republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/s-21.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	Birth certificates prepared after a paternity determination	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-17-70, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COURT ORDERS DETERMINING THAT A PUTATIVE FATHER IS THE LEGAL FATHER, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT THE CHILD'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE BE AMENDED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; TO AMEND SECTION 44-63-163, RELATING TO BIRTH CERTIFICATES PREPARED AFTER A PATERNITY DETERMINATION, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 44-1-310, RELATING TO THE MATERNAL MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY REVIEW COMMITTEE, SO AS TO CHANGE THE OPERATION OF THE COMMITTEE BY ASSIGNING CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES TO STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, TO PROVIDE FUNDING CONTINGENCIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	S 21	South Carolina S 21 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Hutto Jackson Shealy	9	27	4	2018-12-12	2019-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/8dea8947-fceb-4843-80cc-3cf5ce66341e	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=21&session=123&summary=B	4a461a0f704bf6aa9c659fbe7d5a31bb4ad7c5e0e8fe2897cfc4c90ed68a51cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 21 (2019-2020) — Birth certificates prepared after a paternity determination

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-17-70, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COURT ORDERS DETERMINING THAT A PUTATIVE FATHER IS THE LEGAL FATHER, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT THE CHILD'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE BE AMENDED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; TO AMEND SECTION 44-63-163, RELATING TO BIRTH CERTIFICATES PREPARED AFTER A PATERNITY DETERMINATION, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 44-1-310, RELATING TO THE MATERNAL MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY REVIEW COMMITTEE, SO AS TO CHANGE THE OPERATION OF THE COMMITTEE BY ASSIGNING CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES TO STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, TO PROVIDE FUNDING CONTINGENCIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/23/2019 (committee substitute) — source
3. 1/24/2019 (committee substitute) — source
4. 1/25/2019 (committee substitute) — source
5. 12/12/2018 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/1/2019 (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/7/2019 (committee substitute) — source
8. 5/8/2019 (committee substitute) — source
9. 5/9/2019 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 105–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• to concur — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hutto — primary (person)
• Jackson — 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 Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-01-08 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-01-09 Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, Young
• 2019-01-23 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-01-24 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-24 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2019-01-25 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-01-29 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-30 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-07 Amended amendment-passage
• 2019-05-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-05-07 Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
• 2019-05-08 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2019-05-08 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-05-09 House amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2019-05-09 Returned to House with amendments
• 2019-05-09 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2019-05-09 Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-0
• 2019-05-13 Ratified R 62
• 2019-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-31 Effective date 05/16/19
• 2019-06-05 Act No. 42

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8dea8947-fceb-4843-80cc-3cf5ce66341e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).