republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/h-3509.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Child protection and permanency	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 8 TO CHAPTER 7, TITLE 63 SO AS TO ESTABLISH AN EXTENDED FOSTER CARE PROGRAM AND RELATED PROCEDURES TO ENABLE CERTAIN CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ON THEIR EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT UNTIL THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROVIDE FOR VOLUNTARY AND COURT-ORDERED EXTENDED FOSTER CARE; TO REQUIRE CASE REVIEW AND PERMANENCY PLANNING; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-1700, RELATING TO PERMANENCY PLANNING HEARINGS, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 3509	South Carolina H 3509 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Bernstein Carter Collins Felder Forrest Fry Haddon Henegan J.L. Johnson Jefferson Kimmons Oremus Pope R. Williams Robinson V.S. Moss W. Cox	8	28	3	2020-12-16	2022-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/73a5190d-368e-48b2-8260-606984299689	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3509&session=124&summary=B	b8a9d9df374f490dca0466a8f31875bd618cc6fac180a0f9c9766521b5ff7674	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3509 (2021-2022) — Child protection and permanency

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 8 TO CHAPTER 7, TITLE 63 SO AS TO ESTABLISH AN EXTENDED FOSTER CARE PROGRAM AND RELATED PROCEDURES TO ENABLE CERTAIN CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ON THEIR EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT UNTIL THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROVIDE FOR VOLUNTARY AND COURT-ORDERED EXTENDED FOSTER CARE; TO REQUIRE CASE REVIEW AND PERMANENCY PLANNING; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-1700, RELATING TO PERMANENCY PLANNING HEARINGS, SO AS TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 12/16/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/18/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 2/23/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/10/2022 (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/23/2022 (committee substitute) — source
7. 3/24/2022 (committee substitute) — source
8. 3/9/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 103–11 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bernstein — primary (person)
• Carter — primary (person)
• Collins — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Fry — primary (person)
• Haddon — primary (person)
• Henegan — primary (person)
• J.L. Johnson — primary (person)
• Jefferson — primary (person)
• Kimmons — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• R. Williams — primary (person)
• Robinson — primary (person)
• V.S. Moss — primary (person)
• W. Cox — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-16 Prefiled filing
• 2020-12-16 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-01-13 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: J.L.Johnson
• 2021-01-28 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Cox
• 2021-02-18 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-23 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Carter, Oremus, Henegan, Jefferson, R.Williams
• 2021-02-23 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-23 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-11
• 2021-02-24 Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-03-09 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-10 Debate adjourned
• 2022-03-10 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-03-10 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-10 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
• 2022-03-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2022-03-10 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2022-03-23 Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-24 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-04-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-04-06 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2022-04-07 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2022-04-21 Ratified R 157
• 2022-04-25 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-02 Effective date 04/25/22
• 2022-05-02 Act No. 143

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73a5190d-368e-48b2-8260-606984299689. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).