republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/h-3951.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	Sheriff qualifications	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-11-110, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT A SHERIFF MUST POSSESS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THESE QUALIFICATIONS ALSO APPLY TO CANDIDATES FOR SHERIFF, TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES, TO PROVIDE A SHERIFF HOLDING OFFICE ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE AN EXPERIENCED CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR BE ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN A CLASS 1 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CERTIFICATE UPON THE COMMENCEMENT OF HIS TERM OF OFFICE, AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	H 3951	South Carolina H 3951 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	B. Newton Bryant Clary Elliott Gagnon Jefferson Martin McCoy McCravy R. Williams Tallon Thayer	11	35	6	2019-02-12	2019-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/8ccb77b7-0bbf-4f23-bb20-867b4c70e8aa	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3951&session=123&summary=B	825eeca51fb7d93b72f6995f8230119722d8a85a397bebf41d906c582bf07c78	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3951 (2019-2020) — Sheriff qualifications

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-11-110, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT A SHERIFF MUST POSSESS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THESE QUALIFICATIONS ALSO APPLY TO CANDIDATES FOR SHERIFF, TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES, TO PROVIDE A SHERIFF HOLDING OFFICE ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE AN EXPERIENCED CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR BE ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN A CLASS 1 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CERTIFICATE UPON THE COMMENCEMENT OF HIS TERM OF OFFICE, AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 2/12/2019 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/20/2019 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/21/2019 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/27/2019 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/11/2019 (committee substitute) — source
7. 4/12/2019 (committee substitute) — source
8. 4/2/2019 (committee substitute) — source
9. 4/23/2019 (committee substitute) — source
10. 5/2/2019 (committee substitute) — source
11. 5/8/2019 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 105–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 100–1 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 89–9 (pass) · lower
• Adopt — 106–0 (pass) · lower
• Table — 62–42 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Bryant — primary (person)
• Clary — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• Gagnon — primary (person)
• Jefferson — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• McCoy — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• R. Williams — primary (person)
• Tallon — primary (person)
• Thayer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-12 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Martin
• 2019-03-05 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gagnon, Thayer, McCravy
• 2019-03-19 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.Newton
• 2019-03-20 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-21 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-03-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Jefferson, R.Williams
• 2019-03-26 Debate adjourned until Wed., 3-27-19
• 2019-03-27 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-03-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-03-27 Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-1
• 2019-03-28 Reconsidered
• 2019-04-02 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-04-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-04-02 Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-2
• 2019-04-03 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-03 Roll call Yeas-89 Nays-9
• 2019-04-03 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-04-03 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-04-04 Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, Young, McLeod, Senn
• 2019-04-11 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 2019-04-12 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-04-23 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-04-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-04-23 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2019-05-02 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-05-02 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2019-05-08 Senate amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2019-05-08 Returned to Senate with amendments
• 2019-05-09 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2019-05-13 Ratified R 90
• 2019-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-31 Effective date 05/16/19
• 2019-06-05 Act No. 70

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ccb77b7-0bbf-4f23-bb20-867b4c70e8aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).