republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-3608.md

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Bill	Record of sales and resulting changes in duplicates by auditor	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 12-39-260, RELATING TO RECORDS OF SALES OR CONVEYANCES AND RESULTING CHANGES IN DUPLICATES AND ENDORSEMENT OF DEEDS BY AUDITORS, SO AS TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR THE RECORDS OF COUNTY REAL PROPERTY SALES AND TO REMOVE COUNTY AUDITOR FEES; BY AMENDING SECTION 30-5-120, RELATING TO THE VALIDATION OF CERTAIN CONVEYANCES NOT ENDORSED BY A COUNTY AUDITOR, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY CONVEYANCE MEETING THE STATUTORY PREREQUISITES FOR RECORDING ARE VALID AND BINDING; BY REPEALING SECTION 30-5-80 RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT OF THE AUDITOR'S ENDORSEMENT BEFORE THE RECORDATION OF DEEDS; AND BY REPEALING SECTION 8-21-130 RELATING TO FEES COLLECTED BY COUNTY AUDITORS FOR AN ENDORSEMENT ON A DEED. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 3608	South Carolina H 3608 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Bailey Brittain Hixon	6	20	2	2023-01-11	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/ec121333-a4f5-4c8d-8119-b6fcf94c9bfc	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3608&session=125&summary=B	0cab004d693e7ebc305d347e36c58c16040d7e3c7b88ce038de98aa6353bf779	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3608 (2023-2024) — Record of sales and resulting changes in duplicates by auditor

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 12-39-260, RELATING TO RECORDS OF SALES OR CONVEYANCES AND RESULTING CHANGES IN DUPLICATES AND ENDORSEMENT OF DEEDS BY AUDITORS, SO AS TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR THE RECORDS OF COUNTY REAL PROPERTY SALES AND TO REMOVE COUNTY AUDITOR FEES; BY AMENDING SECTION 30-5-120, RELATING TO THE VALIDATION OF CERTAIN CONVEYANCES NOT ENDORSED BY A COUNTY AUDITOR, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY CONVEYANCE MEETING THE STATUTORY PREREQUISITES FOR RECORDING ARE VALID AND BINDING; BY REPEALING SECTION 30-5-80 RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT OF THE AUDITOR'S ENDORSEMENT BEFORE THE RECORDATION OF DEEDS; AND BY REPEALING SECTION 8-21-130 RELATING TO FEES COLLECTED BY COUNTY AUDITORS FOR AN ENDORSEMENT ON A DEED. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/11/2023 (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/24/2024 (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/27/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 02/28/2024 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/17/2023 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bailey — primary (person)
• Brittain — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-11 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-04-17 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-01-24 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bailey, Brittain
• 2024-01-24 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-25 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Ott, McCravy, Rutherford, Williams, Henegan, Cobb-Hunter, Rivers, Gilliard, Kirby, Hosey, Anderson, Thigpen, Bernstein, Bauer, Garvin, Jefferson, J. Moore, Dillard, W. Jones, King
• 2024-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-02-28 Committee report: Favorable Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-19 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2024-03-20 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-08 Ratified R 148
• 2024-05-13 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 05/13/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 133

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec121333-a4f5-4c8d-8119-b6fcf94c9bfc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).