South Carolina House Bill 4244 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on February 7 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-02-07 - Act No. 115
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amend Section 38-78-20, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Definitions Applicable To Service Contracts, So As To Expand The Definition Of "service Contract" And "warranty" And To Define The Terms "road Hazard", "theft Protection Program", And "theft Protection Program Warranty"; To Amend Section 38-78-30, Relating To Service Contract Requirements, So As To Exclude A Service Contract Provider That Insures Their Obligations Under A Reimbursement Insurance Policy From The Financial Statement Requirement For Registration With The Director Of The Department Of Insurance; And To Amend Section 38-78-50, Relating To Required Provisions In Service Contracts, So As To Require A Certain Disclosure. - Ratified Title

Service contract requirements

Rep. William Sandifer [R]

2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: To Concur (Y: 42 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-15 - House - House: Adopt Amendment 2a Amendment Number 2a (Y: 110 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 11) [PASS]
2020-01-15 - House - House: Adopt Amendment 1a Amendment Number 1a (Y: 115 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2019-05-07 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 43 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-04-02 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 103 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 15) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-07		Act No. 115
2020-02-05		Effective date See Act
2020-02-03		Signed By Governor
2020-01-29		Ratified R 117
2020-01-21	Senate	Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
2020-01-21	Senate	Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
2020-01-15	House	Returned to Senate with amendments
2020-01-15	House	Senate amendment amended
2019-05-08	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments
2019-05-07	Senate	Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
2019-05-07	Senate	Read second time
2019-05-07	Senate	Amended
2019-05-01	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Banking and Insurance
2019-04-03		Scrivener's error corrected
2019-04-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
2019-04-03	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2019-04-03	House	Read third time and sent to Senate
2019-04-02	House	Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
2019-04-02	House	Read second time
2019-04-02	House	Amended
2019-03-27		Scrivener's error corrected
2019-03-26	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry
2019-03-13	House	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
2019-03-13	House	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	78	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	78	30	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	78	50	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4244&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4244_20190313.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4244_20190326.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4244_20190327.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4244_20190402.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4244_20190403.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4244_20190501.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4244_20190507.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4244_20200115.htm
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=16229
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=16676
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=17027
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=16997
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=16998