republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3223.md

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Bill	Telehealth for Veterinary Services	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 69, TITLE 40 SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THE USE OF TELEHEALTH FOR VETERINARY SERVICES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-69-20, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS CONCERNING THE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS, SO AS TO REMOVE AN OBSOLETE DEFINITION AND TO DEFINE "VETERINARIAN-CLIENT-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP." - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3223	South Carolina H 3223 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Bailey	6	20	2	2024-12-05	2026-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/9c0535d7-6e04-4158-9539-9c7fed636d87	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3223&session=126&summary=B	8f95d43f618205beb5972142d5e4b697753b667d9213ed495e36d897a4bf3690	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3223 (2025-2026) — Telehealth for Veterinary Services

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 69, TITLE 40 SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THE USE OF TELEHEALTH FOR VETERINARY SERVICES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-69-20, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS CONCERNING THE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS, SO AS TO REMOVE AN OBSOLETE DEFINITION AND TO DEFINE "VETERINARIAN-CLIENT-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP." - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/19/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/29/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/30/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/30/2025-A (committee substitute) — source
6. 12/05/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bailey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-05 Prefiled filing
• 2024-12-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-14 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-04-29 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-30 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-04-30 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-04-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-30 Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
• 2025-05-01 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-01 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-05-01 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-25 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2026-02-26 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-05 Ratified R 107
• 2026-03-09 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-12 Effective date 03/09/26
• 2026-03-12 Act No. 102

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c0535d7-6e04-4158-9539-9c7fed636d87. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).