republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/s-181.md

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Bill	Adoption	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-9-80, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REQUIRED DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO A PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENT, SO AS TO ALLOW A BIOLOGICAL PARENT TO PROVIDE PERSONAL MEDICAL HISTORY AT THE TIME OF ADOPTION CONSENT OR RELINQUISHMENT, AND TO REQUIRE THAT SUCH INFORMATION BE DISCLOSED TO THE PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENT AND TO THE ADOPTEE UPON REACHING THE AGE OF MAJORITY OR PRIOR TO THE AGE OF MAJORITY FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	S 181	South Carolina S 181 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Climer Johnson McElveen McLeod Shealy	5	23	2	2018-12-12	2020-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/62ebd667-ce51-4c55-929e-d6a0b44e7f25	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=181&session=123&summary=B	e224547f0f35316f1b7a6a8215ca5d5c6b0801b5ad17180a65aa9e7cb5b39f8a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 181 (2019-2020) — Adoption

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-9-80, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REQUIRED DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO A PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENT, SO AS TO ALLOW A BIOLOGICAL PARENT TO PROVIDE PERSONAL MEDICAL HISTORY AT THE TIME OF ADOPTION CONSENT OR RELINQUISHMENT, AND TO REQUIRE THAT SUCH INFORMATION BE DISCLOSED TO THE PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENT AND TO THE ADOPTEE UPON REACHING THE AGE OF MAJORITY OR PRIOR TO THE AGE OF MAJORITY FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 12/12/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/13/2019 (committee substitute) — source
4. 2/19/2019 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/2/2019 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Climer — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• McElveen — primary (person)
• McLeod — primary (person)
• Shealy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-12 Prefiled filing
• 2018-12-12 Referred to Committee on General referral-committee
• 2019-01-08 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-19 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-19 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2019-02-20 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-21 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-21 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-05-02 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-08 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Rutherford, S. Williams, Garvin, Bales, McCravy, Simmons, Gilliard
• 2020-02-19 Debate adjourned until Tues., 3-17-20
• 2020-09-22 Debate adjourned until Wed., 9-23-20
• 2020-09-23 Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Matthews, Rutherford and Garvin
• 2020-09-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-09-23 Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-0
• 2020-09-24 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2020-09-25 Ratified R 150
• 2020-09-28 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2020-10-02 Effective date 09/28/20
• 2020-10-02 Act No. 144

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62ebd667-ce51-4c55-929e-d6a0b44e7f25. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).