"Quail Forever" Specialty License Plate

2025-2026 Bill 904: "Quail Forever" Specialty License Plate - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 904
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Young, Campsen, Stubbs, Graham and Garrett
Document Path: SR-0021QG26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on February 10, 2026
Introduced in the House on April 30, 2026
Last Amended on April 28, 2026

Currently residing in the House Committee on
Education and Public Works
Summary: "Quail Forever" Specialty License Plate
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

2/10/2026

Senate

Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 8
)

2/10/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Transportation
(
Senate Journal-page 8
)

4/15/2026

Senate

Committee report: Favorable
Transportation
(
Senate Journal-page 44
)

4/28/2026

Senate

Amended (
Senate Journal-page 50
)

4/28/2026

Senate

Read second time (
Senate Journal-page 50
)

4/28/2026

Senate

Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0 (
Senate Journal-page 50
)

4/29/2026

Senate

Read third time and sent to House (
Senate Journal-page 34
)

4/30/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 156
)

4/30/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Education and Public Works
(
House Journal-page 156
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/10/2026
04/15/2026
04/28/2026

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates
New Matter

Amended

April 28, 2026

S. 904

Introduced
by Senators Young, Campsen, Stubbs and Graham

S. Printed 4/28/26--S.

Read the first time February 10, 2026

________

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION
56-3-16510
SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ISSUE
SPECIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PLATES TO MEMBERS OF THE "QUAIL FOREVER" ORGANIZATION.

Amend Title To Conform

B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

S
ECTION 1.
C
hapter 3, Title 56 of the S.C. Code is amended by
adding:

A
rticle 156

Q
uail Forever Specialty License Plate

S
ection
56-3-16510
. The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue "Quail Forever" special
license plates to owners of private passenger motor vehicles or motorcycles
registered in their names. The requirements for production and distribution of
the plate are those set forth in Section
56-3-8100
. The biennial fee for this
plate is the regular registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this
title plus an additional fee of seventy dollars. Any portion of the additional
seventy-dollar fee not set aside by the Comptroller General to defray costs of
production and distribution must be distributed to Quail Forever, and those
funds will be used exclusively in South Carolina in partnership with the South
Carolina Department of Natural Resources to further Quail Forever's mission to
influence bobwhite habitat conservation to support long-term and healthy quail
populations in South Carolina. The department may issue this special license
plate six months following the approval of its design.

S
ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.

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