republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3826.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 44-53-360, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS, SO AS TO REQUIRE WRITTEN PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TO BE WRITTEN ON TAMPER-RESISTANT PRESCRIPTION PADS, WITH EXCEPTIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-360, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS, SO AS TO REQUIRE WRITTEN PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TO BE WRITTEN ON TAMPER-RESISTANT PRESCRIPTION PADS, WITH EXCEPTIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3826	South Carolina H 3826 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Allison Arrington B. Newton Bedingfield Bennett Cogswell Crawford Dillard Duckworth Elliott Erickson Felder Forrester Fry G.R. Smith Hamilton Henderson Hewitt Hixon Huggins Johnson Long Martin Putnam Robinson-Simpson Tallon Taylor W. Newton	5	25	3	2017-02-22	2018-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/49f01b8d-be97-4c68-9bd3-2ed114a4387a	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3826&session=122&summary=B	01222fbba4f60190ad3ffe0dad10c2caccd06fd3d573dc646df3f88bb10b4e20	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3826 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-360, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS, SO AS TO REQUIRE WRITTEN PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TO BE WRITTEN ON TAMPER-RESISTANT PRESCRIPTION PADS, WITH EXCEPTIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - 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. 3/20/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/8/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/19/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/25/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allison — primary (person)
• Arrington — primary (person)
• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Bedingfield — primary (person)
• Bennett — primary (person)
• Cogswell — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Dillard — primary (person)
• Duckworth — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Forrester — primary (person)
• Fry — primary (person)
• G.R. Smith — primary (person)
• Hamilton — primary (person)
• Henderson — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Huggins — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• Putnam — primary (person)
• Robinson-Simpson — primary (person)
• Tallon — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• W. Newton — 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 Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2017-02-28 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Allison, Forrester, Tallon, Hamilton, Felder, Elliott
• 2017-03-02 Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
• 2017-03-02 Recommitted to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2017-03-07 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.Newton, Martin, Erickson, Dillard, G.R.Smith, Robinson-Simpson, Long, Taylor, Hixon, Arrington, Bennett, W.Newton
• 2017-03-08 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Putnam, Cogswell
• 2018-03-08 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-20 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-03-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-03-20 Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
• 2018-03-21 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-03-21 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-03-21 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-04-19 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-25 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-04-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-04-25 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2018-04-26 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-03 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2018-05-03 Roll call Yeas-96 Nays-0
• 2018-05-14 Ratified R 243
• 2018-05-17 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-30 Effective date 07/16/18
• 2018-05-31 Act No. 243

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49f01b8d-be97-4c68-9bd3-2ed114a4387a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).