republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-5069.md

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Bill	SC Protected Lands and Conservation Coordination Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING CHAPTER 61 TO TITLE 48 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE "SOUTH CAROLINA PROTECTED LANDS AND CONSERVATION COORDINATION ACT"; TO RECOGNIZE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AS AN IMPORTANT STATE INTEREST; AND TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE PROTECTED LAND BENCHMARK. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 5069	South Carolina H 5069 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Anderson B. Newton Ballentine Bauer Bernstein Bowers Bradley Brewer Brittain Bustos C. Mitchell Caskey Chapman Collins Cox Cromer D. Mitchell Davis Duncan Erickson Ford Gagnon Gatch Gibson Gilliam Gilliard Gilreath Govan Guest Guffey Haddon Hartnett Hartz Herbkersman Hiott Hixon Holman J.L. Johnson Jones Jordan Kirby Lawson Ligon Lowe Luck M.M. Smith Martin McCravy McDaniel Montgomery Neese Oremus Pedalino Pope Reese Rivers Robbins Sanders Sessions Stavrinakis T. Moore Teeple W. Newton Wetmore Wooten Yow	8	26	3	2026-01-29	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/321a1982-e1de-440e-a4d7-94af1a2af806	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5069&session=126&summary=B	905d46a1e14abe8d080e469c42ef9dcd9f9f2f317bf7db273240882f30301e6e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 5069 (2025-2026) — SC Protected Lands and Conservation Coordination Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING CHAPTER 61 TO TITLE 48 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE "SOUTH CAROLINA PROTECTED LANDS AND CONSERVATION COORDINATION ACT"; TO RECOGNIZE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AS AN IMPORTANT STATE INTEREST; AND TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE PROTECTED LAND BENCHMARK. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/02/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/13/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/28/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/06/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/06/2026-A (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/07/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 107–2 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 41–2 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 110–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anderson — primary (person)
• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Ballentine — primary (person)
• Bauer — primary (person)
• Bernstein — primary (person)
• Bowers — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• Brittain — primary (person)
• Bustos — primary (person)
• C. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)
• Chapman — primary (person)
• Collins — primary (person)
• Cox — primary (person)
• Cromer — primary (person)
• D. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Duncan — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Ford — primary (person)
• Gagnon — primary (person)
• Gatch — primary (person)
• Gibson — primary (person)
• Gilliam — primary (person)
• Gilliard — primary (person)
• Gilreath — primary (person)
• Govan — primary (person)
• Guest — primary (person)
• Guffey — primary (person)
• Haddon — primary (person)
• Hartnett — primary (person)
• Hartz — primary (person)
• Herbkersman — primary (person)
• Hiott — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Holman — primary (person)
• J.L. Johnson — primary (person)
• Jones — primary (person)
• Jordan — primary (person)
• Kirby — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• Lowe — primary (person)
• Luck — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• McDaniel — primary (person)
• Montgomery — primary (person)
• Neese — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Pedalino — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Reese — primary (person)
• Rivers — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• Sanders — primary (person)
• Sessions — primary (person)
• Stavrinakis — primary (person)
• T. Moore — primary (person)
• Teeple — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Wetmore — primary (person)
• Wooten — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-29 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2026-03-24 Recalled from Committee on Ways and Means
• 2026-03-24 Committed to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2026-04-02 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer, Oremus
• 2026-04-02 Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-13 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-04-14 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Davis, Gilliard, Gibson, McCravy, C.Mitchell
• 2026-04-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-14 Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-2
• 2026-04-15 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-15 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-04-15 Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-04-28 Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and Natural Resources committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-06 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-05-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-06 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-2
• 2026-05-07 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-05-07 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-12 Debate adjourned
• 2026-05-13 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-13 Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-2
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 209
• 2026-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-02 Effective date 05/18/26
• 2026-06-02 Act No. 190

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/321a1982-e1de-440e-a4d7-94af1a2af806. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).