republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-5246.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	State seabird	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-612 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE BROWN PELICAN IS THE OFFICIAL SEABIRD OF THE STATE. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 5246	South Carolina H 5246 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Brittain Bustos Garvin Gilliard Hartnett Jefferson Landing Leber M.M. Smith Pendarvis Stavrinakis Wetmore	5	20	3	2024-03-07	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/c430c7ea-2c69-42cb-aaac-11869582f253	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5246&session=125&summary=B	91e8413fb949a0be273c0a5bc58812e022102dadef0fc85503357575c87a3767	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 5246 (2023-2024) — State seabird

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-612 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE BROWN PELICAN IS THE OFFICIAL SEABIRD OF THE STATE. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 03/07/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/17/2024 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/30/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/08/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 104–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 106–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brittain — primary (person)
• Bustos — primary (person)
• Garvin — primary (person)
• Gilliard — primary (person)
• Hartnett — primary (person)
• Jefferson — primary (person)
• Landing — primary (person)
• Leber — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Pendarvis — primary (person)
• Stavrinakis — primary (person)
• Wetmore — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-07 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-03-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
• 2024-04-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-04-23 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
• 2024-04-24 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-25 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-04-25 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2024-04-30 Polled out of committee Family and Veterans' Services
• 2024-04-30 Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-08 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-05-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-08 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
• 2024-05-09 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-106 Nays-0
• 2024-05-15 Ratified R 235
• 2024-05-20 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 05/20/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 186

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c430c7ea-2c69-42cb-aaac-11869582f253. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).