republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-4612.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	Aerial hunting of feral hogs	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 55-3-110, RELATING TO HUNTING ANIMALS FROM AIRCRAFT, SO AS TO PROVIDE PERSONS POSSESSING A PERMIT ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MAY HUNT FROM AIRCRAFT; AND BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-1190 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MAY ISSUE PERMITS FOR THE TAKING OF FERAL HOGS WHILE AIRBORNE IN A HELICOPTER UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS PROVISION. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 4612	South Carolina H 4612 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	B.J. Cox Bannister Brewer Caskey Chapman Connell Elliott Forrest Gatch Hager Hardee Hartnett Hixon Mitchell Murphy Pope Robbins Taylor Wooten	5	23	2	2023-11-16	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/20eae2b9-b532-4d8c-9117-c455a650fb62	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4612&session=125&summary=B	e5a628109562025e8cf0a54fc9def432176bfcfe8e5a530acc4934c8cf856e01	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4612 (2023-2024) — Aerial hunting of feral hogs

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 55-3-110, RELATING TO HUNTING ANIMALS FROM AIRCRAFT, SO AS TO PROVIDE PERSONS POSSESSING A PERMIT ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MAY HUNT FROM AIRCRAFT; AND BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-1190 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MAY ISSUE PERMITS FOR THE TAKING OF FERAL HOGS WHILE AIRBORNE IN A HELICOPTER UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS PROVISION. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/28/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/06/2024 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/16/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 11/16/2023 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B.J. Cox — primary (person)
• Bannister — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)
• Chapman — primary (person)
• Connell — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Gatch — primary (person)
• Hager — primary (person)
• Hardee — primary (person)
• Hartnett — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Mitchell — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Wooten — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-11-16 Prefiled filing
• 2023-11-16 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hardee
• 2024-01-31 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brewer, Robbins, Gatch, Murphy, Connell, Mitchell, Hager
• 2024-02-28 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey
• 2024-03-05 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest, Wooten, Elliott, B.J.Cox, Bannister
• 2024-03-06 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-03-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-06 Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
• 2024-03-07 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-03-12 Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry referral-committee
• 2024-04-16 Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-04-18 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2024-04-25 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-08 Ratified R 159
• 2024-05-13 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 05/13/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 144

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20eae2b9-b532-4d8c-9117-c455a650fb62. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).