republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/s-996.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	Public Utilities Review Committee	AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REVIEW COMMITTEE TO EXTEND THE SCREENING FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, SEATS 1, 3, 5, AND 7; TO REQUIRE THESE POSITIONS TO BE ADVERTISED FOR AN ADDITIONAL TIME PERIOD AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CERTAIN PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS; TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM FEBRUARY 3, 2020, THROUGH NOON ON FEBRUARY 28, 2020; TO PROVIDE WHO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REVIEW COMMITTEE MAY CONSIDER; TO PROVIDE WHEN TRANSCRIPTS FROM PUBLIC HEARINGS MAY BE RELEASED; AND TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REVIEW COMMITTEE. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	S 996	South Carolina S 996 (2019-2020)	joint resolution		enacted	Alexander Hutto Rankin	8	23	4	2020-01-14	2020-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/e5fea1f5-96ad-4e27-8f2e-b8353c1a91f4	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=996&session=123&summary=B	b26a46f4b585c9345d86f8d17897ce6fb79397a5e8593c9110d5a57f212f47a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 996 (2019-2020) — Public Utilities Review Committee

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REVIEW COMMITTEE TO EXTEND THE SCREENING FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, SEATS 1, 3, 5, AND 7; TO REQUIRE THESE POSITIONS TO BE ADVERTISED FOR AN ADDITIONAL TIME PERIOD AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CERTAIN PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS; TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM FEBRUARY 3, 2020, THROUGH NOON ON FEBRUARY 28, 2020; TO PROVIDE WHO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REVIEW COMMITTEE MAY CONSIDER; TO PROVIDE WHEN TRANSCRIPTS FROM PUBLIC HEARINGS MAY BE RELEASED; AND TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REVIEW COMMITTEE. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/14/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 1/15/2020 (committee substitute) — source
4. 1/16/2020 (committee substitute) — source
5. 1/21/2020 (committee substitute) — source
6. 1/23/2020 (committee substitute) — source
7. 1/30/2020 (committee substitute) — source
8. 1/31/2020 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 78–32 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 79–19 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Waive Rule 5.15 Printing — 76–31 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Hutto — primary (person)
• Rankin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-14 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 2020-01-15 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-16 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2020-01-16 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-16 Roll call Ayes-37 Nays-0
• 2020-01-21 Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-22 Requests for debate-Rep(s). King, Rutherford, Cobb-Hunter, Ott, Brawley, Govan, Garvin, Matthews, Bamberg, S Williams, Gilliard, Fry, Crawford, Clemmons, Moore
• 2020-01-23 Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). King, Fry, Crawford, Rutherford, S Williams, Ott, Brawley, Garvin, Matthews, Clemmons, Cobb-Hunter, Moore
• 2020-01-23 Amended amendment-passage
• 2020-01-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-23 Roll call Yeas-78 Nays-32
• 2020-01-28 Returned to Senate with amendments
• 2020-01-30 House amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2020-01-30 Returned to House with amendments
• 2020-01-31 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2020-02-05 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2020-02-05 Roll call Yeas-79 Nays-19
• 2020-02-06 Ratified R 118
• 2020-02-06 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2020-02-11 Effective date 02/06/2020
• 2020-10-09 Act No. 181

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5fea1f5-96ad-4e27-8f2e-b8353c1a91f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).