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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Continuing law enforcement education credits and EMS training"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 23-23-57 SO AS TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE CONTINUING LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION CREDITS IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 44-61-80, RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN TRAINING PROGRAM MUST INCLUDE COURSES IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 3285"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3285 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bustos", "Cobb-Hunter", "Davis", "Garvin", "Gilliard", "Hartnett", "Henderson-Myers", "Holman", "J.L. Johnson", "Landing", "M.M. Smith", "Rivers", "Spann-Wilder", "Teeple", "Waters", "Wickensimer"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-12-05"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04b13164-bc0e-422b-89f8-ac8fee958b5a"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3285&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "c7dc326e6fe93348500d35eed60486f219d91a6ea6416d9e9f904abedbc167a4"
+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 3285 (2025-2026) — Continuing law enforcement education credits and EMS training
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 23-23-57 SO AS TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE CONTINUING LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION CREDITS IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 44-61-80, RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN TRAINING PROGRAM MUST INCLUDE COURSES IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. - 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/3285.htm)
+2. **04/02/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3285_20250402.htm)
+3. **04/04/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3285_20250404.htm)
+4. **04/09/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3285_20260409.htm)
+5. **12/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3285_20241205.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bustos — primary (person)
+- Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
+- Davis — primary (person)
+- Garvin — primary (person)
+- Gilliard — primary (person)
+- Hartnett — primary (person)
+- Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
+- Holman — primary (person)
+- J.L. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Landing — primary (person)
+- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
+- Rivers — primary (person)
+- Spann-Wilder — primary (person)
+- Teeple — primary (person)
+- Waters — primary (person)
+- Wickensimer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-05** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2024-12-05** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-27** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers
+- **2025-04-01** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hartnett, Bustos, J.L.Johnson, Teeple, Wickensimer
+- **2025-04-02** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, Davis, Holman
+- **2025-04-04** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2025-04-08** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Waters, Rivers, Gilliard
+- **2025-04-08** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-08** Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-0
+- **2025-04-09** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-09** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-09** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-09** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-29** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-29** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
+- **2026-04-30** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 173
+- **2026-05-15** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-26** Effective date 05/15/26
+- **2026-05-26** Act No. 134
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04b13164-bc0e-422b-89f8-ac8fee958b5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+