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type: "Bill"
title: "License issuance to an unmarried female and male under 18 when the female is pregnant or had a child"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY REPEALING SECTION 20-1-300 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A MARRIAGE LICENSE TO MINORS WHEN THE FEMALE IS PREGNANT OR HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO A CHILD. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 196"
citation: "South Carolina S 196 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutto", "Jackson", "Senn", "Shealy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-12"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0eebb40-d861-43f5-80e9-b13aefec3a0b"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=196&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "77108e3db632da7448d937c6e1fd90ad4245819ecb2fee832fe002f7032e89ff"
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 S 196 (2019-2020) — License issuance to an unmarried female and male under 18 when the female is pregnant or had a child
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY REPEALING SECTION 20-1-300 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A MARRIAGE LICENSE TO MINORS WHEN THE FEMALE IS PREGNANT OR HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO A CHILD. - 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/196.htm)
2. **1/23/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/196_20190123.htm)
3. **12/12/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/196_20181212.htm)
4. **5/1/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/196_20190501.htm)
## Votes
- 2nd Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **1050** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hutto — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Senn — primary (person)
- Shealy — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-12-12** Prefiled `filing`
- **2018-12-12** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, Young
- **2019-01-23** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
- **2019-01-30** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
- **2019-05-08** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Ratified R 46
- **2019-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17** Effective date 05/13/19
- **2019-05-21** Act No. 33
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0eebb40-d861-43f5-80e9-b13aefec3a0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).