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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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B. Cox
B. Newton
Ballentine
Bennett
Bradley
Bryant
Burns
Chumley
Crawford
D.C. Moss
Dabney
Davis
Elliott
Erickson
Forrest
Fry
Gilliam
Haddon
Herbkersman
Hiott
Hixon
Huggins
Jones
Long
Lucas
M.M. Smith
Magnuson
Martin
May
McCabe
McCravy
McGarry
Nutt
Oremus
Pope
T. Moore
Taylor
Thayer
Trantham
W. Newton
Wheeler
Willis
Wooten
Yow
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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.

  1. Filed (filed) — source
  2. 12/9/2020 (committee substitute) — source
  3. 2/24/2021 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 3/11/2021 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 3/30/2022 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 3/31/2022 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 4/6/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage of Bill — 8629 (pass) · lower
  • Adopt Amendment 1 — 8822 (pass) · lower
  • Table Amendment 2 — 7339 (pass) · lower
  • Passage of Bill — 8322 (pass) · lower
  • Concur in Senate Amendments — 1029 (pass) · lower
  • 2nd Reading — 392 (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).