---
type: "Bill"
title: "South Carolina Veterans Homes"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 25-11-730 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS SHALL ADOPT CRITERIA FOR ADMISSIONS TO AND DISCHARGES FROM SOUTH CAROLINA VETERANS' HOMES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 218"
citation: "South Carolina S 218 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Young"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f6a3fe1-973f-458d-895e-5bb20e803336"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=218&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "80627ff31726f0cef371215e50d2f194c0310e618ebfdc026fde01d0c1b0e796"
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 S 218 (2025-2026) — South Carolina Veterans Homes

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 25-11-730 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS SHALL ADOPT CRITERIA FOR ADMISSIONS TO AND DISCHARGES FROM SOUTH CAROLINA VETERANS' HOMES. - 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/218.htm)
2. **01/15/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/218_20250115.htm)
3. **01/28/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/218_20250128.htm)
4. **01/30/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/218_20250130.htm)
5. **04/03/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/218_20250403.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Table Amendment 1 — **74–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-15** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2025-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
- **2025-02-05** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-06** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Debate adjourned until Thur., 4-10-25
- **2025-04-09** Reconsidered
- **2025-04-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
- **2025-04-10** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Ratified R 12
- **2025-04-28** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-07** Effective date 04/28/25
- **2025-05-07** Act No. 5

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f6a3fe1-973f-458d-895e-5bb20e803336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).