South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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A17, R35, H3662

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Atwater
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\18537ab15.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 15, 458

Introduced in the House on February 12, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on March 25, 2015
Last Amended on March 24, 2015
Passed by the General Assembly on April 21, 2015
Governor's Action: May 7, 2015, Signed

Summary: Automatic residential fire sprinklers for homes

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/12/2015  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 50)
   2/12/2015  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 50)
   3/19/2015  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, 
                        Commerce and Industry (House Journal-page 4)
   3/24/2015  House   Amended (House Journal-page 33)
   3/24/2015  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 33)
   3/24/2015  House   Roll call Yeas-105  Nays-4 (House Journal-page 34)
   3/25/2015  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 13)
   3/25/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 10)
   3/25/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 10)
    4/1/2015  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 10)
   4/16/2015  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 20)
   4/16/2015  Senate  Roll call Ayes-37  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 20)
   4/21/2015  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 28)
    5/7/2015          Ratified R 35
    5/7/2015          Signed By Governor
   5/14/2015          Effective date 05/07/15
   5/18/2015          Act No. 17

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/12/2015
3/19/2015
3/24/2015
4/1/2015

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A17, R35, H3662)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 6-9-55, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF SECTION 501.3 OF THE 2012 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, SO AS TO REMOVE PROVISIONS ALLOWING ENFORCEMENT OF THE CODE AFTER A CERTAIN DATE.

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

International Residential Business Code enforcement, exception

SECTION    1.    Section 6-9-55(C) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 65 of 2013, is amended to read:

"(C)    Notwithstanding subsection (A), Section 501.3 of the 2012 International Residential Code must not be enforced."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 7th day of May, 2015.

Approved the 7th day of May, 2015.

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