df176ce612
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
127 lines
7.0 KiB
Markdown
127 lines
7.0 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "Animal Cruelty"
|
||
description: "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"
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
|
||
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
|
||
session: "2023-2024"
|
||
identifier: "H 3682"
|
||
citation: "South Carolina H 3682 (2023-2024)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: []
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
|
||
version_count: 9
|
||
action_count: 36
|
||
vote_count: 3
|
||
first_action: "2023-01-12"
|
||
last_action: "2024-05-29"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d28d717-e2b5-4d27-bcd3-c0d71d816c32"
|
||
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3682&session=125&summary=B"
|
||
source_hash: "332f794b703591ab1c2220fc49588fd54708d5f2ba8c77dbbe1bf5af3b9d1b1c"
|
||
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 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](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3682.htm)
|
||
2. **01/12/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3682_20230112.htm)
|
||
3. **03/01/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3682_20230301.htm)
|
||
4. **03/29/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3682_20230329.htm)
|
||
5. **03/31/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3682_20230331.htm)
|
||
6. **05/02/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3682_20230502.htm)
|
||
7. **05/03/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3682_20230503.htm)
|
||
8. **05/07/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3682_20240507.htm)
|
||
9. **05/08/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3682_20240508.htm)
|
||
|
||
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d28d717-e2b5-4d27-bcd3-c0d71d816c32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
|
||
|