---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medications, authorized provisions by unlicensed persons in community residential facilities"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-33-43, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE AUTHORIZED PROVISION OF MEDICATIONS BY UNLICENSED PERSONS IN COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES, SO AS TO EXTEND THESE PROVISIONS TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 454"
citation: "South Carolina S 454 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Jackson", "Martin", "Massey", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d352b78-b3d4-42e7-bf7e-6fd858882cfc"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=454&session=124&summary=B"
source_hash: "a579020ec9e4e5e9a749d652b9e077ab975235fe3a1138c7c5ec152db05d35b5"
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 454 (2021-2022) — Medications, authorized provisions by unlicensed persons in community residential facilities

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-33-43, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE AUTHORIZED PROVISION OF MEDICATIONS BY UNLICENSED PERSONS IN COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES, SO AS TO EXTEND THESE PROVISIONS TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. - 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/sess124_2021-2022/bills/454.htm)
2. **1/13/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/454_20210113.htm)
3. **1/28/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/454_20210128.htm)
4. **4/15/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/454_20210415.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Martin — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Polled out of committee Medical Affairs
- **2021-01-28** Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** Roll call Ayes-37 Nays-0
- **2021-02-04** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
- **2021-04-21** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Ratified R 31
- **2021-04-22** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-26** Effective date 04/22/21
- **2021-04-26** Act No. 19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d352b78-b3d4-42e7-bf7e-6fd858882cfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).