republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3872.md

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Bill	Hunting Heritage Protect Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "HUNTING HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-2250 SO AS TO PROHIBIT DECISIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD RESULT IN ANY NET LOSS OF DEPARTMENT-MANAGED LAND FOR HUNTING. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3872	South Carolina H 3872 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	B.J. Cox Bauer Caskey	7	23	3	2025-01-30	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/3df8a4aa-3411-4eac-a7f0-024cc23c6d33	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3872&session=126&summary=B	31b18e6913b97fc4ca87a5eb0c407537816ece051d43698208baac014ec8cc2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3872 (2025-2026) — Hunting Heritage Protect Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "HUNTING HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-2250 SO AS TO PROHIBIT DECISIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD RESULT IN ANY NET LOSS OF DEPARTMENT-MANAGED LAND FOR HUNTING. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/30/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/26/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/27/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/05/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/01/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 04/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B.J. Cox — primary (person)
• Bauer — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-30 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-02-26 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-27 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey
• 2025-02-27 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-27 Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
• 2025-02-27 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2025-02-28 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-04 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-03-04 Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry referral-committee
• 2025-03-05 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-04-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish, Game and Forestry committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-29 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-04-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-29 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2026-04-30 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-06 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-06 Roll call Yeas-117 Nays-0
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 186
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date 01/01/27
• 2026-05-26 Act No. 143

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3df8a4aa-3411-4eac-a7f0-024cc23c6d33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).