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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Emergency prescription refills"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-43-86, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EMERGENCY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTIONS BY PHARMACISTS, SO AS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF A PRESCRIPTION THAT MAY BE REFILLED WHEN AUTHORIZATION FROM THE PRESCRIBER IS NOT OBTAINABLE FROM A TEN-DAY SUPPLY TO A FOURTEEN-DAY SUPPLY, TO PROVIDE RELATED LABELING REQUIREMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE CERTAIN PACKAGING CONSTRAINTS. - ratified title"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 16"
+citation: "South Carolina S 16 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cash", "Rankin"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2018-12-12"
+last_action: "2020-03-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5f5d936-e408-4496-88ec-e8cb0f204e48"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=16&session=123&summary=B"
+source_hash: "ade00e11e4c71cf08d7d3fa3619fb86e4838a0ee34244e998309b36bae646e11"
+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 16 (2019-2020) — Emergency prescription refills
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-43-86, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EMERGENCY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTIONS BY PHARMACISTS, SO AS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF A PRESCRIPTION THAT MAY BE REFILLED WHEN AUTHORIZATION FROM THE PRESCRIBER IS NOT OBTAINABLE FROM A TEN-DAY SUPPLY TO A FOURTEEN-DAY SUPPLY, TO PROVIDE RELATED LABELING REQUIREMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE CERTAIN PACKAGING CONSTRAINTS. - ratified title
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/bills/16.htm)
+2. **1/17/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/16_20190117.htm)
+3. **1/25/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/16_20190125.htm)
+4. **12/12/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/16_20181212.htm)
+5. **3/3/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/16_20200303.htm)
+6. **5/1/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/16_20190501.htm)
+7. **5/7/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/16_20190507.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Adopt Conference Report — **106–0** (pass) · lower
+- to adopt the conference report — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **106–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- to concur — **0–39** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cash — primary (person)
+- Rankin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-12** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2018-12-12** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-08** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-17** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-01-24** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-01-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2019-01-25** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2019-01-29** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-01-29** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
+- **2019-01-30** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-01** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-07** Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
+- **2019-05-08** Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-05-09** Non-concurrence in House amendment
+- **2019-05-09** Roll call Ayes-0 Nays-39
+- **2020-01-15** House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. Ridgeway, Spires, and Parks
+- **2020-01-28** Conference committee appointed Alexander, Cromer, and Scott
+- **2020-02-25** Conference report received and adopted
+- **2020-02-25** Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
+- **2020-03-03** Conference report adopted
+- **2020-03-03** Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
+- **2020-03-04** Ordered enrolled for ratification
+- **2020-03-19** Ratified R 119
+- **2020-03-24** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-26** Effective date 03/24/20
+- **2020-03-26** Act No. 117
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5f5d936-e408-4496-88ec-e8cb0f204e48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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