SC H 3950
in committeeSoil classifers
South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did SC H 3950 pass?
Not yet. SC H 3950 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-05-01): Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
What is SC H 3950 about?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 40-65-40, RELATING TO PERSONS EXEMPT FROM LICENSURE AS PROFESSIONAL SOIL CLASSIFIERS, SO AS TO EXEMPT LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS PERFORMING SOIL EVALUATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH CONVENTIONAL ONSITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, AND TO PROVIDE THESE ENGINEERS MUST HAVE CERTAIN TRAINING, BONDING, AND INSURANCE.
Who sponsors SC H 3950?
Hixon, Forrest are the primary sponsors of SC H 3950.
Description
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 40-65-40, RELATING TO PERSONS EXEMPT FROM LICENSURE AS PROFESSIONAL SOIL CLASSIFIERS, SO AS TO EXEMPT LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS PERFORMING SOIL EVALUATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH CONVENTIONAL ONSITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, AND TO PROVIDE THESE ENGINEERS MUST HAVE CERTAIN TRAINING, BONDING, AND INSURANCE.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-11
- Latest action
- 2025-05-01 — Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Hixonprimary
- Forrestprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-05-01
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
referral-committee
2025-05-01
Introduced and read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-01
Read third time and sent to Senate
passage,reading-3
2025-04-30
Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-0
2025-04-30
Read second time
reading-2
2025-04-30
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-29
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-10
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest
2025-02-11
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
referral-committee
2025-02-11
Introduced and read first time
introduction,reading-1
Versions
Documents
Votes
Passage of Bill
2025-04-30 · pass · 100-0
Member-level votes (122)
- Anderson, Carl L.: yes
- Atkinson, Lucas: yes
- Bailey, William H.: yes
- Ballentine, Nathan: yes
- Bamberg, Justin T.: yes
- Bauer, Heather: yes
- Bernstein, Beth E.: yes
- Bowers, Phillip: yes
- Bradley, Jeff: yes
- Brewer, Gary S., Jr.: yes
- Brittain, T. Case, Jr.: yes
- Burns, James Mikell: yes
- Bustos, Joseph M.: yes
- Calhoon, Paula Rawl: yes
- Caskey, Micajah P., IV: yes
- Chapman, Donald G.: yes
- Chumley, William M.: yes
- Clyburn, William: yes
- Cobb-Hunter, Gilda: yes
- Collins, Neal A.: yes
- Cox, Bobby J.: yes
- Cox, Brandon L.: yes
- Crawford, Heather Ammons: yes
- Cromer, April: yes
- Davis, Sylleste H.: yes
- Dillard, Chandra E.: yes
- Duncan, Adam L.: yes
- Edgerton, Sarita L.: yes
- Erickson, Shannon S.: yes
- Forrest, Cally R., Jr.: yes
- Frank, Stephen D.: yes
- Gatch, Gil: yes
- Gibson, Daniel: yes
- Gilliam, Leon D.: yes
- Gilliard, Wendell G.: yes
- Gilreath, Thomas Lee: yes
- Govan, Jerry N., Jr.: yes
- Grant, Hamilton R.: yes
- Guest, Thomas Duval, Jr.: yes
- Guffey, Brandon: yes
- Haddon, Patrick B.: yes
- Hager, William: yes
- Harris, Robert J.: yes
- Hartnett, Thomas F., Jr.: yes
- Hartz, Charles V.: yes
- Hayes, Jackie E.: yes
- Henderson-Myers,, Rosalyn D., Ph.D. Hewitt, Lee: yes
- Hiott, David R.: yes
- Hixon, William M.: yes
- Hosey, Lonnie: yes
- Huff, William C.: yes
- Johnson, Jermaine L., Sr.: yes
- Jones, Wendell K.: yes
- Kilmartin, John Gregory: yes
- Kirby, Roger K.: yes
- Landing, Kathy: yes
- Lawson, M. Brian: yes
- Ligon, Thomas R.: yes
- Long, Steven Wayne: yes
- Luck, Jason: yes
- Magnuson, Josiah: yes
- Martin, David: yes
- May, Robert J., III: yes
- McCabe, Donald Ryan, Jr.: yes
- McCravy, John R., III: yes
- McGinnis, Timothy A.: yes
- Mitchell, Cody T.: yes
- Montgomery, W. Scott, IV: yes
- Moore, Travis A.: yes
- Morgan, T. Alan, Jr.: yes
- Moss, Dennis C.: yes
- Neese, Mike M.: yes
- Newton, Brandon: yes
- Newton, Wm. Weston J.: yes
- Oremus, Melissa Lackey: yes
- Pace, Jordan S.: 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
- Sanders, Richard Blake: yes
- Schuessler, Carla: yes
- Sessions, Heath: yes
- Smith, G. Murrell, Jr.: yes
- Stavrinakis, Leonidas E.: yes
- Taylor, Bill: yes
- Teeple, James E.: yes
- Terribile, Jackie R.: yes
- Vaughan, David: yes
- Waters, Courtney S.: yes
- Wetmore, Elizabeth: yes
- White, Joseph S.: yes
- Wickensimer, Paul B.: yes
- Williams, Robert Q.: yes
- Wooten, Chris: yes
- Yow, Richard L.: yes
- Murphy, Chris: excused
- Alexander, Terry: excused
- Bannister, Bruce W.: excused
- Beach, Thomas: excused
- Gagnon, Craig A.: excused
- Garvin, Kambrell H.: excused
- Hardee, Kevin: excused
- Hart, Christopher R.: excused
- Herbkersman, William G.: excused
- Holman, Harriet A.: excused
- Howard, Leon: excused
- Johnson, Jeffrey E.: excused
- Jordan, Wallace H., Jr.: excused
- King, John Richard C.: excused
- Lowe, Phillip D.: excused
- McDaniel, Annie E.: excused
- Moore, JA: excused
- Rutherford, J. Todd: excused
- Smith, Marvin: excused
- Spann-Wilder, Tiffany: excused
- Weeks, J. David: excused
- Whitmire, William R.: excused
- Willis, Mark N.: excused
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