republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-4705.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 63-7-310, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MANDATED REPORTERS OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT, SO AS TO ADD RELIGIOUS COUNSELORS AS MANDATED REPORTERS AND TO REQUIRE MANDATED REPORTERS TO COMPLY WITH THE INDIVIDUAL DUTY TO REPORT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-450, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES DUTY TO NOTIFY MANDATED REPORTERS OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-310, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MANDATED REPORTERS OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT, SO AS TO ADD RELIGIOUS COUNSELORS AS MANDATED REPORTERS AND TO REQUIRE MANDATED REPORTERS TO COMPLY WITH THE INDIVIDUAL DUTY TO REPORT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-450, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES DUTY TO NOTIFY MANDATED REPORTERS OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 4705	South Carolina H 4705 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Arrington B. Newton Ballentine Bannister Brawley Bryant Chumley Elliott G.R. Smith Hamilton Henderson-Myers Hixon Long Martin S. Rivers Stringer Trantham	6	23	3	2018-01-24	2018-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/58774e60-c990-4ac5-8263-dc2198f2c1c0	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4705&session=122&summary=B	6a1f4f710093c8ba1c08f50f734316935ec5be1d476e5b84046a6e4d0852fd68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4705 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-310, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MANDATED REPORTERS OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT, SO AS TO ADD RELIGIOUS COUNSELORS AS MANDATED REPORTERS AND TO REQUIRE MANDATED REPORTERS TO COMPLY WITH THE INDIVIDUAL DUTY TO REPORT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-450, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES DUTY TO NOTIFY MANDATED REPORTERS OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 1/24/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2. 2/14/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/20/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/22/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/19/2018 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/26/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 103–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Arrington — primary (person)
• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Ballentine — primary (person)
• Bannister — primary (person)
• Brawley — primary (person)
• Bryant — primary (person)
• Chumley — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• G.R. Smith — primary (person)
• Hamilton — primary (person)
• Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• S. Rivers — primary (person)
• Stringer — primary (person)
• Trantham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-24 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-24 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-06 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brawley
• 2018-02-14 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-20 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ballentine
• 2018-02-20 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
• 2018-02-21 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-21 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-21 Referred to Committee on General referral-committee
• 2018-03-22 Committee report: Favorable with amendment General committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-19 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-04-26 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-04-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-04-26 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2018-05-01 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-02 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2018-05-02 Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-0
• 2018-05-14 Ratified R 264
• 2018-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-25 Effective date 05/18/18
• 2018-05-31 Act No. 222

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/58774e60-c990-4ac5-8263-dc2198f2c1c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).