---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuing law enforcement education credits and EMS training"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 23-23-57 SO AS TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE CONTINUING LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION CREDITS IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 44-61-80, RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN TRAINING PROGRAM MUST INCLUDE COURSES IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 3285"
citation: "South Carolina H 3285 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bustos", "Cobb-Hunter", "Davis", "Garvin", "Gilliard", "Hartnett", "Henderson-Myers", "Holman", "J.L. Johnson", "Landing", "M.M. Smith", "Rivers", "Spann-Wilder", "Teeple", "Waters", "Wickensimer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-05"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04b13164-bc0e-422b-89f8-ac8fee958b5a"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3285&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "c7dc326e6fe93348500d35eed60486f219d91a6ea6416d9e9f904abedbc167a4"
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 3285 (2025-2026) — Continuing law enforcement education credits and EMS training

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 23-23-57 SO AS TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE CONTINUING LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION CREDITS IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 44-61-80, RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN TRAINING PROGRAM MUST INCLUDE COURSES IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. - 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/3285.htm)
2. **04/02/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3285_20250402.htm)
3. **04/04/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3285_20250404.htm)
4. **04/09/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3285_20260409.htm)
5. **12/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3285_20241205.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bustos — primary (person)
- Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Garvin — primary (person)
- Gilliard — primary (person)
- Hartnett — primary (person)
- Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
- Holman — primary (person)
- J.L. Johnson — primary (person)
- Landing — primary (person)
- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
- Rivers — primary (person)
- Spann-Wilder — primary (person)
- Teeple — primary (person)
- Waters — primary (person)
- Wickensimer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-05** Prefiled `filing`
- **2024-12-05** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers
- **2025-04-01** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hartnett, Bustos, J.L.Johnson, Teeple, Wickensimer
- **2025-04-02** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith, Davis, Holman
- **2025-04-04** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2025-04-08** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Waters, Rivers, Gilliard
- **2025-04-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-0
- **2025-04-09** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-04-29** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
- **2026-04-30** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 173
- **2026-05-15** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date 05/15/26
- **2026-05-26** Act No. 134

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04b13164-bc0e-422b-89f8-ac8fee958b5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).