republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/s-962.md

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Bill	Pharmacy benefits	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 38-71-2330, RELATING TO DUTIES OF PHARMACY SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS, SO AS TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT PHARMACY SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS MUST ACT AS FIDUCIARIES TO PHARMACIES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	S 962	South Carolina S 962 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Cromer	7	23	6	2024-01-16	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/d4453875-d4fc-48c8-b3ea-b7afe9c7a430	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=962&session=125&summary=B	22aceb20024a77be2058390a01c2c310e35a0e1129576eb50bbe94b601d09bb4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 962 (2023-2024) — Pharmacy benefits

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 38-71-2330, RELATING TO DUTIES OF PHARMACY SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS, SO AS TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT PHARMACY SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS MUST ACT AS FIDUCIARIES TO PHARMACIES. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/16/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/06/2024 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/24/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/01/2024 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/01/2024-A (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/08/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• to adopt amendment back to Senate version — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• waive printing — 40–3 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 107–5 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Amendment 1 — 81–32 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cromer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-16 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-16 Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Committee report: Favorable Banking and Insurance committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2024-03-19 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-20 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-03-20 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-01 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-05-01 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-05-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-01 Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-5
• 2024-05-02 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-08 House amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2024-05-08 Roll call Ayes-xxx Nays-xxx
• 2024-05-08 Returned to House with amendments
• 2024-05-09 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2024-05-09 Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
• 2024-05-15 Ratified R 192
• 2024-05-20 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 05/20/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 166

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4453875-d4fc-48c8-b3ea-b7afe9c7a430. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).