republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/h-3325.md

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Bill	Death certificates	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-63-74, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING OF DEATH CERTIFICATES WITH THE BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, SO AS TO ELIMINATE EXEMPTIONS FOR PHYSICIANS WHO CERTIFY FEWER THAN TWELVE DEATHS ANNUALLY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 3325	South Carolina H 3325 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	King M.M. Smith Murray Parks Rivers	6	25	3	2020-12-09	2022-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/07bfc37f-02ce-4ab1-a656-b6a345f90813	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3325&session=124&summary=B	6cf6f938a0d669de5e2d04648d41def0ed44503ba2587f74a651f73460a25384	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3325 (2021-2022) — Death certificates

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-63-74, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING OF DEATH CERTIFICATES WITH THE BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, SO AS TO ELIMINATE EXEMPTIONS FOR PHYSICIANS WHO CERTIFY FEWER THAN TWELVE DEATHS ANNUALLY; 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. 12/9/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/25/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/2/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/10/2022 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/5/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 101–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 116–1 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• King — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Murray — primary (person)
• Parks — primary (person)
• Rivers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-09 Prefiled filing
• 2020-12-09 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Murray, Rivers, M.M.Smith, Parks
• 2021-02-25 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-02 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-03-02 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-03-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-03-02 Roll call Yeas-116 Nays-1
• 2021-03-03 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-03 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-03 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2022-05-05 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-10 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-05-10 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-05-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-05-10 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2022-05-11 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-12 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2022-05-12 Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
• 2022-05-12 Ratified R 200
• 2022-05-13 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-31 Effective date 07/01/22
• 2022-05-31 Act No. 157

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07bfc37f-02ce-4ab1-a656-b6a345f90813. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).