republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-4843.md

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Bill	Structures located in critical areas	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 48-39-148 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN BUSINESSES WITH A DECK OR OTHER STRUCTURE LOCATED IN A CRITICAL AREA TO USE THE STRUCTURE FOR PURPOSES OF PROVIDING FOOD OR BEVERAGE SERVICES TO PATRONS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 4843	South Carolina H 4843 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Anderson Bailey Brittain Guest J.E. Johnson Sandifer	8	32	5	2024-01-16	2024-07-17	openstates	ocd-bill/de7959d9-ddb1-4bbb-935a-b35c591e942e	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4843&session=125&summary=B	cbeefe9ae3bb17f49a67d6355a21e081c3d32302a8490a490b49c4f1de8fe651	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4843 (2023-2024) — Structures located in critical areas

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 48-39-148 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN BUSINESSES WITH A DECK OR OTHER STRUCTURE LOCATED IN A CRITICAL AREA TO USE THE STRUCTURE FOR PURPOSES OF PROVIDING FOOD OR BEVERAGE SERVICES TO PATRONS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/16/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/18/2024 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/27/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/09/2024 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/24/2024 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/07/2024 (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/26/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 0–102 (fail) · lower
• to adopt the conference report — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anderson — primary (person)
• Bailey — primary (person)
• Brittain — primary (person)
• Guest — primary (person)
• J.E. Johnson — primary (person)
• Sandifer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-16 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-16 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-02-06 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sandifer
• 2024-03-20 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Anderson
• 2024-03-27 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-09 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-04-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-04-09 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
• 2024-04-10 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-04-10 Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 Referred to Subcommittee: Goldfinch (ch), Williams, McElveen, Talley, M.Johnson
• 2024-04-24 Polled out of committee Agriculture and Natural Resources
• 2024-04-24 Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and Natural Resources committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-07 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-05-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-07 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2024-05-08 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-09 Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
• 2024-05-09 Roll call Yeas-0 Nays-102
• 2024-05-09 Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Goldfinch, Campsen, McElveen
• 2024-05-09 Conference committee appointed Bailey, Hardee, Anderson
• 2024-06-26 Conference report received and adopted
• 2024-06-26 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2024-06-26 Conference report received and adopted
• 2024-06-26 Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
• 2024-06-26 Ordered enrolled for ratification
• 2024-06-27 Ratified R 251
• 2024-07-02 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-07-17 Effective date 07/02/24
• 2024-07-17 Act No. 225

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de7959d9-ddb1-4bbb-935a-b35c591e942e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).