republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-533.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	Subminimum wages prohibited	A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF SECTION 14(c) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 TO PAY SUBMINIMUM WAGES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; AND TO ENACT THE "EMPLOYMENT FIRST INITIATIVE ACT", SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS, ENCOURAGE STATE AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO ENCOURAGE COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, TO CREATE THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMPLOYMENT FIRST OVERSIGHT COMMISSION, AND TO OUTLINE ITS DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 533	South Carolina S 533 (2021-2022)	joint resolution		enacted	Allen Gambrell Gustafson Jackson Malloy McElveen Shealy Stephens Williams	11	28	5	2021-02-09	2022-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/324257b6-46e7-4c73-b18a-5bce976ace06	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=533&session=124&summary=B	cf705c11fb54fb15d5ffb299191ed93db7ad5dad12cb3d8c61206d84598d0c91	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 533 (2021-2022) — Subminimum wages prohibited

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF SECTION 14(c) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 TO PAY SUBMINIMUM WAGES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; AND TO ENACT THE "EMPLOYMENT FIRST INITIATIVE ACT", SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS, ENCOURAGE STATE AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO ENCOURAGE COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, TO CREATE THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMPLOYMENT FIRST OVERSIGHT COMMISSION, AND TO OUTLINE ITS DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 2/9/2021 (committee substitute) — source
3. 4/28/2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/6/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/7/2021 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/8/2021 (committee substitute) — source
7. 4/8/2021-A (committee substitute) — source
8. 5/11/2022 (committee substitute) — source
9. 5/2/2022 (committee substitute) — source
10. 5/4/2022 (committee substitute) — source
11. 5/5/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 101–2 (pass) · lower
• to adopt — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Waive Rule 5.15 Printing — 94–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 104–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Gambrell — primary (person)
• Gustafson — primary (person)
• Jackson — primary (person)
• Malloy — primary (person)
• McElveen — primary (person)
• Shealy — primary (person)
• Stephens — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-09 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2021-04-06 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-07 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-04-07 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-04-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-04-08 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-04-08 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-04-08 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-08 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2021-04-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-04-13 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2022-04-28 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-02 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-05-04 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-05-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-05-04 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-4
• 2022-05-05 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-05 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-05-11 House amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2022-05-11 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2022-05-11 Returned to House with amendments
• 2022-05-12 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2022-05-12 Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-2
• 2022-05-18 Ratified R 237
• 2022-05-23 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-06-01 Effective date 05/23/22
• 2022-06-01 Act No. 209

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/324257b6-46e7-4c73-b18a-5bce976ace06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).