---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, RELATING TO MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LICENSING HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONAL GENERAL INFIRMARIES, DESIGNATED AS"
description: ", PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 5459"
citation: "South Carolina H 5459 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-23"
last_action: "2024-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da3eaf12-6d8a-4568-be95-6cb41a95d6cd"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5459&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "336408938c74421261f78f359d102ea97ee39022e7c2340383ddf9492dbc0248"
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 5459 (2023-2024) — AN ACT TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, RELATING TO MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LICENSING HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONAL GENERAL INFIRMARIES, DESIGNATED AS

, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS. - 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/5459.htm)
2. **04/23/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5459_20240423.htm)
3. **04/23/2024-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5459_20240423a.htm)
4. **05/07/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5459_20240507.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Joint Resolution — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- House Regulations and Administrative Procedures — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-23** Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-04-25** Debate adjourned
- **2024-05-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-05-01** Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
- **2024-05-02** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-05-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
- **2024-05-09** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Ratified R 237
- **2024-05-20** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29** Effective date 05/20/24
- **2024-07-23** Act No. 249

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da3eaf12-6d8a-4568-be95-6cb41a95d6cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).