republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-222.md

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Bill	Utility terrain vehicle	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 2, TITLE 56 SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERM "UTILITY TERRAIN VEHICLE (UTV)" AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION AND OPERATION OF UTV'S ON THE HIGHWAYS AND STREETS OF THE STATE; BY AMENDING SECTION 56-1-10, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "OFF-ROAD USE ONLY"; BY AMENDING SECTION 38-77-30, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE PASSENGER AUTOMOBILE" TO INCLUDE CERTAIN UTV'S; BY ADDING SECTION 56-2-5140 SO AS TO PROVIDE FARMERS HOLDING SCATE CARDS AND DRIVER'S LICENSES MAY OPERATE CERTAIN UTV'S WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-630, RELATING TO PRIVATE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES, SO AS TO CLASSIFY UTV'S AS PRIVATE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-2-90, RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS, SO AS TO EXEMPT CERTAIN MINOR PASSENGERS FROM WEARING SAFETY BELTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS DURING CERTAIN ATHLETIC EVENTS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 222	South Carolina S 222 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Ott Stubbs	9	25	6	2025-01-15	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/2f908e43-fd76-44cc-a271-86fc0b89a15e	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=222&session=126&summary=B	522970c72da60a37595e7965bbbc9d47123b6092435b3db32530f6c6d12ac8c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 222 (2025-2026) — Utility terrain vehicle

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 2, TITLE 56 SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERM "UTILITY TERRAIN VEHICLE (UTV)" AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION AND OPERATION OF UTV'S ON THE HIGHWAYS AND STREETS OF THE STATE; BY AMENDING SECTION 56-1-10, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "OFF-ROAD USE ONLY"; BY AMENDING SECTION 38-77-30, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE PASSENGER AUTOMOBILE" TO INCLUDE CERTAIN UTV'S; BY ADDING SECTION 56-2-5140 SO AS TO PROVIDE FARMERS HOLDING SCATE CARDS AND DRIVER'S LICENSES MAY OPERATE CERTAIN UTV'S WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-630, RELATING TO PRIVATE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES, SO AS TO CLASSIFY UTV'S AS PRIVATE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-2-90, RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS, SO AS TO EXEMPT CERTAIN MINOR PASSENGERS FROM WEARING SAFETY BELTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS DURING CERTAIN ATHLETIC EVENTS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/15/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/04/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/16/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/05/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/06/2026 (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/07/2026 (committee substitute) — source
9. 05/12/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• to adopt — 19–24 (fail) · upper
• to concur — 26–18 (pass) · upper
• to adopt amendment 1B — 22–14 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 30–14 (pass) · upper
• to adopt amendment — 29–14 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 109–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ott — primary (person)
• Stubbs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-15 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-15 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-16 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-04-16 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-04-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-29 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-05-05 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-05-05 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-05 Roll call Ayes-30 Nays-14
• 2026-05-06 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-05-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2026-05-06 Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
• 2026-05-07 Debate adjourned
• 2026-05-07 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-05-12 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-05-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-12 Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-3
• 2026-05-13 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-13 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-13 Roll call Ayes-26 Nays-18
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 133
• 2026-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-05 Effective date 11/18/26
• 2026-06-02 Act No. 164

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f908e43-fd76-44cc-a271-86fc0b89a15e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).