republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3949.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 anthem	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-614 SO AS TO DESIGNATE "DUM SPIRO SPERO" TRANSLATED AS "WHILE I BREATHE, I HOPE" AS THE OFFICIAL CHORAL ANTHEM OF THE STATE. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3949	South Carolina H 3949 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Duncan Garvin King	7	20	2	2025-02-11	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/a6b621e5-66ee-4039-9361-efc2f7704376	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3949&session=126&summary=B	7dafd9877dab29dc8da717c39f83ed85cc654e619e42746b0cf8b3ad4a5fac61	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3949 (2025-2026) — State anthem

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-614 SO AS TO DESIGNATE "DUM SPIRO SPERO" TRANSLATED AS "WHILE I BREATHE, I HOPE" AS THE OFFICIAL CHORAL ANTHEM 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. 02/11/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/16/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/24/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/29/2025 (committee substitute) — source
7. 04/29/2025-A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Duncan — primary (person)
• Garvin — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2025-02-20 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Duncan
• 2025-04-24 Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-29 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-04-30 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Garvin
• 2025-04-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-30 Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
• 2025-05-01 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-01 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-05-01 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2026-04-15 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-04-16 Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-30 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2026-05-05 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 188
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date 05/15/26
• 2026-05-26 Act No. 144

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6b621e5-66ee-4039-9361-efc2f7704376. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).