---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Fatality Advisory Committee"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-11-1930, RELATING TO THE STATE CHILD FATALITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SO AS TO ADD THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION FOR COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON SERVING IN A HOLDOVER CAPACITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 845"
citation: "South Carolina S 845 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Young"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbcffa68-d425-4360-a0d7-2e8b16181a1b"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=845&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "ff636ef53c51d70de7eb8e57f7ec1d9f6a2fb971774286d51a7aa38163dc5958"
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 845 (2025-2026) — Child Fatality Advisory Committee

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-11-1930, RELATING TO THE STATE CHILD FATALITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SO AS TO ADD THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION FOR COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON SERVING IN A HOLDOVER CAPACITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - 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/845.htm)
2. **01/22/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/845_20260122.htm)
3. **02/11/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/845_20260211.htm)
4. **02/17/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/845_20260217.htm)
5. **05/06/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/845_20260506.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Family and Veterans' Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
- **2026-02-18** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-06** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-12** Debate adjourned
- **2026-05-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-13** Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
- **2026-05-14** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-15** Ratified R 234
- **2026-05-18** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-05** Effective date 05/18/26
- **2026-06-02** Act No. 198

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbcffa68-d425-4360-a0d7-2e8b16181a1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).