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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pooling precincts"
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
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legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2021-2022"
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identifier: "S 236"
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citation: "South Carolina S 236 (2021-2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Young"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-12-09"
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last_action: "2022-06-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b63fe896-499a-4d98-81fe-97ef885e3772"
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source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=236&session=124&summary=B"
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source_hash: "0b3fa31685e4ed9cd0591ae63a7b693218434bb0dc410c9771af56ec17320e5d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
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---
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# South Carolina S 236 (2021-2022) — Pooling precincts
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/bills/236.htm)
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2. **12/9/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/236_20201209.htm)
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3. **3/24/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/236_20210324.htm)
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4. **3/30/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/236_20210330.htm)
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5. **4/27/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/236_20220427.htm)
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6. **4/27/2022-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/236_20220427a.htm)
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7. **5/10/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/236_20220510.htm)
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8. **5/11/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/236_20220511.htm)
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9. **5/12/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/236_20220512.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage of Bill — **108–1** (pass) · lower
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- Table Amendment 1 — **18–86** (fail) · lower
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- Table Motion to Adjourn Debate — **41–68** (fail) · lower
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- Adopt Amendment 1 — **89–12** (pass) · lower
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- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Young — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-09** Prefiled `filing`
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- **2020-12-09** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-12** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-11** Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Hutto, Young, McLeod, Garrett
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- **2021-03-24** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-30** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-31** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
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- **2021-04-06** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-06** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-06** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-27** Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
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- **2022-05-03** Debate adjourned
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- **2022-05-04** Debate adjourned
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- **2022-05-05** Debate adjourned
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- **2022-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-05-10** Debate adjourned
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- **2022-05-11** Debate adjourned
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- **2022-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-05-11** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-05-11** Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-1
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- **2022-05-12** Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-05-12** Non-concurrence in House amendment
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- **2022-05-12** House recedes from amendment(s)
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- **2022-05-18** Ratified R 235
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- **2022-05-23** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-06-01** Effective date 05/23/22
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- **2022-06-01** Act No. 207
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b63fe896-499a-4d98-81fe-97ef885e3772`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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