republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/s-601.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	Foster care or adoption placement	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-2350, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND RESTRICTIONS ON FOSTER CARE OR ADOPTION PLACEMENTS, SO AS ALSO TO APPLY TO EMPLOYEES OF RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES IN WHICH FOSTER CHILDREN ARE PLACED AND TO ADD BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH EMPLOYEES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	S 601	South Carolina S 601 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Hutto Shealy	6	30	5	2019-03-05	2020-05-28	openstates	ocd-bill/403f3a42-85f2-4963-9694-e0fb2135f1f3	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=601&session=123&summary=B	9f0178eb3f89cfc22b579599a85216b7ba236181df63751707a89c095915456c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 601 (2019-2020) — Foster care or adoption placement

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-2350, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND RESTRICTIONS ON FOSTER CARE OR ADOPTION PLACEMENTS, SO AS ALSO TO APPLY TO EMPLOYEES OF RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES IN WHICH FOSTER CHILDREN ARE PLACED AND TO ADD BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH EMPLOYEES. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 2/11/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/27/2019 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/5/2019 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/1/2019 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/12/2020 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 105–0 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• to adopt the conference report — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• to concur — 0–41 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Hutto — primary (person)
• Shealy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-05 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-04-09 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-09 Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0
• 2019-04-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-04-09 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-08 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Hart, King, McDaniel, Garvin, Ridgeway, Gilliard, Henegan, Anderson, Chumley, Burns, Forrester, V.S. Moss
• 2020-02-04 Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Forrester, Burns
• 2020-02-05 Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Henegan, Ridgeway, Chumley
• 2020-02-11 Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Anderson, VS Moss, Garvin
• 2020-02-11 Amended amendment-passage
• 2020-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
• 2020-02-12 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2020-03-10 Non-concurrence in House amendment
• 2020-03-10 Roll call Ayes-0 Nays-41
• 2020-03-11 House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. Bernstein, Collins, Caskey
• 2020-03-11 Conference committee appointed Shealy, Hutto and Young
• 2020-05-12 Conference report adopted
• 2020-05-12 Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0
• 2020-05-12 Conference report received and adopted
• 2020-05-12 Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0
• 2020-05-12 Ordered enrolled for ratification
• 2020-05-21 Ratified R 145
• 2020-05-26 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2020-05-28 Effective date 05/26/20
• 2020-05-28 Act No. 140

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/403f3a42-85f2-4963-9694-e0fb2135f1f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).