SC H 3944
in committeeMotor Vehicles
South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did SC H 3944 pass?
Not yet. SC H 3944 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-04-23): Referred to Committee on Transportation
What is SC H 3944 about?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-4160, RELATING TO WEIGHING VEHICLES AND THEIR LOADS, UNLOADING THEIR EXCESS WEIGHT, AND PENALTIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM WEIGHTS FOR ELECTRIC BATTERY POWERED MOTOR VEHICLES.
Who sponsors SC H 3944?
Erickson, Vaughan are the primary sponsors of SC H 3944.
Description
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-4160, RELATING TO WEIGHING VEHICLES AND THEIR LOADS, UNLOADING THEIR EXCESS WEIGHT, AND PENALTIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM WEIGHTS FOR ELECTRIC BATTERY POWERED MOTOR VEHICLES.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-11
- Latest action
- 2025-04-23 — Referred to Committee on Transportation
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Ericksonprimary
- Vaughanprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-04-23
Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee
2025-04-23
Introduced and read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-23
Read third time and sent to Senate
passage,reading-3
2025-04-22
Roll call Yeas-87 Nays-23
2025-04-22
Read second time
reading-2
2025-04-22
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-09
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-11
Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
referral-committee
2025-02-11
Introduced and read first time
introduction,reading-1
Versions
Documents
Votes
Passage of Bill
2025-04-22 · pass · 87-23
Member-level votes (123)
- Anderson, Carl L.: yes
- Atkinson, Lucas: yes
- Bailey, William H.: yes
- Ballentine, Nathan: yes
- Bannister, Bruce W.: yes
- Bauer, Heather: yes
- Bernstein, Beth E.: yes
- Bowers, Phillip: yes
- Bradley, Jeff: yes
- Brewer, Gary S., Jr.: yes
- Bustos, Joseph M.: yes
- Calhoon, Paula Rawl: yes
- Caskey, Micajah P., IV: yes
- Chapman, Donald G.: yes
- Clyburn, William: yes
- Cobb-Hunter, Gilda: yes
- Collins, Neal A.: yes
- Cox, Bobby J.: yes
- Cox, Brandon L.: yes
- Davis, Sylleste H.: yes
- Dillard, Chandra E.: yes
- Duncan, Adam L.: yes
- Erickson, Shannon S.: yes
- Forrest, Cally R., Jr.: yes
- Gagnon, Craig A.: yes
- Garvin, Kambrell H.: yes
- Gatch, Gil: yes
- Gilliam, Leon D.: yes
- Gilliard, Wendell G.: yes
- Govan, Jerry N., Jr.: yes
- Grant, Hamilton R.: yes
- Guest, Thomas Duval, Jr.: yes
- Guffey, Brandon: yes
- Hager, William: yes
- Hart, Christopher R.: yes
- Hartnett, Thomas F., Jr.: yes
- Hartz, Charles V.: yes
- Hayes, Jackie E.: yes
- Henderson-Myers,, Rosalyn D., Ph.D.: yes
- Herbkersman, William G.: yes
- Hiott, David R.: yes
- Hixon, William M.: yes
- Holman, Harriet A.: yes
- Hosey, Lonnie: yes
- Johnson, Jermaine L., Sr.: yes
- Jones, Wendell K.: yes
- King, John Richard C.: yes
- Kirby, Roger K.: yes
- Landing, Kathy: yes
- Ligon, Thomas R.: yes
- Lowe, Phillip D.: yes
- Luck, Jason: yes
- Martin, David: yes
- McDaniel, Annie E.: yes
- McGinnis, Timothy A.: yes
- Mitchell, Cody T.: yes
- Montgomery, W. Scott, IV: yes
- Moore, Travis A.: yes
- Neese, Mike M.: yes
- Newton, Brandon: yes
- Pedalino, Fawn M.: yes
- Pope, Thomas E.: yes
- Rankin, Luke S.: yes
- Reese, Robert T.: yes
- Rivers, Michael F., Sr.: yes
- Robbins, Robby: yes
- Rose, Seth: yes
- Rutherford, J. Todd: yes
- Sanders, Richard Blake: yes
- Schuessler, Carla: yes
- Sessions, Heath: yes
- Smith, G. Murrell, Jr.: yes
- Smith, Marvin: yes
- Spann-Wilder, Tiffany: yes
- Stavrinakis, Leonidas E.: yes
- Taylor, Bill: yes
- Teeple, James E.: yes
- Vaughan, David: yes
- Waters, Courtney S.: yes
- Weeks, J. David: yes
- Wetmore, Elizabeth: yes
- Whitmire, William R.: yes
- Wickensimer, Paul B.: yes
- Williams, Robert Q.: yes
- Willis, Mark N.: yes
- Wooten, Chris: yes
- Yow, Richard L.: yes
- Beach, Thomas: no
- Burns, James Mikell: no
- Chumley, William M.: no
- Cromer, April: no
- Edgerton, Sarita L.: no
- Frank, Stephen D.: no
- Gibson, Daniel: no
- Gilreath, Thomas Lee: no
- Hardee, Kevin: no
- Harris, Robert J.: no
- Huff, William C.: no
- Kilmartin, John Gregory: no
- Lawson, M. Brian: no
- Long, Steven Wayne: no
- Magnuson, Josiah: no
- May, Robert J., III: no
- McCabe, Donald Ryan, Jr.: no
- McCravy, John R., III: no
- Morgan, T. Alan, Jr.: no
- Moss, Dennis C.: no
- Oremus, Melissa Lackey: no
- Terribile, Jackie R.: no
- White, Joseph S.: no
- Haddon, Patrick B.: excused
- Johnson, Jeffrey E.: excused
- Murphy, Chris: excused
- Pace, Jordan S.: excused
- Alexander, Terry: excused
- Bamberg, Justin T.: excused
- Brittain, T. Case, Jr.: excused
- Crawford, Heather Ammons: excused
- Hewitt, Lee: excused
- Howard, Leon: excused
- Jordan, Wallace H., Jr.: excused
- Moore, JA: excused
- Newton, Wm. Weston J.: excused
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