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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-220 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF JULY OF EACH YEAR AS \"FIBROID TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH\" AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT UTERINE FIBROID TUMORS HAVE ON WOMEN'S HEALTH. - ratified title"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-220 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF JULY OF EACH YEAR AS \"FIBROID TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH\" AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT UTERINE FIBROID TUMORS HAVE ON WOMEN'S HEALTH. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 79"
citation: "South Carolina S 79 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-12-13"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/107d6379-5af0-4907-bb5d-5de193dcf997"
source_url: "http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=79&session=122&summary=B"
source_hash: "beb6c3e872ba3c613fbaf7232b8d2e212f2b6a62c8eb088133b30a1764592f5a"
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 S 79 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-220 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF JULY OF EACH YEAR AS "FIBROID TUMOR AWARENESS MONTH" AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT UTERINE FIBROID TUMORS HAVE ON WOMEN'S HEALTH. - ratified title
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/13/2016** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/79_20161213.htm)
2. **2/23/2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/79_20170223.htm)
3. **4/25/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/prever/79_20180425.htm)
## Votes
- 2nd Reading — **410** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **1050** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jackson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-12-13** Prefiled `filing`
- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee on General `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on General `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Committee report: Favorable General `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
- **2017-03-07** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
- **2017-03-08** Recommitted to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-02** Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
- **2018-05-03** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-14** Ratified R 197
- **2018-05-15** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Effective date 05/15/18
- **2018-05-31** Act No. 181
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/107d6379-5af0-4907-bb5d-5de193dcf997`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).