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type: "Bill"
title: "Harvest reporting"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-546, RELATING TO ELECTRONIC HARVEST REPORTING, SO AS TO INCLUDE REFERENCES TO BIG GAMES SPECIES AND TO OUTLINE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PERSON WHO TAKES A BIG GAME CARCASS FOR PROCESSING AND OF THE PROCESSOR; BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-320, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF TAGS FOR HUNTING AND TAKING DEER, SO AS TO INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO THE ELECTRONIC HARVEST REPORTING SYSTEM; BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-390, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENTAL AUTHORITY OF GAME ZONES, SO AS TO INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO THE ELECTRONIC HARVEST REPORTING SYSTEM; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 50-9-1120, RELATING TO THE POINT SYSTEM FOR VIOLATIONS, SO AS TO INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO BIG GAME SPECIES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 3538"
citation: "South Carolina H 3538 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forrest", "Haddon", "Hixon", "Kirby", "Nutt"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-15"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90727f73-2a17-46e4-b761-bd4af3abb7b3"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3538&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "7e4577a628a20d203195385fd254d164aebcf518d9a3b36d77517073d6df2af4"
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 3538 (2023-2024) — Harvest reporting
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-546, RELATING TO ELECTRONIC HARVEST REPORTING, SO AS TO INCLUDE REFERENCES TO BIG GAMES SPECIES AND TO OUTLINE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PERSON WHO TAKES A BIG GAME CARCASS FOR PROCESSING AND OF THE PROCESSOR; BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-320, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF TAGS FOR HUNTING AND TAKING DEER, SO AS TO INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO THE ELECTRONIC HARVEST REPORTING SYSTEM; BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-390, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENTAL AUTHORITY OF GAME ZONES, SO AS TO INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO THE ELECTRONIC HARVEST REPORTING SYSTEM; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 50-9-1120, RELATING TO THE POINT SYSTEM FOR VIOLATIONS, SO AS TO INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO BIG GAME SPECIES. - 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/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3538.htm)
2. **02/01/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3538_20230201.htm)
3. **02/02/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3538_20230202.htm)
4. **05/04/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3538_20230504.htm)
5. **05/05/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3538_20230505.htm)
6. **05/10/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3538_20230510.htm)
7. **12/15/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3538_20221215.htm)
## Votes
- Passage of Bill — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Forrest — primary (person)
- Haddon — primary (person)
- Hixon — primary (person)
- Kirby — primary (person)
- Nutt — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-12-15** Prefiled `filing`
- **2022-12-15** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kirby
- **2023-02-02** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-02-07** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest
- **2023-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0
- **2023-02-08** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish, Game and Forestry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-05-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-10** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
- **2023-05-11** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2023-05-11** Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
- **2023-05-17** Ratified R 81
- **2023-05-19** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Effective date 07/01/24
- **2023-05-26** Act No. 65
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90727f73-2a17-46e4-b761-bd4af3abb7b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).