republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/s-330.md

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Bill	Malicious Injury to Public Utilities	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-11-740, RELATING TO MALICIOUS INJURY TO TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE, OR ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEMS, SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERM "ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEM", TO PROVIDE CERTAIN WILFUL AND MALICIOUS ACTS CONSTITUTE VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION, TO PROVIDE A TIERED SYSTEM OF PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS, TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO USE FIREARMS OR DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES TO DESTROY OR DAMAGE UTILITY SYSTEMS AND PROVIDE PENALTIES, AND TO PROVIDE REMEDIES TO PERSONS INJURED BY VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	S 330	South Carolina S 330 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Alexander Garrett Rankin Verdin	15	37	7	2023-01-10	2023-06-26	openstates	ocd-bill/3f3181cd-edf5-4b40-b307-d2032c6a3624	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=330&session=125&summary=B	f9c81c596001446248291c2383d4d35f14581c36faae4dcc60d1b9a2de443cec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 330 (2023-2024) — Malicious Injury to Public Utilities

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-11-740, RELATING TO MALICIOUS INJURY TO TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE, OR ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEMS, SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERM "ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEM", TO PROVIDE CERTAIN WILFUL AND MALICIOUS ACTS CONSTITUTE VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION, TO PROVIDE A TIERED SYSTEM OF PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS, TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO USE FIREARMS OR DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES TO DESTROY OR DAMAGE UTILITY SYSTEMS AND PROVIDE PENALTIES, AND TO PROVIDE REMEDIES TO PERSONS INJURED BY VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/10/2023 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/09/2023 (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/22/2023 (committee substitute) — source
5. 02/27/2023 (committee substitute) — source
6. 02/27/2023-A (committee substitute) — source
7. 02/27/2023-B (committee substitute) — source
8. 03/16/2023 (committee substitute) — source
9. 03/21/2023 (committee substitute) — source
10. 03/28/2023 (committee substitute) — source
11. 05/04/2023 (committee substitute) — source
12. 05/04/2023-A (committee substitute) — source
13. 05/10/2023 (committee substitute) — source
14. 05/11/2023 (committee substitute) — source
15. 06/14/2023 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 106–0 (pass) · lower
• to adopt the conference report — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• to adopt amendment 4 — 29–15 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 0–102 (fail) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Garrett — primary (person)
• Rankin — primary (person)
• Verdin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-10 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-01-12 Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Hutto, Malloy, Gustafson, Reichenbach
• 2023-02-09 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-02-22 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-27 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-03-16 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2023-03-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-03-16 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2023-03-21 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-03-28 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-03-28 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-28 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2023-03-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-03-30 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-04 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-05-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-05-04 Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
• 2023-05-04 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2023-05-05 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-10 House amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2023-05-10 Returned to House with amendments
• 2023-05-11 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-05-16 Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
• 2023-05-16 Roll call Yeas-0 Nays-102
• 2023-06-14 Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Rankin, Sabb, Talley
• 2023-06-14 Conference committee appointed W. Newton, Bailey, Bernstein
• 2023-06-14 Conference report received and adopted
• 2023-06-14 Roll call Ayes-36 Nays-0
• 2023-06-14 Conference report received and adopted
• 2023-06-14 Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
• 2023-06-14 Ordered enrolled for ratification
• 2023-06-14 Ratified R 92
• 2023-06-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2023-06-26 Effective date 06/19/23
• 2023-06-26 Act No. 76

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f3181cd-edf5-4b40-b307-d2032c6a3624. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).