South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 337
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Reichenbach
Document Path: SFGF-0018BC25.docx
Introduced in the Senate on February 12, 2025
Introduced in the House on March 20, 2025
Last Amended on March 11, 2025
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
| Date | Body | Action Description with journal page number |
|---|---|---|
| 2/12/2025 | Senate | Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 3) |
| 2/12/2025 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry (Senate Journal-page 3) |
| 3/5/2025 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish, Game and Forestry (Senate Journal-page 20) |
| 3/11/2025 | Senate | Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 27) |
| 3/11/2025 | Senate | Read second time (Senate Journal-page 27) |
| 3/11/2025 | Senate | Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 27) |
| 3/12/2025 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 3/12/2025 | Senate | Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 10) |
| 3/20/2025 | House | Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 21) |
| 3/20/2025 | House | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 21) |
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/12/2025
03/05/2025
03/05/2025-A
03/06/2025
03/11/2025
03/12/2025
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Committee Amendment Adopted
March 11, 2025
S. 337
Introduced by Senator Reichenbach
S. Printed 3/11/25--S. [SEC 3/12/2025 5:28 PM]
Read the first time February 12, 2025
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A bill
TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-13-640, RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF BLUE CATFISH, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A DAILY LIMIT OF SEVENTY-FIVE BLUE CATFISH IN STATE WATERWAYS OTHER THAN IN LAKE MARION, LAKE MOULTRIE, AND THE UPPER REACH OF THE SANTEE RIVER.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-13-640(B) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
(B) It is unlawful to take possess more than twenty-five blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) a day in Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, and the upper reach of the Santee River, and it is unlawful to possess more than one-hundred-fifty blue catfish a day in all other state waterways.
SECTION 2. Section 50-13-640(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
(A) It is unlawful to possess more than two blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) greater than thirty-two inches in length in any one day in Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, or the upper reach of the Santee River, and the Congaree and Wateree rivers, and all other state waterways.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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