republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/s-455.md

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Bill	Bloodborne Disease	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 44-29-230, RELATING TO TESTING REQUIRED WHEN A HEALTH CARE WORKER IS EXPOSED TO BLOODBORNE DISEASE, SO AS TO REPLACE REFERENCES TO PHYSICIAN WITH HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, TO INCLUDE DENTISTS IN THE DEFINITION OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, AND TO ADD HEPATITIS C TO THE LIST OF BLOODBORNE DISEASES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	S 455	South Carolina S 455 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Verdin	4	18	2	2023-01-26	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/5a20e41f-739e-4fd9-b1dd-c4b5c85d6dff	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=455&session=125&summary=B	c2512b20a2cc8f86e12733571fedbc8a24b77728b5a3f057a7d637ac19bb158b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 455 (2023-2024) — Bloodborne Disease

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 44-29-230, RELATING TO TESTING REQUIRED WHEN A HEALTH CARE WORKER IS EXPOSED TO BLOODBORNE DISEASE, SO AS TO REPLACE REFERENCES TO PHYSICIAN WITH HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, TO INCLUDE DENTISTS IN THE DEFINITION OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, AND TO ADD HEPATITIS C TO THE LIST OF BLOODBORNE DISEASES. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/26/2023 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/02/2023 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/25/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Verdin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-26 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-26 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2023-03-02 Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-03-09 Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0
• 2023-03-14 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-15 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-03-15 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2024-04-25 Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-02 Debate adjourned until Tues., 5-7-24
• 2024-05-07 Requests for debate-Rep(s). MM Smith, Hiott, Carter, Davis, B Newton, Sessions, Guffey, McCravy, West, Hewitt, Anderson, Long
• 2024-05-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-08 Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
• 2024-05-09 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-15 Ratified R 184
• 2024-05-20 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 05/20/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 161

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a20e41f-739e-4fd9-b1dd-c4b5c85d6dff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).