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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Foster care or adoption placement"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-2350, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND RESTRICTIONS ON FOSTER CARE OR ADOPTION PLACEMENTS, SO AS ALSO TO APPLY TO EMPLOYEES OF RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES IN WHICH FOSTER CHILDREN ARE PLACED AND TO ADD BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH EMPLOYEES. - ratified title"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 601"
+citation: "South Carolina S 601 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hutto", "Shealy"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-03-05"
+last_action: "2020-05-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/403f3a42-85f2-4963-9694-e0fb2135f1f3"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=601&session=123&summary=B"
+source_hash: "9f0178eb3f89cfc22b579599a85216b7ba236181df63751707a89c095915456c"
+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 601 (2019-2020) — Foster care or adoption placement
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-2350, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND RESTRICTIONS ON FOSTER CARE OR ADOPTION PLACEMENTS, SO AS ALSO TO APPLY TO EMPLOYEES OF RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES IN WHICH FOSTER CHILDREN ARE PLACED AND TO ADD BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH EMPLOYEES. - 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/601.htm)
+2. **2/11/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/601_20200211.htm)
+3. **3/27/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/601_20190327.htm)
+4. **3/5/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/601_20190305.htm)
+5. **5/1/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/601_20190501.htm)
+6. **5/12/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/601_20200512.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **105–0** (pass) · lower
+- Adopt Conference Report — **112–0** (pass) · lower
+- to adopt the conference report — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- to concur — **0–41** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hutto — primary (person)
+- Shealy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-05** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-05** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-27** Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-09** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-09** Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0
+- **2019-04-09** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-09** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-01** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-08** Requests for debate-Rep(s). Hart, King, McDaniel, Garvin, Ridgeway, Gilliard, Henegan, Anderson, Chumley, Burns, Forrester, V.S. Moss
+- **2020-02-04** Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Forrester, Burns
+- **2020-02-05** Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Henegan, Ridgeway, Chumley
+- **2020-02-11** Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Anderson, VS Moss, Garvin
+- **2020-02-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-11** Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
+- **2020-02-12** Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-03-10** Non-concurrence in House amendment
+- **2020-03-10** Roll call Ayes-0 Nays-41
+- **2020-03-11** House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. Bernstein, Collins, Caskey
+- **2020-03-11** Conference committee appointed Shealy, Hutto and Young
+- **2020-05-12** Conference report adopted
+- **2020-05-12** Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0
+- **2020-05-12** Conference report received and adopted
+- **2020-05-12** Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0
+- **2020-05-12** Ordered enrolled for ratification
+- **2020-05-21** Ratified R 145
+- **2020-05-26** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-05-28** Effective date 05/26/20
+- **2020-05-28** Act No. 140
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/403f3a42-85f2-4963-9694-e0fb2135f1f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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