republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-243.md

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Bill	Confidential or unfounded child abuse and neglect reports	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-940, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO AUTHORIZED USES OF UNFOUNDED CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT REPORTS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT CHILD FATALITIES OR NEAR FATALITIES; TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-1990, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY AND RELEASE OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT RECORDS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT CHILD FATALITIES OR NEAR FATALITIES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-20, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO CHILDREN'S CODE DEFINITIONAL TERMS, SO AS TO ADD A DEFINITION FOR "NEAR FATALITY". - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 243	South Carolina S 243 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Young	8	31	4	2020-12-09	2022-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/ff58c1d2-18af-4f6c-9beb-215941c41bd9	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=243&session=124&summary=B	55de5393bde17b3cfa7abce1d8ce988bccde07846ac963a8137689df1c1ffe48	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 243 (2021-2022) — Confidential or unfounded child abuse and neglect reports

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-940, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO AUTHORIZED USES OF UNFOUNDED CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT REPORTS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT CHILD FATALITIES OR NEAR FATALITIES; TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-1990, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY AND RELEASE OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT RECORDS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT CHILD FATALITIES OR NEAR FATALITIES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-20, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO CHILDREN'S CODE DEFINITIONAL TERMS, SO AS TO ADD A DEFINITION FOR "NEAR FATALITY". - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 12/9/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/10/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/11/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/23/2021 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/10/2022 (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/3/2022 (committee substitute) — source
8. 6/15/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt Conference Report — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• to adopt the conference report — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 102–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Young — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-09 Prefiled filing
• 2020-12-09 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-11 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-03-23 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-03-23 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-03-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-03-25 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2021-03-30 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-06 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-04-06 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-05-03 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-05 Debate adjourned
• 2022-05-10 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-05-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-05-10 Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
• 2022-05-11 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-12 Non-concurrence in House amendment
• 2022-05-12 House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. Bernstein, Collins, Davis
• 2022-05-12 Conference committee appointed Young, Shealy, McElveen
• 2022-06-15 Conference report received and adopted
• 2022-06-15 Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
• 2022-06-15 Conference report received and adopted
• 2022-06-15 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2022-06-15 Ordered enrolled for ratification
• 2022-06-16 Ratified R 253
• 2022-06-17 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-06-28 Effective date 06/17/22
• 2022-06-28 Act No. 224

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff58c1d2-18af-4f6c-9beb-215941c41bd9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).