republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-508.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	Do not resuscitate orders	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 44-78-15, 44-78-20, 44-78-30, 44-78-45, 44-78-50, AND 44-78-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, ALL RELATING TO DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDERS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, SO AS TO ALLOW A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A MEDICALLY ELIGIBLE CHILD TO REQUEST AND REVOKE A DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE CHILD, WITH EXCEPTIONS, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 508	South Carolina S 508 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Gustafson Hutto Shealy	7	20	2	2021-02-02	2022-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/52b30be1-12b5-4b4b-a8b6-a7e19cf9e8ea	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=508&session=124&summary=B	a521b40cb36181b23a8b5878b3ecd83c11ca295c73c4d86d4e6a81a19c4662db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 508 (2021-2022) — Do not resuscitate orders

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 44-78-15, 44-78-20, 44-78-30, 44-78-45, 44-78-50, AND 44-78-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, ALL RELATING TO DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDERS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, SO AS TO ALLOW A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A MEDICALLY ELIGIBLE CHILD TO REQUEST AND REVOKE A DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE CHILD, WITH EXCEPTIONS, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS, 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. 2/17/2022 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/2/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/29/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/30/2021 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/4/2021 (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/5/2021 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-02 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-04-29 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-30 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-05-04 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-05-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-05-04 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
• 2021-05-05 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-05-06 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-05-11 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-22 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Hiott, Hixon, Chumley, Taylor, Forrest, Oremus, Burns, McCabe, Kirby, Finlay, West, Thayer, Fry, Hosey, McCravy, Gagnon, Davis, MM Smith
• 2022-03-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-02 Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
• 2022-03-03 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-09 Ratified R 126
• 2022-03-14 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-03-16 Effective date 03/14/22
• 2022-03-16 Act No. 122

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52b30be1-12b5-4b4b-a8b6-a7e19cf9e8ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).