republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/s-891.md

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

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 44-37-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INFORMATION THAT MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS OF NEWBORNS, SO AS TO INCLUDE SAFE SLEEP PRACTICES AND THE CAUSES OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH SYNDROME IN THE INFORMATION THAT MUST BE PROVIDED. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-37-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INFORMATION THAT MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS OF NEWBORNS, SO AS TO INCLUDE SAFE SLEEP PRACTICES AND THE CAUSES OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH SYNDROME IN THE INFORMATION THAT MUST BE PROVIDED. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	S 891	South Carolina S 891 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Hutto Shealy	6	19	2	2018-01-11	2018-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/e2042921-f3e7-4bbf-b19a-f2d251e9d501	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=891&session=122&summary=B	9a1a6d6e2e7c490672a6dc597a459558678405bfa5562052dfcf329efd64e416	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 891 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-37-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INFORMATION THAT MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS OF NEWBORNS, SO AS TO INCLUDE SAFE SLEEP PRACTICES AND THE CAUSES OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH SYNDROME IN THE INFORMATION THAT MUST BE PROVIDED. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 1/11/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/1/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/2/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/7/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/8/2018 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/25/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 101–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hutto — primary (person)
• Shealy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-11 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-03-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-02 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-03-07 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-03-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-03-07 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2018-03-08 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-03-08 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2018-03-20 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-03-20 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-05-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-05-02 Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
• 2018-05-03 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-14 Ratified R 217
• 2018-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-23 Effective date See Act
• 2018-05-31 Act No. 199

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2042921-f3e7-4bbf-b19a-f2d251e9d501. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).