Failed legislative bills
or pending legislation related to license plates
period 1/1/1977 - 2/03/2021
Official, Boards/Commissions and Military
Veteran's may retain old plate as a memento
1/13/1987 (SB75)
single plate to former Senate President Pro Tempore, Rembert C. Dennis
12/13/1989 (HB3593)
Special-Purpose District Commissioners
12/13/1989 (HB3694), 2/9/1995 (HB3569), 3/16/1999 (SB612)
Civil Air Patrol
1/8/1991 (SB21), 4/6/1993 (SB640), 4/9/1996 (SB1344)
General William C. Westmoreland
1/21/1992 (SB1173)
Selective Service Board
5/21/1992 (HB4297), 1/13/1994 (HB3098)
Pilotage Commission
5/3/1994 (SB1254); 3/25/1995 (SB288); 1/14/2003 (SB11)
regional Tourism Commissioners
1/19/1995 (HB3322)
Coast Guard Auxiliary
3/28/1995 (SB524)
Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities board members
4/22/1997 (HB4050)
Violence Prevention Authority
1/20/1999 (HB3309), 3/9/2000 (SB145), 2/1/2001 (HB3431)
GLEAMNS Human Resources
6/1/2006 (HB 4515), 4/25/2007 (HB3995)
Greenwood, Laurens, Edgefield, Aiken, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda Counties
Storm Eye Institute (directors and staff only)
4/28/2008 (SB773)
"Bronze Star with Valor"
1/28/2009 (SB338)
Iraq Veterans; Afghanistan Veterans
5/6/2015 (HB4136)
Bronze Star and Silver Star for motorcycles
2/3/2016 (SB1057)
Hearing Impaired
1/10/2017 (SB195), 2/26/2019 (SB557)
Persian Gulf War Veteran
3/6/2018 (HB4710)
Air Medal Combat Veteran
9/24/2020 (SB163), 1/30/2019 (HB3593), 1/26/2021 (HB3147) ***PENDING: Current Session***
Medal of Honor, Branch specific; Distinguished Service Cross, Branch specific; SC Medal of Valor; Soldier's Medal; Legion of Merit; Normandy Invasion Veteran; Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm; Operation Iraqi Freedom; Operation Enduring Freedom; Air Medal; Blue Star Family (public); Veterans of Foreign Wars (public); American Legion (public); Marine Corps League (existing plate>make public); Chief Petty Officer (existing plate>make public) [short title: "various military types"]
3/11/2020 (HB5261), 2/3/2021 (HB3095) ***PENDING: Current Session***, 1/12/2021 (HB3040) ***PENDING: Current Session***
alter Sons of Confederate Veterans to remove logo
1/12/2021 (HB3091) ***PENDING: Current Session***
Standard Plates
slogan on standard plates "Nothing Could Be Finer"
2/5/1985 (HB2322) [this would become the slogan on Personalized in 1991]
front and rear (pairs)
12/6/1976 (HB2013), 3/8/1977 (HB2599), 5/8/1985 (SB623), 1/12/1988 (HB3301), 2/23/1989 (SB433), 3/3/1993 (HB3602)
American Red Cross owned-vehicles
5/5/1988 (SB1494)
require Legislative approval of design
2/27/1990 (HB4739)
require County names
12/13/1989 (HB3513), 3/22/1994 (HB4317)
slogan on standard plates "The Motor State"
4/1/1997 (HB3796)
Specialty
High School or College/University booster clubs
5/17/1983 (SB153)
county or region specific
4/28/1994 (SB649)
out-of-state Colleges and Universities
4/28/1994 (SB855), 2/8/1995 (SB473), 5/20/1999 (SB846), *superseded by non-profit organization provision
Organ Transplant recipients
1/9/1996 (SB965 and HB4314), 3/6/1996 (SB1227)
Girl Scouts
1/10/1996 (SB999), 1/23/1996 (HB4481)
Coastal Improvement Fund
3/13/1996 (SB1249)
Lake Murray
3/4/1997 (HB3589)
Animal Abuse Prevention
3/22/2001 (HB3782)
Sertoma International
6/7/2001 (HB3920)
"Project Pet"
1/15/2002 (SB743), [later became "No More Homeless Pets"]
Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Fund
3/5/2002 (HB1088), 4/2/2003 (SB545)
Law Enforcement Supporter
4/2/2003 (SB551)
Harley Davidson Owners
4/16/2003 (SB623)
Choose Death; "Choose Life"/"Choose Abortion"; "Choose Life" and "Pro Choice"
1/14/2003 (HB3285), 1/26/2005 (SB350), 1/26/2005 (HB3382), 1/25/2005 (SB329)
"School Choice - The Right Choice"
1/25/2005 (SB330)
State Museum
1/30/2008 (HB4610)
Delta Waterfowl
4/29/2015 (HB3549)
NFL teams
5/6/2015 (HB4137), 1/10/2017 (HB3267)
Motorcycle Awareness
1/27/2016 (SB1031)
United States Submarine Veterans, Inc
2/2/2016 (HB4796)
Fallen Officer
1/14/2020 (HB4742)
Officials
County Sheriff and County Coroner
5/25/1999 (SB859), 1/10/2001 (SB109)
County Coroner, County Auditor and County Treasurer
6/1/1999 (HB4202)
Types
School Bus not to contain more than 3 characters
1/21/1982 (HB3443), 4/5/1983 (HB2803), 3/24/1987 (HB2506), 2/21/1989 (HB3308), 2/26/1991 (HB3454), 4/14/1993 (HB4096)
car rental companies
1/17/1989 (HB3231)
Repair Test-Driving
4/30/2008 (SB1344)
Medium Speed Vehicle
2/12/2009 (SB419)