/2/2019 (committee substitute) — source
7. 4/3/2019 (committee substitute) — source
8. 4/9/2019 (committee substitute) — source
9. 5/2/2019 (committee substitute) — source
10. 5/3/2019 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 106–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Campbell — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• Talley — 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
• 2019-04-02 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture and Natural Resources committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-04-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-04-09 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-04-09 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-04-10 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-04-10 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-04-10 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-10 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2019-04-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-04-11 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-04-11 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-05-02 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-05-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-05-08 Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
• 2019-05-09 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2019-05-13 Ratified R 64
• 2019-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-31 Effective date 05/16/19
• 2019-06-05 Act No. 44

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a0571faa-30fe-4cdf-942e-b33b562016cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).