republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/s-434.md

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Bill	Service contracts	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTIONS 38-78-55 AND 37-6-120 BOTH SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO AUTOMATIC RENEWAL PROVISION IN A SERVICE CONTRACT IS ENFORCEABLE UNLESS CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET; AND BY AMENDING SECTIONS 38-78-20 AND 37-1-301, BOTH RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	S 434	South Carolina S 434 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Alexander	10	24	2	2023-01-24	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/d8d36899-1824-4243-9b0f-cde273d89ea0	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=434&session=125&summary=B	f5d3641f43b5783b68843c00ed34c4062551075e95e59fa7121f749141ef627e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 434 (2023-2024) — Service contracts

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTIONS 38-78-55 AND 37-6-120 BOTH SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO AUTOMATIC RENEWAL PROVISION IN A SERVICE CONTRACT IS ENFORCEABLE UNLESS CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET; AND BY AMENDING SECTIONS 38-78-20 AND 37-1-301, BOTH RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE TERMS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/24/2023 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/10/2023 (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/29/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/01/2024 (committee substitute) — source
6. 03/06/2024 (committee substitute) — source
7. 03/19/2024 (committee substitute) — source
8. 03/20/2024 (committee substitute) — source
9. 05/01/2024 (committee substitute) — source
10. 05/08/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 104–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-24 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-24 Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance referral-committee
• 2023-02-10 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-02-29 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Banking and Insurance committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-01 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-03-06 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-03-19 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-03-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-19 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2024-03-20 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-20 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-03-21 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-03-21 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-07 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Sandifer, Hiott, Carter, Hixon, Erickson, Blackwell, MM Smith, Guffey, West, Whitmire, Calhoon, Jefferson
• 2024-05-08 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-05-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-08 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
• 2024-05-09 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-09 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2024-05-15 Ratified R 182
• 2024-05-20 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 05/20/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 159

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8d36899-1824-4243-9b0f-cde273d89ea0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).