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Bill Original birth certificates AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-63-140, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING IN PART TO THE RIGHT OF ADULT ADOPTED PERSONS TO ACCESS THEIR ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, SO AS TO APPLY RETROACTIVELY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title us/states/sc South Carolina General Assembly 2021-2022 H 5000 South Carolina H 5000 (2021-2022)
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5 19 2 2022-02-22 2022-05-31 openstates ocd-bill/c9ef4ca6-88a8-49ad-a70d-490360186a77 https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5000&session=124&summary=B e067f60ccdaecdbe266912332539a32f3cbf9a1508bcad1b4b93a05e6843409b 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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South Carolina H 5000 (2021-2022) — Original birth certificates

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-63-140, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING IN PART TO THE RIGHT OF ADULT ADOPTED PERSONS TO ACCESS THEIR ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, SO AS TO APPLY RETROACTIVELY; 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. 2/22/2022 (committee substitute) — source
  3. 3/30/2022 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 3/31/2022 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 5/5/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage of Bill — 1030 (pass) · lower
  • 2nd Reading — 385 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Caskey — primary (person)
  • Matthews — primary (person)
  • May — primary (person)
  • Wooten — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-22 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2022-03-30 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-30 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: May
  • 2022-03-31 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2022-03-31 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-03-31 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
  • 2022-03-31 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
  • 2022-04-01 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
  • 2022-04-05 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-04-05 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
  • 2022-05-05 Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-05-10 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-05-10 Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-5
  • 2022-05-12 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
  • 2022-05-12 Ratified R 226
  • 2022-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
  • 2022-05-31 Effective date 05/16/23
  • 2022-05-31 Act No. 200

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9ef4ca6-88a8-49ad-a70d-490360186a77. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).