republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-571.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	Naloxone	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-53-361 SO AS TO REQUIRE PRESCRIBERS TO OFFER A PRESCRIPTION FOR NALOXONE HYDROCHLORIDE OR OTHER APPROVED DRUG TO A PATIENT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 571	South Carolina S 571 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Hutto Senn Shealy	5	19	2	2021-02-17	2021-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/64901bca-aa23-4197-a405-892baafecec2	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=571&session=124&summary=B	8250b4d0c25d388622b1775c26129319d2aecfe31440eb4eb9c3aefb17edf6b2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 571 (2021-2022) — Naloxone

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-53-361 SO AS TO REQUIRE PRESCRIBERS TO OFFER A PRESCRIPTION FOR NALOXONE HYDROCHLORIDE OR OTHER APPROVED DRUG TO A PATIENT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, 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. 2/17/2021 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/4/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/9/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/20/2021 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-17 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-17 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-03-04 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-09 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-03-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-03-09 Roll call Ayes-37 Nays-0
• 2021-03-10 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-11 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 2021-04-14 Committed to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-04-20 Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-04-21 Roll call Yeas-97 Nays-0
• 2021-04-22 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-22 Ratified R 32
• 2021-04-26 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-28 Effective date 07/25/21
• 2021-04-28 Act No. 22

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64901bca-aa23-4197-a405-892baafecec2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).