republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/h-4597.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	Anatomical gifts, nondiscrimination in access	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 15 TO CHAPTER 43, TITLE 44 SO AS TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN ACCESSING ANATOMICAL GIFTS AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTS; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITED CONDUCT FOR COVERED ENTITIES, INCLUDING HOSPITALS AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS, WITH REGARD TO THE ORGAN TRANSPLANT PROCESS; TO CREATE CIVIL REMEDIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE ARTICLE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 4597	South Carolina H 4597 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Bennett Brawley Bustos Hill Huggins M.M. Smith Matthews	5	26	3	2021-11-17	2022-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/14d7de62-35a5-4cc4-904c-833b9c7c659a	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4597&session=124&summary=B	8fb35c983e2c9c66b35256287a42f69ef071d3d08ccd8c673caa86b8c780ee72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4597 (2021-2022) — Anatomical gifts, nondiscrimination in access

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 15 TO CHAPTER 43, TITLE 44 SO AS TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN ACCESSING ANATOMICAL GIFTS AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTS; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITED CONDUCT FOR COVERED ENTITIES, INCLUDING HOSPITALS AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS, WITH REGARD TO THE ORGAN TRANSPLANT PROCESS; TO CREATE CIVIL REMEDIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE ARTICLE; 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. 11/17/2021 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/17/2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/26/2022 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/4/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Brawley — primary (person)
• Bustos — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• Huggins — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Matthews — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-11-17 Prefiled filing
• 2021-11-17 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2022-01-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2022-01-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hill
• 2022-01-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Matthews
• 2022-01-27 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brawley
• 2022-02-17 Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-23 Roll call Yeas-94 Nays-0
• 2022-02-24 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-24 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-24 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2022-04-12 Recalled from Committee on Medical Affairs
• 2022-04-12 Committed to Committee on Banking and Insurance referral-committee
• 2022-04-26 Committee report: Favorable Banking and Insurance committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-04 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-05-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-05-04 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2022-05-05 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-11 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2022-05-11 Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
• 2022-05-12 Ratified R 215
• 2022-05-13 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-31 Effective date 05/13/22
• 2022-05-31 Act No. 163

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14d7de62-35a5-4cc4-904c-833b9c7c659a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).