republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-4871.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	Protecting farm animals in transport	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 47-9-420 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE INTERFERENCE OR INTERACTION WITH FARM ANIMALS BEING TRANSPORTED BY A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT PERMISSION. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 4871	South Carolina H 4871 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Forrest Haddon Ligon	7	25	3	2024-01-17	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/98c5eda0-3bde-47eb-93f5-e837cc806d76	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4871&session=125&summary=B	c62289e4109f6b036a582bcf79bfe55d5e57474f41bd783fd3a006ece43c0501	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4871 (2023-2024) — Protecting farm animals in transport

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 47-9-420 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE INTERFERENCE OR INTERACTION WITH FARM ANIMALS BEING TRANSPORTED BY A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT PERMISSION. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/17/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/07/2024 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/26/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/27/2024 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/11/2024 (committee substitute) — source
7. 04/17/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Forrest — primary (person)
• Haddon — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-17 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-17 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2024-03-07 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Debate adjourned
• 2024-03-21 Debate adjourned
• 2024-03-26 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-03-26 Debate adjourned
• 2024-03-27 Debate adjourned
• 2024-03-27 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-03-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-27 Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
• 2024-03-28 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-02 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-04-02 Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-04-11 Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and Natural Resources committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-17 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-04-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-04-17 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2024-04-18 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-24 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2024-04-24 Roll call Yeas-76 Nays-27
• 2024-05-08 Ratified R 164
• 2024-05-13 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 05/13/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 148

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98c5eda0-3bde-47eb-93f5-e837cc806d76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).