republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-222.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	Kinship foster care program	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-2320, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE KINSHIP FOSTER CARE PROGRAM, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT FICTIVE KIN ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE FOSTER PARENTS UNDER THE KINSHIP FOSTER CARE PROGRAM, TO PROVIDE THAT RELATIVES AND FICTIVE KIN MAY FOSTER A CHILD BEFORE BEING LICENSED AS A KINSHIP FOSTER CARE PROVIDER UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 222	South Carolina S 222 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Gustafson Hutto Jackson K. Johnson Matthews McElveen McLeod Shealy	4	20	2	2020-12-09	2022-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/b71450c3-d413-47b3-b5cf-e00ce6938a6e	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=222&session=124&summary=B	611e45ee0a4593da1c88d335d69c7682bde67588843763934ecfe240cfcc5374	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 222 (2021-2022) — Kinship foster care program

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-2320, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE KINSHIP FOSTER CARE PROGRAM, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT FICTIVE KIN ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE FOSTER PARENTS UNDER THE KINSHIP FOSTER CARE PROGRAM, TO PROVIDE THAT RELATIVES AND FICTIVE KIN MAY FOSTER A CHILD BEFORE BEING LICENSED AS A KINSHIP FOSTER CARE PROVIDER UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. - 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. 2/10/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/21/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gustafson — primary (person)
• Hutto — primary (person)
• Jackson — primary (person)
• K. Johnson — primary (person)
• Matthews — primary (person)
• McElveen — primary (person)
• McLeod — primary (person)
• Shealy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-09 Prefiled filing
• 2020-12-09 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-11 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2021-02-16 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-17 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-17 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2022-04-21 Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-27 Debate adjourned until Thur., 5-5-22
• 2022-05-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-05-05 Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
• 2022-05-05 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2022-05-06 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-12 Ratified R 168
• 2022-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-31 Effective date 05/16/22
• 2022-05-31 Act No. 168

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b71450c3-d413-47b3-b5cf-e00ce6938a6e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).