republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-221.md

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Bill	South Carolina Kratom Consumer Protection Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SOUTH CAROLINA KRATOM CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 20 TO CHAPTER 53, TITLE 44 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF THE SALE OF KRATOM PRODUCTS BY RETAILERS AND PROCESSORS AND TO CREATE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE ARTICLE. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 221	South Carolina S 221 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Ott	7	21	2	2025-01-15	2025-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/4649b173-656f-4712-ac59-aadf0e99ff6b	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=221&session=126&summary=B	0bd75c9cfa263c2f89a635c26df97a526315fce4ac3eb58319bcdce2f9680199	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 221 (2025-2026) — South Carolina Kratom Consumer Protection Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SOUTH CAROLINA KRATOM CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 20 TO CHAPTER 53, TITLE 44 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF THE SALE OF KRATOM PRODUCTS BY RETAILERS AND PROCESSORS AND TO CREATE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE ARTICLE. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/15/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/18/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/24/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/01/2025 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/06/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ott — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-15 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-15 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 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-04-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-24 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2025-04-24 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2025-04-25 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 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
• 2025-05-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-06 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-05-06 Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
• 2025-05-07 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-07 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2025-05-08 Ratified R 53
• 2025-05-12 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-19 Effective date 07/11/25
• 2025-05-19 Act No. 35

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4649b173-656f-4712-ac59-aadf0e99ff6b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).