republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3967.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	Bioenergy; Forest Products	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 48-23-185 SO AS TO DEFINE "BIOMASS" AND OTHER RELEVANT TERMS; TO REQUIRE THAT ENERGY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN SOURCES BE CONSIDERED CARBON NEUTRAL AND FROM OTHER SOURCES CARBON NEGATIVE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3967	South Carolina H 3967 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Bannister Brewer Duncan Forrest Haddon Herbkersman Hixon Ligon Sanders	5	18	2	2025-02-12	2026-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/844f31e6-72e3-4e19-b812-89232f69d167	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3967&session=126&summary=B	0f1e96b8269065bc646c8e2d0e25e94287ba5f084e9d40cacd1e81853c23c9ca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3967 (2025-2026) — Bioenergy; Forest Products

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 48-23-185 SO AS TO DEFINE "BIOMASS" AND OTHER RELEVANT TERMS; TO REQUIRE THAT ENERGY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN SOURCES BE CONSIDERED CARBON NEUTRAL AND FROM OTHER SOURCES CARBON NEGATIVE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/12/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/19/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/29/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/30/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bannister — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• Duncan — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Haddon — primary (person)
• Herbkersman — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• Sanders — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-02-19 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Duncan, Sanders
• 2025-04-29 Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-30 Scrivener's error corrected
• 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 Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2026-03-19 Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-25 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2026-03-26 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-01 Ratified R 125
• 2026-04-06 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-04-23 Effective date 04/06/26
• 2026-04-23 Act No. 117

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/844f31e6-72e3-4e19-b812-89232f69d167. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).