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  • Home
  • The Guild
    • Mission
    • Leadership
    • Advocacy
    • Members >
      • Brewery Members
      • Online Ordering/Pickup Database
      • Affiliates
  • Membership
    • Join or Renew
    • Membership Types
    • Brewery/In Planning Membership
    • Affiliate Membership
    • Retailer Membership
    • Learn More
  • Events
    • 2019 SC Beer Awards
    • Trade Show
  • Resources
    • Member Downloads
    • COVID-19 Resources
    • Economic Impact
    • Mental Health
    • Opening a Brewery
  • Merch
  • Contact

Legislative History

A Timeline of Notable South Carolina Beer Laws and Advocacy Efforts

​JANUARY 29, 1918

The South Carolina General Assembly ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in January of 1918. By January 1919, enough other states did the same for federal prohibition to become law, but enforcement would not begin until January of 1920 when the Volstead Act took effect.