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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Telehealth for Veterinary Services"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 69, TITLE 40 SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THE USE OF TELEHEALTH FOR VETERINARY SERVICES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-69-20, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS CONCERNING THE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS, SO AS TO REMOVE AN OBSOLETE DEFINITION AND TO DEFINE \"VETERINARIAN-CLIENT-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP.\" - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 3223"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3223 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-12-05"
+last_action: "2026-03-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c0535d7-6e04-4158-9539-9c7fed636d87"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3223&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "8f95d43f618205beb5972142d5e4b697753b667d9213ed495e36d897a4bf3690"
+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 H 3223 (2025-2026) — Telehealth for Veterinary Services
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 69, TITLE 40 SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THE USE OF TELEHEALTH FOR VETERINARY SERVICES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-69-20, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS CONCERNING THE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS, SO AS TO REMOVE AN OBSOLETE DEFINITION AND TO DEFINE "VETERINARIAN-CLIENT-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP." - 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/sess126_2025-2026/bills/3223.htm)
+2. **02/19/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3223_20260219.htm)
+3. **04/29/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3223_20250429.htm)
+4. **04/30/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3223_20250430.htm)
+5. **04/30/2025-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3223_20250430a.htm)
+6. **12/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3223_20241205.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage of Bill — **110–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-05** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2024-12-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-29** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-30** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2025-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-30** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-30** Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
+- **2025-05-01** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-01** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-01** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-19** Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-25** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
+- **2026-02-26** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-05** Ratified R 107
+- **2026-03-09** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-12** Effective date 03/09/26
+- **2026-03-12** Act No. 102
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c0535d7-6e04-4158-9539-9c7fed636d87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+