republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/h-4618.md

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Bill	Vehicle types subject to stopping at railroad crossings	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-2720, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO REQUIRING CERTAIN VEHICLES TO STOP BEFORE CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS, SO AS TO REVISE THE TYPES OF VEHICLES AND RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS SUBJECT TO THIS PROVISION, AND TO DEFINE THE TERMS "BUSINESS DISTRICT" AND "BUS". - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 4618	South Carolina H 4618 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Morgan R. Williams	6	22	2	2021-11-17	2022-04-15	openstates	ocd-bill/98eb2607-d91c-48c4-a211-d89c59110333	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4618&session=124&summary=B	b977a0429468b6b52b11d7d2d1108601de80fbb9b17f423bfc7a6452ab8d841f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4618 (2021-2022) — Vehicle types subject to stopping at railroad crossings

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-2720, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO REQUIRING CERTAIN VEHICLES TO STOP BEFORE CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS, SO AS TO REVISE THE TYPES OF VEHICLES AND RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS SUBJECT TO THIS PROVISION, AND TO DEFINE THE TERMS "BUSINESS DISTRICT" AND "BUS". - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 11/17/2021 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/24/2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/17/2022 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/2/2022 (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/21/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 104–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Morgan — primary (person)
• R. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-11-17 Prefiled filing
• 2021-11-17 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2022-01-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-02 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: R.Williams
• 2022-03-02 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-03-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-02 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
• 2022-03-03 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-03 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2022-03-03 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-03-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-03-17 Committee report: Favorable Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-21 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-03-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-23 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
• 2022-03-31 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2022-04-07 Ratified R 144
• 2022-04-11 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-04-15 Effective date 04/11/22
• 2022-04-15 Act No. 134

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98eb2607-d91c-48c4-a211-d89c59110333. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).