republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3822.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 44-53-160, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROCESS FOR MAKING CHANGES TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO NOTIFY THE CODE COMMISSIONER OF ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, AND RESCHEDULING OF SUBSTANCES. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-160, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROCESS FOR MAKING CHANGES TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO NOTIFY THE CODE COMMISSIONER OF ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, AND RESCHEDULING OF SUBSTANCES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3822	South Carolina H 3822 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Allison Arrington Atwater B. Newton Bedingfield Bennett Cogswell Crawford Crosby Duckworth Elliott Erickson Felder Fry Hamilton Henderson Hewitt Huggins Jefferson Johnson Jordan Long Lowe Martin Putnam Ryhal Tallon W. Newton West Whipper Willis	3	20	2	2017-02-22	2018-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/acdd245e-49be-4679-a3ee-ef4eb555deb3	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3822&session=122&summary=B	e7463206e88dd9f322b94162d63cda8c6cf809874667f3a1ca8382ddeb896c84	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3822 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-160, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROCESS FOR MAKING CHANGES TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO NOTIFY THE CODE COMMISSIONER OF ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, AND RESCHEDULING OF SUBSTANCES. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 2/22/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/15/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 5/4/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allison — primary (person)
• Arrington — primary (person)
• Atwater — primary (person)
• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Bedingfield — primary (person)
• Bennett — primary (person)
• Cogswell — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Crosby — primary (person)
• Duckworth — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Fry — primary (person)
• Hamilton — primary (person)
• Henderson — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Huggins — primary (person)
• Jefferson — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• Jordan — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• Lowe — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• Putnam — primary (person)
• Ryhal — primary (person)
• Tallon — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)
• Whipper — primary (person)
• Willis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-22 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-22 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2017-02-28 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Arrington, Allison, Tallon, Hamilton, Felder, Elliott
• 2017-03-07 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Jordan, B.Newton, Martin, Erickson, West, Lowe, Ryhal, Atwater, Willis, Jefferson, W.Newton, Bennett, Crosby, Long
• 2017-03-08 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Putnam, Cogswell
• 2017-05-04 Recalled from Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
• 2017-05-09 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Whipper
• 2017-05-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-05-09 Roll call Yeas-97 Nays-0
• 2017-05-10 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-05-10 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-03-15 Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-03-29 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2018-04-17 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-01 Ratified R 178
• 2018-05-03 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-11 Effective date 05/03/18
• 2018-05-14 Act No. 166

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/acdd245e-49be-4679-a3ee-ef4eb555deb3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).