republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3775.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 44-63-140, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING IN PART TO ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES OF ADOPTED PERSONS, SO AS TO ALLOW AN ADULT ADOPTEE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE ADOPTEE'S OWN ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO ALLOW A BIOLOGICAL PARENT TO EXECUTE A CONTACT PREFERENCE FORM AND A MEDICAL HISTORY FORM TO BE PROVIDED TO THE ADULT ADOPTEE UPON REQUEST, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-63-140, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING IN PART TO ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES OF ADOPTED PERSONS, SO AS TO ALLOW AN ADULT ADOPTEE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE ADOPTEE'S OWN ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO ALLOW A BIOLOGICAL PARENT TO EXECUTE A CONTACT PREFERENCE FORM AND A MEDICAL HISTORY FORM TO BE PROVIDED TO THE ADULT ADOPTEE UPON REQUEST, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3775	South Carolina H 3775 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Brawley Cobb-Hunter Collins Delleney Douglas Felder Henegan J.E. Smith Johnson King Knight McEachern Pitts Ridgeway Rutherford Simrill Thigpen West Wheeler Williams	6	26	3	2017-02-16	2018-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/bdbfefe2-7b75-44f2-9164-ea66cca3b2f0	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3775&session=122&summary=B	c2f901b00f01c074994c2193a14565aa6776236bd697c41c25e9abb848cc1389	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3775 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-63-140, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING IN PART TO ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES OF ADOPTED PERSONS, SO AS TO ALLOW AN ADULT ADOPTEE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE ADOPTEE'S OWN ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO ALLOW A BIOLOGICAL PARENT TO EXECUTE A CONTACT PREFERENCE FORM AND A MEDICAL HISTORY FORM TO BE PROVIDED TO THE ADULT ADOPTEE UPON REQUEST, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 2/16/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 4/3/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 4/5/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/6/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/3/2018 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/9/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 88–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 102–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brawley — primary (person)
• Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
• Collins — primary (person)
• Delleney — primary (person)
• Douglas — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Henegan — primary (person)
• J.E. Smith — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Knight — primary (person)
• McEachern — primary (person)
• Pitts — primary (person)
• Ridgeway — primary (person)
• Rutherford — primary (person)
• Simrill — primary (person)
• Thigpen — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)
• Wheeler — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-16 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henegan
• 2017-03-02 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Collins
• 2018-04-03 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brawley, King
• 2018-04-03 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Debate interrupted
• 2018-04-05 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-04-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-04-05 Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
• 2018-04-05 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2018-04-06 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-04-06 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-04-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-04-09 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-05-03 Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-05-09 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-05-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-05-09 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2018-05-10 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-10 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2018-05-10 Roll call Yeas-88 Nays-0
• 2018-05-14 Ratified R 241
• 2018-05-17 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-30 Effective date 07/01/19
• 2018-05-31 Act No. 241

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bdbfefe2-7b75-44f2-9164-ea66cca3b2f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).