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type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle types subject to stopping at railroad crossings"
description: "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"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 4618"
citation: "South Carolina H 4618 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan", "R. Williams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-11-17"
last_action: "2022-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98eb2607-d91c-48c4-a211-d89c59110333"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4618&session=124&summary=B"
source_hash: "b977a0429468b6b52b11d7d2d1108601de80fbb9b17f423bfc7a6452ab8d841f"
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 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](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/bills/4618.htm)
2. **11/17/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4618_20211117.htm)
3. **2/24/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4618_20220224.htm)
4. **3/17/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4618_20220317.htm)
5. **3/2/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4618_20220302.htm)
6. **3/21/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4618_20220321.htm)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98eb2607-d91c-48c4-a211-d89c59110333`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).