republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-165.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	South Carolina Conservation Education Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SOUTH CAROLINA CONSERVATION EDUCATION ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 50-9-980 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONSERVATION EDUCATION FUND AND THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH REVENUES IN THE FUND MAY BE EXPENDED. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 165	South Carolina S 165 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Campsen Graham Sutton	4	18	2	2025-01-14	2025-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/dfe57e70-5467-41f1-bce6-2e8a4c47aa65	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=165&session=126&summary=B	03d043dbc76c91aa640e56fda96f78bacd93dd72d2a28c93320952803f9c1863	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 165 (2025-2026) — South Carolina Conservation Education Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SOUTH CAROLINA CONSERVATION EDUCATION ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 50-9-980 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONSERVATION EDUCATION FUND AND THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH REVENUES IN THE FUND MAY BE EXPENDED. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/14/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/19/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/29/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 92–11 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Campsen — primary (person)
• Graham — primary (person)
• Sutton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-14 Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry referral-committee
• 2025-02-19 Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-03-19 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2025-03-20 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-25 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-03-25 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-04-29 Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-01 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Harris, Edgerton, Frank, Magnuson, Kilmartin, Beach, White, Cromer, Morgan
• 2025-05-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Roll call Yeas-92 Nays-11
• 2025-05-01 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2025-05-02 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-06 Ratified R 30
• 2025-05-08 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-16 Effective date 05/08/25
• 2025-05-16 Act No. 15

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dfe57e70-5467-41f1-bce6-2e8a4c47aa65. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).