---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational diseases"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 42-11-30, RELATING TO COMPENSABLE OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES FOR FIREFIGHTERS, SO AS TO INCLUDE STROKES AND TO REVISE PRESUMPTION ENTITLEMENT CRITERIA. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 3163"
citation: "South Carolina H 3163 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer", "Guffey", "Hartnett", "Kilmartin", "Lawson", "M.M. Smith", "McCravy", "Montgomery", "Pope", "Sanders", "Spann-Wilder", "Taylor", "Teeple", "W. Newton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-05"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46391542-c8a4-4b98-975f-6e859a6d5542"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3163&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "ed785b4d7d235f09273ba206ea295a6d6932a1370686116f2218a81031080c28"
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 3163 (2025-2026) — Occupational diseases

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 42-11-30, RELATING TO COMPENSABLE OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES FOR FIREFIGHTERS, SO AS TO INCLUDE STROKES AND TO REVISE PRESUMPTION ENTITLEMENT CRITERIA. - 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/3163.htm)
2. **04/09/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3163_20250409.htm)
3. **04/10/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3163_20250410.htm)
4. **04/10/2025-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3163_20250410a.htm)
5. **04/29/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3163_20260429.htm)
6. **12/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3163_20241205.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **41–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bauer — primary (person)
- Guffey — primary (person)
- Hartnett — primary (person)
- Kilmartin — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
- McCravy — primary (person)
- Montgomery — primary (person)
- Pope — primary (person)
- Sanders — primary (person)
- Spann-Wilder — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Teeple — primary (person)
- W. Newton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-05** Prefiled `filing`
- **2024-12-05** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hartnett, Teeple
- **2025-02-05** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kilmartin
- **2025-03-27** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Montgomery
- **2025-04-01** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sanders
- **2025-04-08** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bauer
- **2025-04-09** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guffey, Taylor
- **2025-04-09** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton
- **2025-04-10** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2025-04-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
- **2025-04-22** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-29** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-05** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-3
- **2026-05-06** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 171
- **2026-05-15** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date 05/15/26
- **2026-05-26** Act No. 132

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46391542-c8a4-4b98-975f-6e859a6d5542`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).