South Carolina Senate Bill 807

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-01-21 - Scrivener's error corrected
Pending: Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 50-11-317 So As To Define "doe" Or "does", And To Establish A Doe Season From January 2 - January 31; By Adding Section 50-9-42 So As To Require Licenses For Hunting Does During Doe Season; And By Amending Section 50-9-650, Relating To Deer Hunting, So As To Increase The Number Of Antlerless Deer Tags A Person May Purchase, And To Require The Department Of Natural Resources To Produce Literature Encouraging Hunters To Take Antlerless Deer.

Special Doe Hunting Season

Sen. JD Chaplin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-01-21		Scrivener's error corrected
2026-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
2026-01-14	Senate	Introduced and read first time

H5072 (Similar To) 2026-01-29 - Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
50	11	317	(n/a)	See Bill Text
50	9	42	(n/a)	See Bill Text
50	9	650	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0807&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/807_20260114.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/807_20260121.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/fiscalimpactstatements/S0807%202026-01-14%20introduced.pdf