---
type: "Bill"
title: "Neonatal testing"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-37-35 SO AS TO REQUIRE NEONATAL TESTING FOR CERTAIN GENETIC DISORDERS AND DISEASES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 44-37-30, RELATING TO NEONATAL TESTING OF CHILDREN, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO ESTABLISH A NEWBORN SCREENING ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE DESIRABILITY AND ADVISABILITY OF INCLUDING ADDITIONAL METABOLIC, GENETIC, AND CONGENITAL DISORDERS IN CERTAIN NEONATAL TESTING. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 3036"
citation: "South Carolina H 3036 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burns", "Clary", "G.R. Smith", "Gagnon", "Gilliard", "Henegan", "Hiott", "Huggins", "Jefferson", "Johnson", "Martin", "McCravy", "Parks", "Ridgeway", "Thayer", "Toole", "Trantham", "W. Cox", "West"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a3b0027-4a25-4841-a973-f8b4011c069c"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3036&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "14bfc3feadf136099f82159caa235636619ff85344326a861fd595c2220ba8c0"
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 3036 (2019-2020) — Neonatal testing

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-37-35 SO AS TO REQUIRE NEONATAL TESTING FOR CERTAIN GENETIC DISORDERS AND DISEASES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 44-37-30, RELATING TO NEONATAL TESTING OF CHILDREN, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO ESTABLISH A NEWBORN SCREENING ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE DESIRABILITY AND ADVISABILITY OF INCLUDING ADDITIONAL METABOLIC, GENETIC, AND CONGENITAL DISORDERS IN CERTAIN NEONATAL TESTING. - 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/3036.htm)
2. **12/18/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3036_20181218.htm)
3. **4/10/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3036_20190410.htm)
4. **4/25/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3036_20190425.htm)
5. **4/4/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3036_20190404.htm)
6. **4/5/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3036_20190405.htm)
7. **5/8/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3036_20190508.htm)
8. **5/9/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3036_20190509.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **41–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burns — primary (person)
- Clary — primary (person)
- G.R. Smith — primary (person)
- Gagnon — primary (person)
- Gilliard — primary (person)
- Henegan — primary (person)
- Hiott — primary (person)
- Huggins — primary (person)
- Jefferson — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Martin — primary (person)
- McCravy — primary (person)
- Parks — primary (person)
- Ridgeway — primary (person)
- Thayer — primary (person)
- Toole — primary (person)
- Trantham — primary (person)
- W. Cox — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-12-18** Prefiled `filing`
- **2018-12-18** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hiott
- **2019-01-23** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Burns, Huggins
- **2019-01-31** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: G.R.Smith
- **2019-02-05** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Trantham
- **2019-02-06** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ridgeway
- **2019-02-12** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Thayer, W.Cox
- **2019-03-11** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Toole
- **2019-03-12** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Johnson
- **2019-03-28** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Jefferson, Clary
- **2019-04-03** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard
- **2019-04-04** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2019-04-09** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henegan
- **2019-04-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
- **2019-04-11** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-1
- **2019-05-09** Senate amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2019-05-09** Returned to Senate with amendments
- **2019-05-09** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Ratified R 75
- **2019-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31** Effective date 05/16/19
- **2019-06-05** Act No. 55

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a3b0027-4a25-4841-a973-f8b4011c069c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).