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Bill	Elections - REAPPORTIONMENT: Adopting 2020 Census and Establishing New House Districts	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1-1-715, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ADOPTION OF THE UNITED STATES CENSUS, SO AS TO ADOPT THE UNITED STATES CENSUS OF 2020 AS THE TRUE AND CORRECT ENUMERATION OF INHABITANTS OF THIS STATE AND TO IDENTIFY THE DATA USED IN THE CODE SECTIONS CONTAINING GEOGRAPHIC ASSIGNMENTS FOR ELECTION DISTRICTS; BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-75 SO AS TO ESTABLISH ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE ARE ELECTED COMMENCING WITH THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION; BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-45 SO AS TO ESTABLISH ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE ELECTED BEGINNING WITH THE 2022 GENERAL ELECTION; TO REPEAL SECTION 2-1-70 RELATING TO ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE SENATE WERE FORMERLY ELECTED; TO REPEAL SECTION 2-1-35 RELATING TO ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WERE FORMERLY ELECTED; TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO INTERVENE IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL ACTION CONCERNING THIS LEGISLATION; TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE TO INITIATE OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE IN LITIGATION ON BEHALF OF THE SENATE REGARDING REDISTRICTING; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO INITIATE OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE IN LITIGATION ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSE REGARDING REDISTRICTING. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 4493	South Carolina H 4493 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Lucas Murphy	10	25	9	2021-06-29	2021-12-10	openstates	ocd-bill/c8df376e-1ee0-450b-afb9-478fe1d4f7ad	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4493&session=124&summary=B	a68a4a070686ae4c9d0a5473a941fdbd2a05f07759eaa21c55b755be0922311b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4493 (2021-2022) — Elections - REAPPORTIONMENT: Adopting 2020 Census and Establishing New House Districts

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1-1-715, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ADOPTION OF THE UNITED STATES CENSUS, SO AS TO ADOPT THE UNITED STATES CENSUS OF 2020 AS THE TRUE AND CORRECT ENUMERATION OF INHABITANTS OF THIS STATE AND TO IDENTIFY THE DATA USED IN THE CODE SECTIONS CONTAINING GEOGRAPHIC ASSIGNMENTS FOR ELECTION DISTRICTS; BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-75 SO AS TO ESTABLISH ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE ARE ELECTED COMMENCING WITH THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION; BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-45 SO AS TO ESTABLISH ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE ELECTED BEGINNING WITH THE 2022 GENERAL ELECTION; TO REPEAL SECTION 2-1-70 RELATING TO ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE SENATE WERE FORMERLY ELECTED; TO REPEAL SECTION 2-1-35 RELATING TO ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WERE FORMERLY ELECTED; TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO INTERVENE IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL ACTION CONCERNING THIS LEGISLATION; TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE TO INITIATE OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE IN LITIGATION ON BEHALF OF THE SENATE REGARDING REDISTRICTING; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO INITIATE OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE IN LITIGATION ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSE REGARDING REDISTRICTING. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 12/1/2021 (committee substitute) — source
3. 12/2/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 12/2/2021-A (committee substitute) — source
5. 12/3/2021 (committee substitute) — source
6. 12/6/2021 (committee substitute) — source
7. 12/6/2021-A (committee substitute) — source
8. 12/7/2021 (committee substitute) — source
9. 12/8/2021 (committee substitute) — source
10. 6/29/2021 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 100–15 (pass) · lower
• Adjourn For The Day — 65–43 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 4 — 72–39 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 96–14 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 3 — 78–33 (pass) · lower
• Table Bill — 8–95 (fail) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–1 (pass) · upper
• Table Amendment 5 — 85–18 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 75–27 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lucas — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-29 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-06-29 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-12-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-12-01 Special order, set for Thursday, December 2 following roll call
• 2021-12-02 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-12-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-12-02 Roll call Yeas-96 Nays-14
• 2021-12-02 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-12-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-12-06 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-12-06 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-12-06 Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-15
• 2021-12-06 Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference introduction, reading-1
• 2021-12-07 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-12-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-12-07 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-1
• 2021-12-07 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2021-12-08 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-12-09 Special order, set for immediately upon adoption of H. 4684
• 2021-12-09 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2021-12-09 Roll call Yeas-75 Nays-27
• 2021-12-10 Ratified R 118
• 2021-12-10 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2021-12-10 Effective date 12/10/2021
• 2021-12-10 Act No. 117

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8df376e-1ee0-450b-afb9-478fe1d4f7ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).