South Carolina / State / 126th General Assembly, 2025-2026
2026 Act No. 207 (H.5217) and 2026 Act No. 231 (S.961), section 4 Two acts of one session rewrote the resident deer tag set differently
Both amend S.C. Code 50-9-650(B)(2), the tag set issued with a resident hunting licence and big game permit, which lifetime and gratis licensees such as the disability combination licence holder receive. Act No. 231, signed May 19, 2026 and effective for that section on approval, gives three antlerless and three unrestricted antlered tags. Act No. 207, signed May 18, 2026 and effective January 2, 2027, gives three antlerless, two unrestricted antlered and one antler-restriction tag. Neither act mentions the other, so from January 2, 2027 the later-signed and the later-effective texts disagree about the sixth tag.
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done,
- In committee Done, House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
- Passed one chamber Done, House
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate passed it amended on 2026-05-13; final concurrence by the House
- Signed by the governor Done, Act No. 207
- In effect Scheduled for
Sponsors
- William M. "Bill" Hixon
- Patrick B. Haddon
- Cally R. "Cal" Forrest, Jr.
- Jason Luck
What it touches
- S.C. Code Ann. § 50-9-650(B)(2)
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