republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-4488.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 44-53-1650, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING IN PART TO PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO HAVE ACCESS TO DATA MAINTAINED IN THE PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CORONERS, DEPUTY CORONERS, MEDICAL EXAMINERS, AND DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-1650, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING IN PART TO PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO HAVE ACCESS TO DATA MAINTAINED IN THE PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CORONERS, DEPUTY CORONERS, MEDICAL EXAMINERS, AND DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 4488	South Carolina H 4488 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Atwater Dillard Douglas Erickson Fry Henderson Hewitt Huggins Norrell Ridgeway Spires Weeks West	6	25	3	2017-12-13	2018-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/255019eb-6a14-430f-bbb4-5ce851b3de30	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4488&session=122&summary=B	e6f59d3699e877975d000c129db2acae41face7f064fff28979fbc8acd427d97	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4488 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-1650, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING IN PART TO PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO HAVE ACCESS TO DATA MAINTAINED IN THE PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CORONERS, DEPUTY CORONERS, MEDICAL EXAMINERS, AND DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 12/13/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 2/21/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/22/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/15/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/18/2018 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/19/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Atwater — primary (person)
• Dillard — primary (person)
• Douglas — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Fry — primary (person)
• Henderson — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Huggins — primary (person)
• Norrell — primary (person)
• Ridgeway — primary (person)
• Spires — primary (person)
• Weeks — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-13 Prefiled filing
• 2017-12-13 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-01-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-01-23 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Fry, Hewitt, West, Spires, Atwater, Erickson, Norrell, Weeks, Douglas, Dillard, Ridgeway, Huggins
• 2018-02-21 Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-22 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-27 Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
• 2018-02-28 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-28 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-03-15 Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-04-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-04-18 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-04-18 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-04-18 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2018-04-19 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-04-25 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2018-04-25 Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
• 2018-05-01 Ratified R 180
• 2018-05-03 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-11 Effective date 05/03/18
• 2018-05-14 Act No. 168

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/255019eb-6a14-430f-bbb4-5ce851b3de30. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).