republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3442.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-9-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY ADOPT A CHILD, SO AS TO ADD CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH A NONRESIDENT MAY ADOPT AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE RIGHT TO FILE A PETITION FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT REGARD TO WHOM HAS CUSTODY OF THE CHILD; TO AMEND SECTIONS 63-9-750 AND 63-9-1110, RELATING TO ADOPTION HEARINGS AND STEPPARENT OR RELATIVE ADOPTIONS, RESPECTIVELY, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; AND BY ADDING SECTION 63-9-370 SO AS TO ADDRESS THE RIGHT TO ADOPT A CHILD IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-9-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY ADOPT A CHILD, SO AS TO ADD CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH A NONRESIDENT MAY ADOPT AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE RIGHT TO FILE A PETITION FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT REGARD TO WHOM HAS CUSTODY OF THE CHILD; TO AMEND SECTIONS 63-9-750 AND 63-9-1110, RELATING TO ADOPTION HEARINGS AND STEPPARENT OR RELATIVE ADOPTIONS, RESPECTIVELY, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; AND BY ADDING SECTION 63-9-370 SO AS TO ADDRESS THE RIGHT TO ADOPT A CHILD IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3442	South Carolina H 3442 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	B. Newton Ballentine Bedingfield Clary Delleney Elliott Erickson Felder Hamilton Henderson Henegan Hixon King Kirby Knight Martin Norman Norrell Pope Putnam Simrill Thayer V.S. Moss W. Newton West Wheeler Yow	6	31	3	2017-01-12	2018-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/c278c2ee-5422-4b8d-a59f-0654cf36fd52	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3442&session=122&summary=B	d5d17756093126ded42a5c497b429cde211de9e7583dc335d1cf5c6c21e04c04	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3442 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-9-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY ADOPT A CHILD, SO AS TO ADD CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH A NONRESIDENT MAY ADOPT AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE RIGHT TO FILE A PETITION FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT REGARD TO WHOM HAS CUSTODY OF THE CHILD; TO AMEND SECTIONS 63-9-750 AND 63-9-1110, RELATING TO ADOPTION HEARINGS AND STEPPARENT OR RELATIVE ADOPTIONS, RESPECTIVELY, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; AND BY ADDING SECTION 63-9-370 SO AS TO ADDRESS THE RIGHT TO ADOPT A CHILD IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. - ratified title

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 1/12/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 1/25/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/8/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/9/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/3/2017 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/5/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 104–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Ballentine — primary (person)
• Bedingfield — primary (person)
• Clary — primary (person)
• Delleney — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Hamilton — primary (person)
• Henderson — primary (person)
• Henegan — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Kirby — primary (person)
• Knight — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• Norman — primary (person)
• Norrell — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Putnam — primary (person)
• Simrill — primary (person)
• Thayer — primary (person)
• V.S. Moss — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)
• Wheeler — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-12 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-01-24 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Putnam, Clary, Hamilton, Yow, W.Newton, Kirby, Erickson
• 2017-01-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Knight, Hixon, Elliott, Henderson
• 2017-01-25 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-01-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bedingfield, V.S.Moss
• 2017-01-31 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wheeler
• 2017-01-31 Debate adjourned until Wed., 2-1-17
• 2017-02-01 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ballentine, King, Henegan, West
• 2017-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-01 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
• 2017-02-02 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-07 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-07 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-04-06 Referred to Subcommittee: Massey (ch), McElveen, Senn
• 2017-05-03 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-05 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-05-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-03-08 Committee Amendment Amended and Adopted amendment-passage, amendment-amendment
• 2018-03-08 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-03-08 Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0
• 2018-03-09 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-03-13 Recalled from House
• 2018-03-13 Reconsider vote whereby read third time and returned with amendments
• 2018-03-15 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-03-22 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2018-03-22 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
• 2018-04-03 Ratified R 152
• 2018-04-04 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-04-06 Effective date 04/04/18
• 2018-04-09 Act No. 144

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c278c2ee-5422-4b8d-a59f-0654cf36fd52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).