republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/s-9.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 THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 38-71-380 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE OPTIONAL INTOXICANTS AND NARCOTICS EXCLUSION PROVISION CONTAINED IN CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES THAT REQUIRE THE REPLICATION OF EXACT LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 38-71-370 DOES NOT APPLY TO A MEDICAL EXPENSE POLICY, AND TO DEFINE MEDICAL EXPENSE POLICY. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 38-71-380 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE OPTIONAL INTOXICANTS AND NARCOTICS EXCLUSION PROVISION CONTAINED IN CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES THAT REQUIRE THE REPLICATION OF EXACT LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 38-71-370 DOES NOT APPLY TO A MEDICAL EXPENSE POLICY, AND TO DEFINE MEDICAL EXPENSE POLICY. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	S 9	South Carolina S 9 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Hutto Rankin	6	26	4	2016-12-13	2017-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/badb1c71-6734-4e90-aae6-10b49621ab5d	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=9&session=122&summary=B	586ebdeaff0f9ef10d00fedfe32285916b0d04001f7f846f2b73a253494b4ef6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 9 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 38-71-380 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE OPTIONAL INTOXICANTS AND NARCOTICS EXCLUSION PROVISION CONTAINED IN CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES THAT REQUIRE THE REPLICATION OF EXACT LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 38-71-370 DOES NOT APPLY TO A MEDICAL EXPENSE POLICY, AND TO DEFINE MEDICAL EXPENSE POLICY. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 12/13/2016 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/23/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/9/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 5/11/2017 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/2/2017 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/4/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• to adopt — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 94–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hutto — primary (person)
• Rankin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-13 Prefiled filing
• 2016-12-13 Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance referral-committee
• 2017-01-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance referral-committee
• 2017-03-09 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Banking and Insurance committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-23 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-03-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-23 Roll call Ayes-37 Nays-0
• 2017-03-29 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-30 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2017-05-02 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-04 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-05-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-05-04 Roll call Yeas-94 Nays-2
• 2017-05-04 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2017-05-05 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-11 House amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2017-05-11 Roll call Ayes-31 Nays-0
• 2017-05-11 Returned to House with amendments
• 2017-05-11 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2017-05-11 Roll call Yeas-92 Nays-0
• 2017-05-15 Ratified R 63
• 2017-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-25 Effective date 5/19/17
• 2017-05-31 Act No. 42

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/badb1c71-6734-4e90-aae6-10b49621ab5d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).