republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-3993.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	Venison	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-1920, RELATING TO THE SALE OF EXOTIC FARM-RAISED VENISON, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 3993	South Carolina H 3993 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Atkinson B. Newton B.L. Cox Brewer Forrest Gatch Guffey Hager Hixon Lawson Leber Mitchell Murphy Ott Robbins Sessions West Yow	4	16	2	2023-02-16	2024-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/7023f016-04bd-457f-9c8b-6d25c389f1f6	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3993&session=125&summary=B	038b8732d94f982ee2b59b4d6ec095c741f3574838c3a4efac5f0c91c5868eb4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3993 (2023-2024) — Venison

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-1920, RELATING TO THE SALE OF EXOTIC FARM-RAISED VENISON, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/08/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/16/2023 (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/02/2023 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Atkinson — primary (person)
• B. Newton — primary (person)
• B.L. Cox — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Gatch — primary (person)
• Guffey — primary (person)
• Hager — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Leber — primary (person)
• Mitchell — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Ott — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• Sessions — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-16 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2023-05-02 Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-05-03 Roll call Yeas-90 Nays-0
• 2023-05-04 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-04 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-05-04 Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-14 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-1
• 2024-02-15 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-07 Ratified R 123
• 2024-03-11 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-14 Effective date 03/11/24
• 2024-03-14 Act No. 118

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7023f016-04bd-457f-9c8b-6d25c389f1f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).