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| Bill | SC Religious Freedom Act | AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 33 TO TITLE 1 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE EXERCISE OF RELIGION DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS, TO PROVIDE THAT RELIGIOUS SERVICES ARE DEEMED AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT MUST BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE OPERATING, TO ALLOW A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION TO ASSERT A VIOLATION OF THESE PROVISIONS AS A CLAIM OR DEFENSE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THIS CHAPTER APPLIES TO ALL STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES REGARDLESS OF WHEN ADOPTED OR IMPLEMENTED. - ratified title | us/states/sc | South Carolina General Assembly | 2021-2022 | H 3105 | South Carolina H 3105 (2021-2022) |
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South Carolina H 3105 (2021-2022) — SC Religious Freedom Act
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 33 TO TITLE 1 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE EXERCISE OF RELIGION DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS, TO PROVIDE THAT RELIGIOUS SERVICES ARE DEEMED AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT MUST BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE OPERATING, TO ALLOW A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION TO ASSERT A VIOLATION OF THESE PROVISIONS AS A CLAIM OR DEFENSE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THIS CHAPTER APPLIES TO ALL STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES REGARDLESS OF WHEN ADOPTED OR IMPLEMENTED. - ratified title
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Filed (filed) — source
- 12/9/2020 (committee substitute) — source
- 2/24/2021 (committee substitute) — source
- 3/11/2021 (committee substitute) — source
- 3/30/2022 (committee substitute) — source
- 3/31/2022 (committee substitute) — source
- 4/6/2022 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passage of Bill — 86–29 (pass) · lower
- Adopt Amendment 1 — 88–22 (pass) · lower
- Table Amendment 2 — 73–39 (pass) · lower
- Passage of Bill — 83–22 (pass) · lower
- Concur in Senate Amendments — 102–9 (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — 39–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- B. Cox — primary (person)
- B. Newton — primary (person)
- Ballentine — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Bradley — primary (person)
- Bryant — primary (person)
- Burns — primary (person)
- Chumley — primary (person)
- Crawford — primary (person)
- D.C. Moss — primary (person)
- Dabney — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Elliott — primary (person)
- Erickson — primary (person)
- Forrest — primary (person)
- Fry — primary (person)
- Gilliam — primary (person)
- Haddon — primary (person)
- Herbkersman — primary (person)
- Hiott — primary (person)
- Hixon — primary (person)
- Huggins — primary (person)
- Jones — primary (person)
- Long — primary (person)
- Lucas — primary (person)
- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
- Magnuson — primary (person)
- Martin — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- McCabe — primary (person)
- McCravy — primary (person)
- McGarry — primary (person)
- Nutt — primary (person)
- Oremus — primary (person)
- Pope — primary (person)
- T. Moore — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Thayer — primary (person)
- Trantham — primary (person)
- W. Newton — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- Willis — primary (person)
- Wooten — primary (person)
- Yow — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-12-09 Prefiled
filing - 2020-12-09 Referred to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee - 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time
introduction, reading-1 - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee - 2021-01-13 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Nutt, Trantham, Oremus, McGarry
- 2021-01-14 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bennett
- 2021-01-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Jones
- 2021-02-02 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Thayer
- 2021-02-04 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hiott, Willis
- 2021-02-09 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Huggins
- 2021-02-10 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon
- 2021-02-16 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McCabe, Dabney
- 2021-02-17 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.Newton
- 2021-02-18 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bryant, Elliott
- 2021-02-23 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith
- 2021-02-24 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pope, D.C.Moss, Ballentine
- 2021-02-24 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-02-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lucas, Crawford, Erickson, Bradley
- 2021-02-25 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Hiott, McGravy, DC Moss, Bryant, Carter
- 2021-03-02 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: T.Moore
- 2021-03-03 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wheeler, Herbkersman, W.Newton
- 2021-03-04 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Martin
- 2021-03-09 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
- 2021-03-11 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Davis
- 2021-03-11 Amended
amendment-passage - 2021-03-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-03-11 Roll call Yeas-73 Nays-39
- 2021-03-17 Read third time and sent to Senate
passage, reading-3 - 2021-03-17 Roll call Yeas-83 Nays-22
- 2021-03-17 Introduced and read first time
introduction, reading-1 - 2021-03-17 Referred to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee - 2022-02-10 Referred to Subcommittee: Garrett (ch), Kimpson, Loftis, Gustafson, Stephens
- 2022-03-30 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-31 Scrivener's error corrected
- 2022-04-06 Committee Amendment Adopted
amendment-passage - 2022-04-06 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-04-06 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-2
- 2022-04-07 Read third time and returned to House with amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2022-04-20 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- 2022-04-20 Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-9
- 2022-04-21 Ratified R 155
- 2022-04-25 Signed By Governor
executive-signature - 2022-05-02 Effective date 04/25/22
- 2022-05-02 Act No. 141
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7bacfd52-cee3-4266-b954-673d270de5c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).