republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/h-3541.md

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Bill	Fires	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 48-35-55 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE REGULATION OF FIRES BY THE STATE FORESTER DOES NOT APPLY TO FIRES USED FOR THE PREPARATION OF FOOD OR FIRES USED IN APPROPRIATE ENCLOSURES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 48-23-96, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CARRY OUT THE ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSION, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR THE ISSUANCE OF WARNING TICKETS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 3541	South Carolina H 3541 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Burns Forrest Hixon	6	20	2	2020-12-16	2021-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/35c49f63-0d31-455e-a866-73c39acd845c	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3541&session=124&summary=B	086d7afeac47d59bfb458af860c0e1dcbc6136fe54cbd61a4115a716cdff2c79	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3541 (2021-2022) — Fires

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 48-35-55 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE REGULATION OF FIRES BY THE STATE FORESTER DOES NOT APPLY TO FIRES USED FOR THE PREPARATION OF FOOD OR FIRES USED IN APPROPRIATE ENCLOSURES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 48-23-96, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CARRY OUT THE ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSION, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR THE ISSUANCE OF WARNING TICKETS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 12/16/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/11/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/16/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/17/2021 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/27/2021 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burns — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-16 Prefiled filing
• 2020-12-16 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-03-11 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-16 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-03-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-03-16 Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
• 2021-03-17 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-17 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-03-17 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-17 Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-04-27 Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and Natural Resources committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-04-29 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2021-05-04 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-13 Ratified R 88
• 2021-05-17 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-01 Effective date 05/17/21
• 2021-06-01 Act No. 72

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35c49f63-0d31-455e-a866-73c39acd845c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).