republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/h-3694.md

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Bill	Bear hunting	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-430, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO BEAR HUNTING, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE QUOTA OF BEARS TO BE HARVESTED IN EACH GAME ZONE AND TO REQUIRE A BEAR TAG FOR ANY BEAR TAKEN IN THIS STATE; AND BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-450 SO AS TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF UNPROCESSED BAIT WHEN HUNTING ON PRIVATE LAND IN GAME ZONE 4. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 3694	South Carolina H 3694 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Anderson Atkinson Brittain Bryant Forrest Fry Hardee Hayes Hewitt Lowe McGinnis R. Williams V.S. Moss	8	24	3	2021-01-14	2021-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/14a045e6-5e2a-41db-a804-fb8193252f93	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3694&session=124&summary=B	444594091fe9d825f375f8d7c0fad947fca529194cc1c1ce6f2c031740ced60a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3694 (2021-2022) — Bear hunting

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-430, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO BEAR HUNTING, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE QUOTA OF BEARS TO BE HARVESTED IN EACH GAME ZONE AND TO REQUIRE A BEAR TAG FOR ANY BEAR TAKEN IN THIS STATE; AND BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-450 SO AS TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF UNPROCESSED BAIT WHEN HUNTING ON PRIVATE LAND IN GAME ZONE 4. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/14/2021 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/11/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/16/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/16/2021-A (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/17/2021 (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/5/2021 (committee substitute) — source
8. 5/6/2021 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 100–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anderson — primary (person)
• Atkinson — primary (person)
• Brittain — primary (person)
• Bryant — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Fry — primary (person)
• Hardee — primary (person)
• Hayes — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Lowe — primary (person)
• McGinnis — primary (person)
• R. Williams — primary (person)
• V.S. Moss — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-14 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-02-02 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hardee, Hewitt, Fry, Brittain, Hayes, McGinnis, R.Williams, V.S.Moss, Lowe, Bryant, Forrest
• 2021-03-02 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Anderson
• 2021-03-11 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-16 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-03-16 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-03-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-03-16 Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-0
• 2021-03-17 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-17 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-03-17 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-17 Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish, Game and Forestry committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-06 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-05-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-05-06 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
• 2021-05-11 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-12 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2021-05-12 Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
• 2021-05-13 Ratified R 91
• 2021-05-17 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-01 Effective date 05/17/21
• 2021-06-01 Act No. 75

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14a045e6-5e2a-41db-a804-fb8193252f93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).