republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-751.md

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Bill	Prohibition of sale of nitrous oxide to minors	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 25 TO CHAPTER 53, TITLE 44 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF NITROUS OXIDE OR NITROUS OXIDE PRODUCTS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WITH EXCEPTIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION; TO CREATE CRIMINAL PENALTIES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 751	South Carolina S 751 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Garrett Ott Sutton Walker Zell	7	23	2	2025-12-10	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/962d73ed-f752-4c9a-bdcf-07a351788f55	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=751&session=126&summary=B	d7196a470b1ff06c764d2e58769ffcc5587b75fb942a895e9f50fc44ee5bd92a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 751 (2025-2026) — Prohibition of sale of nitrous oxide to minors

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 25 TO CHAPTER 53, TITLE 44 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF NITROUS OXIDE OR NITROUS OXIDE PRODUCTS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WITH EXCEPTIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION; TO CREATE CRIMINAL PENALTIES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/18/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/04/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/06/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/13/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 12/10/2025 (committee substitute) — source
7. 12/10/2025-A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Garrett — primary (person)
• Ott — primary (person)
• Sutton — primary (person)
• Walker — primary (person)
• Zell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-10 Prefiled filing
• 2025-12-10 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-04 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-03-04 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-04 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2026-03-05 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-03-11 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-05-06 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-12 Debate adjourned
• 2026-05-13 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-05-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-13 Roll call Yeas-116 Nays-0
• 2026-05-14 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-14 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-15 Ratified R 230
• 2026-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-05 Effective date 05/18/26
• 2026-06-02 Act No. 194

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/962d73ed-f752-4c9a-bdcf-07a351788f55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).