republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-4476.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	SC-Bahamas Trade Commission	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING CHAPTER 80 TO TITLE 39 ENTITLED "SOUTH CAROLINA-BAHAMAS TRADE COMMISSION" SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA-BAHAMAS TRADE COMMISSION AND PROVIDE FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP AND PURPOSE. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 4476	South Carolina H 4476 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Bamberg Herbkersman J. Moore Rivers Rutherford	6	22	3	2025-05-01	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/74945e09-8bf8-481c-a46a-3ce8ccd8d015	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4476&session=126&summary=B	a804593c469e197f18da93555000a0cf8e353a0398b7e15246011e06e73a86b8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4476 (2025-2026) — SC-Bahamas Trade Commission

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING CHAPTER 80 TO TITLE 39 ENTITLED "SOUTH CAROLINA-BAHAMAS TRADE COMMISSION" SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA-BAHAMAS TRADE COMMISSION AND PROVIDE FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP AND PURPOSE. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 04/22/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/23/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/01/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/05/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/12/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 88–21 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–3 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 108–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bamberg — primary (person)
• Herbkersman — primary (person)
• J. Moore — primary (person)
• Rivers — primary (person)
• Rutherford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-01 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-05-01 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2026-04-22 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-23 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Rivers
• 2026-04-23 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-04-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-23 Roll call Yeas-88 Nays-21
• 2026-04-23 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2026-04-24 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-04-28 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2026-05-05 Recalled from Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
• 2026-05-12 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-05-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-12 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-3
• 2026-05-13 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-14 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-14 Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-1
• 2026-05-15 Ratified R 249
• 2026-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-05 Effective date 05/19/26
• 2026-06-03 Act No. 236

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74945e09-8bf8-481c-a46a-3ce8ccd8d015. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).