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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-1650, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING IN PART TO PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO HAVE ACCESS TO DATA MAINTAINED IN THE PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CORONERS, DEPUTY CORONERS, MEDICAL EXAMINERS, AND DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. - ratified title"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-1650, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING IN PART TO PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO HAVE ACCESS TO DATA MAINTAINED IN THE PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CORONERS, DEPUTY CORONERS, MEDICAL EXAMINERS, AND DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H 4488"
citation: "South Carolina H 4488 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atwater", "Dillard", "Douglas", "Erickson", "Fry", "Henderson", "Hewitt", "Huggins", "Norrell", "Ridgeway", "Spires", "Weeks", "West"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-12-13"
last_action: "2018-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/255019eb-6a14-430f-bbb4-5ce851b3de30"
source_url: "http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4488&session=122&summary=B"
source_hash: "e6f59d3699e877975d000c129db2acae41face7f064fff28979fbc8acd427d97"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
---
# South Carolina H 4488 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-1650, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING IN PART TO PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO HAVE ACCESS TO DATA MAINTAINED IN THE PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CORONERS, DEPUTY CORONERS, MEDICAL EXAMINERS, AND DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. - ratified title
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/13/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/4488_20171213.htm)
2. **2/21/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/4488_20180221.htm)
3. **2/22/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/4488_20180222.htm)
4. **3/15/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/4488_20180315.htm)
5. **4/18/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/4488_20180418.htm)
6. **4/19/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/4488_20180419.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **1090** (pass) · lower
- Passage of Bill — **1110** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Atwater — primary (person)
- Dillard — primary (person)
- Douglas — primary (person)
- Erickson — primary (person)
- Fry — primary (person)
- Henderson — primary (person)
- Hewitt — primary (person)
- Huggins — primary (person)
- Norrell — primary (person)
- Ridgeway — primary (person)
- Spires — primary (person)
- Weeks — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-12-13** Prefiled `filing`
- **2017-12-13** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Fry, Hewitt, West, Spires, Atwater, Erickson, Norrell, Weeks, Douglas, Dillard, Ridgeway, Huggins
- **2018-02-21** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2018-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
- **2018-02-28** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2018-04-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-18** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-18** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
- **2018-04-19** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2018-04-25** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2018-04-25** Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
- **2018-05-01** Ratified R 180
- **2018-05-03** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-11** Effective date 05/03/18
- **2018-05-14** Act No. 168
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/255019eb-6a14-430f-bbb4-5ce851b3de30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).