republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-236.md

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Bill	Pooling precincts	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-1000, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO POOLING PRECINCTS IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT FOR PURPOSES OF MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS, ANY PRECINCT CONTAINING THREE THOUSAND OR MORE VOTERS SHALL HAVE ITS OWN POLLING PLACE, THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE MUNICIPAL POOLED PRECINCTS MAY NOT EXCEED THREE THOUSAND, AND THAT POOLED MUNICIPAL POLLING PLACES MUST NOT BE MORE THAN THREE MILES FROM THE NEAREST PART OF ANY POOLED PRECINCT. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 236	South Carolina S 236 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Young	9	29	5	2020-12-09	2022-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b63fe896-499a-4d98-81fe-97ef885e3772	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=236&session=124&summary=B	0b3fa31685e4ed9cd0591ae63a7b693218434bb0dc410c9771af56ec17320e5d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 236 (2021-2022) — Pooling precincts

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-1000, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO POOLING PRECINCTS IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT FOR PURPOSES OF MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS, ANY PRECINCT CONTAINING THREE THOUSAND OR MORE VOTERS SHALL HAVE ITS OWN POLLING PLACE, THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE MUNICIPAL POOLED PRECINCTS MAY NOT EXCEED THREE THOUSAND, AND THAT POOLED MUNICIPAL POLLING PLACES MUST NOT BE MORE THAN THREE MILES FROM THE NEAREST PART OF ANY POOLED PRECINCT. - 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. 3/24/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/30/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/27/2022 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/27/2022-A (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/10/2022 (committee substitute) — source
8. 5/11/2022 (committee substitute) — source
9. 5/12/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 108–1 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 1 — 18–86 (fail) · lower
• Table Motion to Adjourn Debate — 41–68 (fail) · lower
• Adopt Amendment 1 — 89–12 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Young — 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
• 2021-03-11 Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Hutto, Young, McLeod, Garrett
• 2021-03-24 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-30 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-03-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-03-31 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2021-04-06 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-06 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-04-06 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 2022-05-03 Debate adjourned
• 2022-05-04 Debate adjourned
• 2022-05-05 Debate adjourned
• 2022-05-10 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-05-10 Debate adjourned
• 2022-05-11 Debate adjourned
• 2022-05-11 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-05-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-05-11 Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-1
• 2022-05-12 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-12 Non-concurrence in House amendment
• 2022-05-12 House recedes from amendment(s)
• 2022-05-18 Ratified R 235
• 2022-05-23 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-06-01 Effective date 05/23/22
• 2022-06-01 Act No. 207

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b63fe896-499a-4d98-81fe-97ef885e3772. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).