republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-4953.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	State veterans' cemeteries	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 25-11-80, RELATING TO STATE VETERANS' CEMETERIES, SO AS TO REMOVE A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 4953	South Carolina H 4953 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	B.J. Cox Bustos Caskey Davis Hart Henegan J. Moore Jefferson M.M. Smith Rivers Williams	4	18	2	2024-01-25	2024-05-30	openstates	ocd-bill/90d734f5-ebd8-4508-bdd0-e73b9a83dbb0	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4953&session=125&summary=B	49aa1d0936b06c451e2bfc535874d4b7a420f8493e5efffe6d132d78be6798ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4953 (2023-2024) — State veterans' cemeteries

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 25-11-80, RELATING TO STATE VETERANS' CEMETERIES, SO AS TO REMOVE A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/25/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/27/2024 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/24/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 106–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B.J. Cox — primary (person)
• Bustos — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Hart — primary (person)
• Henegan — primary (person)
• J. Moore — primary (person)
• Jefferson — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Rivers — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-25 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-25 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2024-03-27 Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-28 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hart, Williams, Henegan, Caskey, Jefferson, J.Moore, Rivers
• 2024-03-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-28 Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-1
• 2024-03-28 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2024-03-29 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 Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-04-30 Roll call Ayes-46 Nays-0
• 2024-05-01 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-08 Ratified R 169
• 2024-05-13 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-30 Effective date 05/13/24
• 2024-05-30 Act No. 153

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90d734f5-ebd8-4508-bdd0-e73b9a83dbb0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).