republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-3952.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	Consumer affairs	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 37-2-307, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SALES CONTRACT CLOSING FEES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE CLOSING FEE TO BE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED WITH THE ADVERTISED PRICE, TO REQUIRE THE FEE BE REASONABLE, AND TO SPECIFY THE MANNER IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS IS TO PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT MEASURES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 3952	South Carolina H 3952 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Alexander Atkinson B. Newton Ballentine Bannister Bradley Brewer Connell Crawford Cromer Davis Erickson Felder Forrest G.M. Smith Guest Guffey Hager Hardee Herbkersman Hixon Hyde Lawson Ligon Long M.M. Smith Magnuson Mitchell Moss Murphy Ott Pope Robbins Sandifer Sessions Stavrinakis T. Moore W. Newton Wetmore White Williams Willis Wooten Yow	9	31	3	2023-02-14	2023-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/9d3dfa36-c379-4e39-b5d1-4aa75f94a63e	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3952&session=125&summary=B	89f90d9280b952f9adfcc996cecfc38924502fcb162c06ad3cc4a6e7582af286	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3952 (2023-2024) — Consumer affairs

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 37-2-307, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SALES CONTRACT CLOSING FEES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE CLOSING FEE TO BE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED WITH THE ADVERTISED PRICE, TO REQUIRE THE FEE BE REASONABLE, AND TO SPECIFY THE MANNER IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS IS TO PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT MEASURES. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 2/14/2023 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/28/2023 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/29/2023 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/29/2023-A (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/31/2023 (committee substitute) — source
7. 4/25/2023 (committee substitute) — source
8. 5/3/2023 (committee substitute) — source
9. 5/5/2023 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Atkinson — primary (person)
• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Ballentine — primary (person)
• Bannister — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• Connell — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Cromer — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Guest — primary (person)
• Guffey — primary (person)
• Hager — primary (person)
• Hardee — primary (person)
• Herbkersman — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Hyde — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Magnuson — primary (person)
• Mitchell — primary (person)
• Moss — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Ott — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• Sandifer — primary (person)
• Sessions — primary (person)
• Stavrinakis — primary (person)
• T. Moore — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Wetmore — primary (person)
• White — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)
• Willis — primary (person)
• Wooten — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-14 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2023-02-15 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Connell, Hager, Atkinson, Moss, Stavrinakis, Yow, Mitchell, Ligon
• 2023-02-16 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.Newton, Williams, T.Moore, Lawson
• 2023-02-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins, Brewer, Murphy, Wooten, Cromer, Magnuson, Pope, Hixon, Forrest, M.M.Smith, Davis, Ballentine, Erickson, Guest
• 2023-02-22 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ott, Willis
• 2023-03-07 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sandifer, White
• 2023-03-28 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hardee, Long
• 2023-03-29 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-03-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-03-29 Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
• 2023-03-29 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-03-30 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-03-30 Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance referral-committee
• 2023-03-31 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-04-25 Recalled from Committee on Banking and Insurance
• 2023-05-02 Debate adjourned
• 2023-05-02 Roll call Ayes-xxx Nays-xxx
• 2023-05-03 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-05-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-05-03 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2023-05-04 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-05 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-05-10 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2023-05-10 Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
• 2023-05-11 Ratified R 54
• 2023-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-26 Effective date 05/16/23
• 2023-05-26 Act No. 45

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d3dfa36-c379-4e39-b5d1-4aa75f94a63e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).