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A149, R165, H4875

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Ott, Brewer, Atkinson and Caskey
Document Path: LC-0324PH24.docx

Introduced in the House on January 17, 2024
Introduced in the Senate on February 28, 2024
Last Amended on February 27, 2024
Currently residing in the House
Governor's Action: May 13, 2024, Signed

Summary: Deer processors

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date	Body	Action Description with journal page number
1/17/2024	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 16)
1/17/2024	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 16)
1/30/2024	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brewer
2/8/2024	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson
2/14/2024	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 2)
2/27/2024	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey
2/27/2024	House	Amended (House Journal-page 39)
2/27/2024	House	Read second time (House Journal-page 39)
2/27/2024	House	Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 40)
2/28/2024	House	Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 26)
2/28/2024	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 11)
2/28/2024	Senate	Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry (Senate Journal-page 11)
4/16/2024	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry (Senate Journal-page 8)
4/18/2024	Senate	Read second time (Senate Journal-page 37)
4/18/2024	Senate	Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 37)
4/25/2024	Senate	Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 19)
5/8/2024		Ratified R 165
5/13/2024		Signed By Governor
5/30/2024		Effective date 05/13/24
5/30/2024		Act No. 149

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

01/17/2024
02/14/2024
02/27/2024
04/16/2024

(A149, R165, H4875)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-1910, RELATING TO THE SALE OF DEER OR DEER PARTS, SO AS TO ALLOW A PROCESSOR TO PROCESS A LEGALLY TAKEN DOE DONATED BY A HUNTER AND RECOVER THE FEES OF PROCESSING FROM SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE HUNTER WHO DONATED THE DOE, AND TO INCREASE PENALTIES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Sale of deer or deer parts

SECTION 1.    Section 50-11-1910 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

Section 50-11-1910.    (A) It is unlawful to buy or sell, offer for sale, barter, or have in possession for sale the following: any live deer (family cervidae), the venison of any deer except as provided in subsection (B) or in Section 50-11-1920, any whitetail deer gametes or antler velvet, or any whitetail deer antlers attached to the pedicel.

(B) The department may promulgate regulations to permit deer processors to process legally taken female (doe) deer donated by a hunter or crop depredation permittee or designee and recover the fee of processing the deer from a person other than the individual who donated the deer.

(C) For a violation of this section, upon conviction, the guilty party for a first offense must be fined not less than three hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days; for a second offense within three years of the date of conviction for a first offense, the person must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days; for a third or subsequent offense within three years of the date of conviction for a first offense, the person must be fined one thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than sixty days.

Time effective

SECTION 2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 8th day of May, 2024.

Approved the 13th day of May, 2024.

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