republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/s-918.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 44-53-360, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS, SO AS TO ESTABLISH LIMITATIONS FOR INITIAL OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS; BY ADDING SECTION 44-53-1655 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO PROVIDE PRESCRIPTION REPORT CARDS TO PRACTITIONERS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-1650, RELATING TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM DATA, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FOR PURPOSES OF PRACTITIONER PRESCRIPTION REPORT CARDS. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-360, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS, SO AS TO ESTABLISH LIMITATIONS FOR INITIAL OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS; BY ADDING SECTION 44-53-1655 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO PROVIDE PRESCRIPTION REPORT CARDS TO PRACTITIONERS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-1650, RELATING TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM DATA, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FOR PURPOSES OF PRACTITIONER PRESCRIPTION REPORT CARDS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	S 918	South Carolina S 918 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Hembree M.B. Matthews Malloy Peeler	9	27	6	2018-01-23	2018-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/e88064c3-35a5-4322-a8a6-639b33883c1f	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=918&session=122&summary=B	fdc5587afe3cb76fd07353863f896d17f17245bf62339a18c503f46570f8455c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 918 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-360, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS, SO AS TO ESTABLISH LIMITATIONS FOR INITIAL OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS; BY ADDING SECTION 44-53-1655 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO PROVIDE PRESCRIPTION REPORT CARDS TO PRACTITIONERS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-1650, RELATING TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM DATA, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FOR PURPOSES OF PRACTITIONER PRESCRIPTION REPORT CARDS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 1/23/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/20/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/21/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/29/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/18/2018 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/24/2018 (committee substitute) — source
7. 4/25/2018 (committee substitute) — source
8. 4/3/2018 (committee substitute) — source
9. 5/9/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• to continue motion to carry over — 14–27 (fail) · upper
• to lay on the table motion to adjourn debate — 26–16 (pass) · upper
• to adopt amendment — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 91–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hembree — primary (person)
• M.B. Matthews — primary (person)
• Malloy — primary (person)
• Peeler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-23 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-23 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-03-20 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-21 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-03-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-03-29 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-03-29 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-03-29 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2018-03-29 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2018-04-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-04-05 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-04-05 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-04-18 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-24 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-04-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-04-24 Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0
• 2018-04-25 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-09 House amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2018-05-09 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2018-05-09 Returned to House with amendments
• 2018-04-25 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-05-09 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2018-05-09 Roll call Yeas-91 Nays-0
• 2018-05-14 Ratified R 219
• 2018-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-23 Effective date See Act
• 2018-05-31 Act No. 201

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e88064c3-35a5-4322-a8a6-639b33883c1f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).