republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/h-3357.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle registration, private passenger-carrying vehicle"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-3-115 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ADD A NOTATION TO A PRIVATE PASSENGER-CARRYING MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION TO INDICATE THE VEHICLE OWNER MAY BE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 3357"
citation: "South Carolina H 3357 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brawley", "Collins", "Gilliard", "Hixon", "Huggins", "Taylor", "Wooten"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06362aa5-e217-4600-a1b3-5636b383ed2b"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3357&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "2b1621abd689be132a7f075239baa978b2717aee0eb1fc1a6a05581555e5e675"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
---

# South Carolina H 3357 (2019-2020) — Vehicle registration, private passenger-carrying vehicle

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-3-115 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ADD A NOTATION TO A PRIVATE PASSENGER-CARRYING MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION TO INDICATE THE VEHICLE OWNER MAY BE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING. - ratified title

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/bills/3357.htm)
2. **12/18/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3357_20181218.htm)
3. **2/5/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3357_20200205.htm)
4. **3/19/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3357_20190319.htm)
5. **3/7/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3357_20190307.htm)
6. **4/24/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3357_20190424.htm)
7. **5/7/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3357_20190507.htm)
8. **5/8/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3357_20190508.htm)
9. **5/8/2019-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3357_20190508a.htm)

## Votes

- Concur in Senate Amendments — **0–109** (fail) · lower
- Passage of Bill — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- to adopt the conference report — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- 2nd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brawley — primary (person)
- Collins — primary (person)
- Gilliard — primary (person)
- Hixon — primary (person)
- Huggins — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Wooten — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Prefiled `filing`
- **2018-12-18** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Collins
- **2019-02-13** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brawley
- **2019-02-19** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Huggins
- **2019-02-21** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
- **2019-03-06** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon
- **2019-03-07** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard
- **2019-03-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Roll call Yeas-83 Nays-0
- **2019-03-20** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-20** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Committee report: Favorable Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
- **2019-05-08** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2019-05-08** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
- **2019-05-09** Roll call Yeas-0 Nays-109
- **2019-05-09** Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Campbell, Johnson, Climer
- **2020-01-22** Conference committee appointed Wooten, Long, Brawley
- **2020-02-05** Conference report received and adopted
- **2020-02-05** Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
- **2020-02-05** Conference report received and adopted
- **2020-02-05** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
- **2020-02-06** Ordered enrolled for ratification
- **2020-03-19** Ratified R 127
- **2020-03-24** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Effective date 03/24/21
- **2020-03-26** Act No. 125

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06362aa5-e217-4600-a1b3-5636b383ed2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).