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+type: "Bill"
+title: "South Carolina Veterans Homes"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 25-11-730 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS SHALL ADOPT CRITERIA FOR ADMISSIONS TO AND DISCHARGES FROM SOUTH CAROLINA VETERANS' HOMES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 218"
+citation: "South Carolina S 218 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Young"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-15"
+last_action: "2025-05-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f6a3fe1-973f-458d-895e-5bb20e803336"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=218&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "80627ff31726f0cef371215e50d2f194c0310e618ebfdc026fde01d0c1b0e796"
+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 218 (2025-2026) — South Carolina Veterans Homes
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 25-11-730 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS SHALL ADOPT CRITERIA FOR ADMISSIONS TO AND DISCHARGES FROM SOUTH CAROLINA VETERANS' HOMES. - 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/218.htm)
+2. **01/15/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/218_20250115.htm)
+3. **01/28/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/218_20250128.htm)
+4. **01/30/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/218_20250130.htm)
+5. **04/03/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/218_20250403.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2nd Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **108–0** (pass) · lower
+- Table Amendment 1 — **74–32** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Young — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-15** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-01-15** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-28** Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-01-30** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2025-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-04** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
+- **2025-02-05** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-06** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-03** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-09** Debate adjourned until Thur., 4-10-25
+- **2025-04-09** Reconsidered
+- **2025-04-09** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-09** Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
+- **2025-04-10** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** Ratified R 12
+- **2025-04-28** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-07** Effective date 04/28/25
+- **2025-05-07** Act No. 5
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f6a3fe1-973f-458d-895e-5bb20e803336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+