---
type: "Bill"
title: "Blood Cancer Awareness Month"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-320 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS \"BLOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.\" - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 4261"
citation: "South Carolina H 4261 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "G.M. Smith", "J. Moore", "Rivers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-27"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d3af8f8-b4cb-4679-9dfe-6380950dbf91"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4261&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "2f29703a3785ba9a083466ab62e8af89b732af80cdfb396ae94a7619ce369544"
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 4261 (2025-2026) — Blood Cancer Awareness Month

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-320 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS "BLOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH." - 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/4261.htm)
2. **03/27/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4261_20250327.htm)
3. **03/27/2025-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4261_20250327a.htm)
4. **04/30/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4261_20250430.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- G.M. Smith — primary (person)
- J. Moore — primary (person)
- Rivers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-27** Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: J.Moore, Rivers, Anderson
- **2025-04-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Roll call Yeas-118 Nays-0
- **2025-04-02** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
- **2025-05-07** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Ratified R 77
- **2025-05-12** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Effective date 05/12/25
- **2025-05-19** Act No. 51

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d3af8f8-b4cb-4679-9dfe-6380950dbf91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).