republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/h-3271.md

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Bill	Name change, petitions	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 15-49-10 AND 15-49-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PETITIONS FOR A CHANGE OF NAME, SO AS TO REQUIRE A PETITIONER TO HAVE RESIDED IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A NAME CHANGE, WITH EXCEPTIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 3271	South Carolina H 3271 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Caskey Collins G.M. Smith Govan Henderson-Myers Hyde King McDaniel Morgan T. Moore Weeks	6	25	4	2020-12-09	2022-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/ab7affea-8284-4ee2-831a-ea5236bf345d	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3271&session=124&summary=B	dc882e82799997123875ca430a3d645e3187664c02fee667f1b588e02ee44da2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3271 (2021-2022) — Name change, petitions

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 15-49-10 AND 15-49-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PETITIONS FOR A CHANGE OF NAME, SO AS TO REQUIRE A PETITIONER TO HAVE RESIDED IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A NAME CHANGE, WITH EXCEPTIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 12/9/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/9/2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/20/2022 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/5/2022 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/6/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 106–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Caskey — primary (person)
• Collins — primary (person)
• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Govan — primary (person)
• Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
• Hyde — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• McDaniel — primary (person)
• Morgan — primary (person)
• T. Moore — primary (person)
• Weeks — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-09 Prefiled filing
• 2020-12-09 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan, Hyde, T.Moore, Weeks, G.M.Smith, King, McDaniel, Collins, Morgan, Caskey
• 2022-03-09 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-10 Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
• 2022-03-10 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2022-03-11 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-15 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2022-03-15 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-04-20 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-05-03 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2022-05-05 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-05-05 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-05 Roll call Ayes-35 Nays-0
• 2022-05-06 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-05-11 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2022-05-11 Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
• 2022-05-12 Ratified R 199
• 2022-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-31 Effective date 05/16/22
• 2022-05-31 Act No. 183

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab7affea-8284-4ee2-831a-ea5236bf345d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).