republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-3682.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Animal Cruelty	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 47-1-140, RELATING TO THE CARE OF ANIMALS AFTER THE ARREST OF THE OWNER, SO AS TO REMOVE PROVISIONS REGARDING A LIEN ON THE SEIZED ANIMAL; BY AMENDING SECTION 47-1-145, RELATING TO CUSTODY AND CARE OF ANIMALS AFTER THE ARREST OF THE OWNER, SO AS TO OUTLINE HEARING PROCEDURES FOR ORDERING THE COST OF CARE OF THE SEIZED ANIMALS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 47-1-170, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 3682	South Carolina H 3682 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Bailey Bauer Brewer Crawford Guest Hardee Henegan Hewitt J.E. Johnson Lawson Ligon M.M. Smith McDaniel Murphy Pope Robbins Rose Schuessler Taylor Vaughan Wetmore Williams Willis Wooten Yow	9	36	3	2023-01-12	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/3d28d717-e2b5-4d27-bcd3-c0d71d816c32	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3682&session=125&summary=B	332f794b703591ab1c2220fc49588fd54708d5f2ba8c77dbbe1bf5af3b9d1b1c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3682 (2023-2024) — Animal Cruelty

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 47-1-140, RELATING TO THE CARE OF ANIMALS AFTER THE ARREST OF THE OWNER, SO AS TO REMOVE PROVISIONS REGARDING A LIEN ON THE SEIZED ANIMAL; BY AMENDING SECTION 47-1-145, RELATING TO CUSTODY AND CARE OF ANIMALS AFTER THE ARREST OF THE OWNER, SO AS TO OUTLINE HEARING PROCEDURES FOR ORDERING THE COST OF CARE OF THE SEIZED ANIMALS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 47-1-170, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/12/2023 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/01/2023 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/29/2023 (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/31/2023 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/02/2023 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/03/2023 (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/07/2024 (committee substitute) — source
9. 05/08/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 101–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bailey — primary (person)
• Bauer — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Guest — primary (person)
• Hardee — primary (person)
• Henegan — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• J.E. Johnson — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• McDaniel — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• Rose — primary (person)
• Schuessler — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Vaughan — primary (person)
• Wetmore — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)
• Willis — primary (person)
• Wooten — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-12 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-01-19 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
• 2023-01-24 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hardee
• 2023-01-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wooten, Pope, McDaniel
• 2023-01-31 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hewitt, Bauer
• 2023-02-02 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow
• 2023-02-15 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: J.E.Johnson, Willis
• 2023-02-16 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ligon, Lawson
• 2023-02-23 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins, Schuessler, Guest
• 2023-02-28 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henegan, Williams
• 2023-03-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-07 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith
• 2023-03-07 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Ott, Rutherford, Jefferson, Tedder, Thigpen, Kirby, JA Moore, Wetmore, Bauer, Dilliard, Long, Rivers, Gilliard, Anderson, McDaniel, Cromer, Taylor, Hixon, McCravy, Ligon, Pope, JL Johnson
• 2023-03-15 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Vaughan
• 2023-03-29 Amended amendment-passage
• 2023-03-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-03-29 Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
• 2023-03-30 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-03-30 Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2023-03-31 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-05-02 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture and Natural Resources committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-05-07 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-05-07 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-05-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-07 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
• 2024-05-08 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-05-08 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-09 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2024-05-09 Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
• 2024-05-15 Ratified R 207
• 2024-05-21 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 05/21/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 199

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d28d717-e2b5-4d27-bcd3-c0d71d816c32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).