---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Health and Human Services"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY REPEALING SECTIONS 44-6-300, 44-6-310, AND 44-6-320 ALL RELATING TO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO ESTABLISH AND EXPAND CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 3231"
citation: "South Carolina H 3231 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["W. Newton", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-08"
last_action: "2023-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b096f57-0758-4f9d-a381-01ce2087727d"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3231&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "7de3eb71c1d812a1e818d1642a92e4927ae2bdc9d6c4b79d3bd0e87effe44468"
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 3231 (2023-2024) — Department of Health and Human Services

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY REPEALING SECTIONS 44-6-300, 44-6-310, AND 44-6-320 ALL RELATING TO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO ESTABLISH AND EXPAND CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. - 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/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3231.htm)
2. **12/8/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3231_20221208.htm)
3. **2/1/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3231_20230201.htm)
4. **5/4/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3231_20230504.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- W. Newton — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-08** Prefiled `filing`
- **2022-12-08** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
- **2023-02-08** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
- **2023-05-10** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Ratified R 44
- **2023-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-25** Effective date 05/16/23
- **2023-05-25** Act No. 36

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b096f57-0758-4f9d-a381-01ce2087727d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).