republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-146.md

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Bill	Senator Roger A. Nutt Act, resident's rights in long-term care	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SENATOR ROGER A. NUTT ACT" BY AMENDING SECTION 44-81-40, RELATING TO RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT RESIDENTS MAY DESIGNATE UP TO THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE PERMITTED TO VISIT THE RESIDENT IN THE EVENT THAT ACCESS TO THE FACILITY IS LIMITED OR PROHIBITED DUE TO A DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY ARISING FROM A DISASTER OR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 146	South Carolina S 146 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Alexander Corbin Cromer Kimbrell Martin Matthews Nutt Walker Zell	8	25	3	2024-12-11	2026-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/8aef0686-e13d-4955-8da7-a13a064c5c05	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=146&session=126&summary=B	b2e5eee956cd33ae72092df2312f83673fc50fd4929e7dd95c6e2841337c5f3d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 146 (2025-2026) — Senator Roger A. Nutt Act, resident's rights in long-term care

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SENATOR ROGER A. NUTT ACT" BY AMENDING SECTION 44-81-40, RELATING TO RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT RESIDENTS MAY DESIGNATE UP TO THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE PERMITTED TO VISIT THE RESIDENT IN THE EVENT THAT ACCESS TO THE FACILITY IS LIMITED OR PROHIBITED DUE TO A DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY ARISING FROM A DISASTER OR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 03/25/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/25/2026-A (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/26/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/15/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/18/2025 (committee substitute) — source
7. 04/29/2025 (committee substitute) — source
8. 12/12/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• to concur — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Corbin — primary (person)
• Cromer — primary (person)
• Kimbrell — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• Matthews — primary (person)
• Nutt — primary (person)
• Walker — primary (person)
• Zell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-11 Prefiled filing
• 2024-12-11 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-14 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-04-15 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-18 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-04-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-29 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-04-29 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-04-29 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-29 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2025-04-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-04-30 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-26 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-26 Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
• 2026-03-26 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2026-03-27 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-01 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2026-04-01 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2026-04-01 Ratified R 119
• 2026-04-06 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-04-23 Effective date 04/06/26
• 2026-04-23 Act No. 111

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8aef0686-e13d-4955-8da7-a13a064c5c05. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).