republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3898.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 63-9-780, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ACCESS TO AND DISCLOSURE OF NONIDENTIFYING AND IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ABOUT ADOPTEES, BIOLOGICAL PARENTS, AND BIOLOGICAL SIBLINGS, SO AS TO APPLY ALSO TO BIOLOGICAL GRANDPARENTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-9-780, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ACCESS TO AND DISCLOSURE OF NONIDENTIFYING AND IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ABOUT ADOPTEES, BIOLOGICAL PARENTS, AND BIOLOGICAL SIBLINGS, SO AS TO APPLY ALSO TO BIOLOGICAL GRANDPARENTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3898	South Carolina H 3898 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Alexander Arrington Bennett Clyburn Collins Douglas Elliott Felder Henegan Hosey King Kirby Knight Loftis M. Rivers Mack Pitts Robinson-Simpson Spires Whipper	3	19	2	2017-03-07	2017-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/85aced62-dc3a-4081-81ad-eaaa46b086cb	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3898&session=122&summary=B	ce6c09f694175a49f9346bdb1fa11b6dc58475fbf226fea490c091f25c2b46e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3898 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-9-780, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ACCESS TO AND DISCLOSURE OF NONIDENTIFYING AND IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ABOUT ADOPTEES, BIOLOGICAL PARENTS, AND BIOLOGICAL SIBLINGS, SO AS TO APPLY ALSO TO BIOLOGICAL GRANDPARENTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 3/29/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/7/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 4/27/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 33–2 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 103–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Arrington — primary (person)
• Bennett — primary (person)
• Clyburn — primary (person)
• Collins — primary (person)
• Douglas — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Henegan — primary (person)
• Hosey — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Kirby — primary (person)
• Knight — primary (person)
• Loftis — primary (person)
• M. Rivers — primary (person)
• Mack — primary (person)
• Pitts — primary (person)
• Robinson-Simpson — primary (person)
• Spires — primary (person)
• Whipper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-07 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-07 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Elliott
• 2017-03-29 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-30 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.Rivers
• 2017-03-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-30 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
• 2017-03-30 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2017-03-31 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-04 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-04-04 Referred to Committee on General referral-committee
• 2017-04-27 Committee report: Favorable General committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-05-10 Roll call Ayes-33 Nays-2
• 2017-05-11 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-15 Ratified R 116
• 2017-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-25 Effective date 5/19/17
• 2017-05-31 Act No. 79

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85aced62-dc3a-4081-81ad-eaaa46b086cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).