republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/h-3967.md

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Bill	Inmate restraint	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 24-13-35 SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THE TREATMENT OF FEMALE INMATES, AND TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF PERIODIC VISITS BETWEEN SUCH INMATES AND THEIR MINOR DEPENDENTS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	H 3967	South Carolina H 3967 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Allison Atkinson B. Cox Ballentine Bannister Bennett Bernstein Brawley Caskey Clary Cobb-Hunter Cogswell Collins Crawford Daning Davis Dillard Elliott Fry G.R. Smith Garvin Henderson-Myers Henegan Hewitt Hill Huggins Kimmons King Long Mace Magnuson McCoy McDaniel McKnight Moore Pendarvis Rose Rutherford Simmons Sottile Spires Taylor Thayer Trantham	7	26	3	2019-02-13	2020-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/52979d19-1f51-4d9e-acc3-aaf865c8a383	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3967&session=123&summary=B	83935678ea492df3491402e933627d608402f730551363ccafd5150cd7445ddd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3967 (2019-2020) — Inmate restraint

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 24-13-35 SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THE TREATMENT OF FEMALE INMATES, AND TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF PERIODIC VISITS BETWEEN SUCH INMATES AND THEIR MINOR DEPENDENTS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 2/13/2019 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/27/2020 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/27/2019 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/29/2019 (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/4/2020 (committee substitute) — source
7. 3/5/2020 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 104–3 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allison — primary (person)
• Atkinson — primary (person)
• B. Cox — primary (person)
• Ballentine — primary (person)
• Bannister — primary (person)
• Bennett — primary (person)
• Bernstein — primary (person)
• Brawley — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)
• Clary — primary (person)
• Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
• Cogswell — primary (person)
• Collins — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Daning — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Dillard — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• Fry — primary (person)
• G.R. Smith — primary (person)
• Garvin — primary (person)
• Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
• Henegan — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• Huggins — primary (person)
• Kimmons — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• Mace — primary (person)
• Magnuson — primary (person)
• McCoy — primary (person)
• McDaniel — primary (person)
• McKnight — primary (person)
• Moore — primary (person)
• Pendarvis — primary (person)
• Rose — primary (person)
• Rutherford — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Sottile — primary (person)
• Spires — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Thayer — primary (person)
• Trantham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-13 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Garvin
• 2019-02-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Rose
• 2019-02-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.Cox
• 2019-03-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey
• 2019-03-27 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-09 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Moore, Hill
• 2019-04-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-04-09 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-3
• 2019-04-10 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-04-10 Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Polled out of committee Corrections and Penology
• 2020-02-27 Committee report: Favorable Corrections and Penology committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-04 Amended amendment-passage
• 2020-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-04 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2020-03-05 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2020-03-10 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2020-05-12 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2020-05-12 Roll call Yeas-117 Nays-0
• 2020-05-12 Ratified R 141
• 2020-05-14 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2020-05-19 Act No. 136
• 2020-05-19 Effective date 05/14/20

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52979d19-1f51-4d9e-acc3-aaf865c8a383. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).