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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-220 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF JULY OF EACH YEAR AS \"FIBROID TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH\" AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT UTERINE FIBROID TUMORS HAVE ON WOMEN'S HEALTH. - ratified title"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-220 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF JULY OF EACH YEAR AS \"FIBROID TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH\" AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT UTERINE FIBROID TUMORS HAVE ON WOMEN'S HEALTH. - ratified title"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "S 79"
+citation: "South Carolina S 79 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2016-12-13"
+last_action: "2018-05-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/107d6379-5af0-4907-bb5d-5de193dcf997"
+source_url: "http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=79&session=122&summary=B"
+source_hash: "beb6c3e872ba3c613fbaf7232b8d2e212f2b6a62c8eb088133b30a1764592f5a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
+---
+
+# South Carolina S 79 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-220 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF JULY OF EACH YEAR AS "FIBROID TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH" AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT UTERINE FIBROID TUMORS HAVE ON WOMEN'S HEALTH. - ratified title
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **12/13/2016** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/79_20161213.htm)
+2. **2/23/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/79_20170223.htm)
+3. **4/25/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/79_20180425.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2nd Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **105–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-13** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee on General `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on General `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-23** Committee report: Favorable General `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-02** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
+- **2017-03-07** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-07** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-03-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-08** Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
+- **2017-03-08** Recommitted to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-25** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2018-05-02** Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
+- **2018-05-03** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-05-14** Ratified R 197
+- **2018-05-15** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-23** Effective date 05/15/18
+- **2018-05-31** Act No. 181
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/107d6379-5af0-4907-bb5d-5de193dcf997`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+