republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-421.md

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Bill	Unemployment security benefits	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-35-320, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT SECURITY BENEFITS WHEN FEDERALLY FUNDED, SO AS TO REDUCE THE LOOKBACK PERIOD FROM THREE YEARS TO TWO YEARS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER THERE IS AN "ON" INDICATOR FOR THIS STATE. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 421	South Carolina S 421 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Alexander	6	17	2	2021-01-12	2021-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/3c52b93b-a09b-4dd2-86ed-4856f5565fcb	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=421&session=124&summary=B	510255f1a28e3805aad22561cc913fbf8c7ce403e597c75d1ccfe817c042cc42	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 421 (2021-2022) — Unemployment security benefits

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-35-320, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT SECURITY BENEFITS WHEN FEDERALLY FUNDED, SO AS TO REDUCE THE LOOKBACK PERIOD FROM THREE YEARS TO TWO YEARS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER THERE IS AN "ON" INDICATOR FOR THIS STATE. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/12/2021 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/16/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 2/16/2021-A (committee substitute) — source
5. 2/17/2021 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/29/2021 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2021-02-16 Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-17 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-18 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2021-02-23 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-24 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-24 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2021-04-29 Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-05-04 Roll call Yeas-97 Nays-0
• 2021-05-05 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-13 Ratified R 60
• 2021-05-17 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-01 Effective date 05/17/21
• 2021-06-01 Act No. 47

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c52b93b-a09b-4dd2-86ed-4856f5565fcb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).