South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee

H 3446 — Use of state park facilities

Last action — Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sanders

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 05, 2024. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Summary

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 51-3-60, RELATING TO THE USE OF FACILITIES FREE OF CHARGE BY AGED, BLIND, OR DISABLED VETERANS, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR VALID FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION.

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What changed in the latest version

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Plain-language change summary

The bill H 3446 has been updated to clarify what forms of identification are acceptable for aged, blind, or disabled veterans when accessing state park facilities free of charge. Previously, it only mentioned a Medicare card; now it includes a variety of valid ID options, such as a birth certificate, state-issued driver's license, and military identification. This change is important because it makes it easier for more veterans to prove their eligibility and enjoy the benefits they deserve without confusion or barriers.

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2025-2026 Bill 3446 Text of Previous Version (Dec.
06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 3446Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A bill   TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 51-3-60, RELATING TO THE USE OF FACILITIES FREE OF CHARGE BY AGED, BLIND, OR DISABLED VETERANS, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR VALID FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION.
  Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
  SECTION 1.  Section 51-3-60 of the S.C.
Code is amended to read:
      Section 51-3-60.
Any South Carolina resident who is over sixty-five years of age or disabled or legally blind as defined in Section 43-25-20 of the 1976 S.C.
Code may use any facility of a state park except campsites, overnight lodging and recreation buildings without charge.
Such residents may also use campsite facilities at one-half of the prescribed fee.
A person exercising this privilege on the basis of age shall present his medicare Medicare card or other card approved by the South Carolina Commission on Aging valid form of identification to include a birth certificate, state-issued driver's license or identification card, REAL ID, valid unexpired passport, military-issued identification, or dependent identification card to the employee of the State Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism who is in charge of the particular state park, and a person who is disabled or legally blind shall present to such person in charge of the park a certificate to that effect from a licensed doctor of medicine or an official of an agency authorized by law to make determinations of disability or blindness.
The authorization for use of the facilities as provided by this section shall not be effective if it conflicts with any federal law, rule or regulation.
    The term "disabled" as used herein shall mean the inability to perform substantial gainful employment by reason of a medically-determinable impairment, either physical or mental, which has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous period of twelve months or more.
    Any South Carolina resident who is a veteran and who has been classified by the Veterans Administration as permanently and totally disabled may also enter any state park without charge upon presentation to the person in charge of the park of an identification card from the county veterans affairs officer stating the veteran's permanent and total disability.
A statement of age or disability may not be made for any person whose age and disability records are not maintained in the veterans' affairs office at which the request is made.
  SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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Action History

  1. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sanders

  2. Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

  3. Introduced and read first time

  4. Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

  5. Prefiled

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3 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 167 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (167)

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Frequently asked questions

What does H 3446 do?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 51-3-60, RELATING TO THE USE OF FACILITIES FREE OF CHARGE BY AGED, BLIND, OR DISABLED VETERANS, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR VALID FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION.
Who sponsors H 3446?
H 3446 is sponsored by Representative Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope, Representative Richard Blake Sanders, and Representative Marvin "Mark" Smith.
What is the current status of H 3446?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 05, 2024. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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