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type: "Bill"
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title: "Malicious Injury to Public Utilities"
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description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-11-740, RELATING TO MALICIOUS INJURY TO TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE, OR ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEMS, SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERM \"ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEM\", TO PROVIDE CERTAIN WILFUL AND MALICIOUS ACTS CONSTITUTE VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION, TO PROVIDE A TIERED SYSTEM OF PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS, TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO USE FIREARMS OR DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES TO DESTROY OR DAMAGE UTILITY SYSTEMS AND PROVIDE PENALTIES, AND TO PROVIDE REMEDIES TO PERSONS INJURED BY VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION. - RATIFIED TITLE"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
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legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "S 330"
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citation: "South Carolina S 330 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Garrett", "Rankin", "Verdin"]
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version_count: 15
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2023-01-10"
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last_action: "2023-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f3181cd-edf5-4b40-b307-d2032c6a3624"
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source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=330&session=125&summary=B"
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source_hash: "f9c81c596001446248291c2383d4d35f14581c36faae4dcc60d1b9a2de443cec"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
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---
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# South Carolina S 330 (2023-2024) — Malicious Injury to Public Utilities
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 16-11-740, RELATING TO MALICIOUS INJURY TO TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE, OR ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEMS, SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERM "ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEM", TO PROVIDE CERTAIN WILFUL AND MALICIOUS ACTS CONSTITUTE VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION, TO PROVIDE A TIERED SYSTEM OF PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS, TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO USE FIREARMS OR DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES TO DESTROY OR DAMAGE UTILITY SYSTEMS AND PROVIDE PENALTIES, AND TO PROVIDE REMEDIES TO PERSONS INJURED BY VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION. - RATIFIED TITLE
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/330.htm)
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2. **01/10/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/330_20230110.htm)
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3. **02/09/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/330_20230209.htm)
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4. **02/22/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/330_20230222.htm)
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5. **02/27/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/330_20230227.htm)
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6. **02/27/2023-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/330_20230227a.htm)
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7. **02/27/2023-B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/330_20230227b.htm)
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8. **03/16/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/330_20230316.htm)
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9. **03/21/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/330_20230321.htm)
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10. **03/28/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/330_20230328.htm)
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11. **05/04/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/330_20230504.htm)
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12. **05/04/2023-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/330_20230504a.htm)
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13. **05/10/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/330_20230510.htm)
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14. **05/11/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/330_20230511.htm)
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15. **06/14/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/330_20230614.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt Conference Report — **106–0** (pass) · lower
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- to adopt the conference report — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- to adopt amendment 4 — **29–15** (pass) · upper
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- Concur in Senate Amendments — **0–102** (fail) · lower
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- 2nd Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage of Bill — **108–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alexander — primary (person)
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- Garrett — primary (person)
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- Rankin — primary (person)
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- Verdin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-12** Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Hutto, Malloy, Gustafson, Reichenbach
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- **2023-02-09** Scrivener's error corrected
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- **2023-02-22** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-27** Scrivener's error corrected
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- **2023-03-16** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-16** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
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- **2023-03-21** Scrivener's error corrected
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- **2023-03-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-28** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-28** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
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- **2023-03-30** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-30** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-03** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-04** Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
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- **2023-05-04** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
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- **2023-05-05** Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-10** House amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
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- **2023-05-10** Returned to House with amendments
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- **2023-05-11** Scrivener's error corrected
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- **2023-05-16** Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
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- **2023-05-16** Roll call Yeas-0 Nays-102
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- **2023-06-14** Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Rankin, Sabb, Talley
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- **2023-06-14** Conference committee appointed W. Newton, Bailey, Bernstein
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- **2023-06-14** Conference report received and adopted
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- **2023-06-14** Roll call Ayes-36 Nays-0
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- **2023-06-14** Conference report received and adopted
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- **2023-06-14** Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
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- **2023-06-14** Ordered enrolled for ratification
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- **2023-06-14** Ratified R 92
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- **2023-06-19** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-26** Effective date 06/19/23
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- **2023-06-26** Act No. 76
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f3181cd-edf5-4b40-b307-d2032c6a3624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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