republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-231.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	Student Identification Card Suicide Prevention Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO ENACT THE "STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD SUICIDE PREVENTION ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-375 SO AS TO PROVIDE STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS ISSUED BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING MUST INCLUDE CERTAIN CONTACT INFORMATION CONCERNING THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE AND CERTAIN OTHER CRISIS RESOURCES, TO MAKE THESE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CARDS ISSUED OR REPLACED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, AND TO PROVIDE SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING ANNUALLY SHALL CERTIFY TO THEIR GOVERNING BODIES THAT CONTACT INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THIS ACT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND UPDATED AS NECESSARY; TO ALLOW THE DEPLETION OF EXISTING SUPPLIES OF NONCONFORMING, UNISSUED CARDS; AND TO MAKE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 231	South Carolina S 231 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Matthews McLeod Shealy	5	19	2	2020-12-09	2021-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/561d1fc0-7cb5-4c70-af58-baa4274c2855	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=231&session=124&summary=B	53e0d12ec2c76b99840a8a24a9e5de6d276b7b3f09b9992579f67faa5294725b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 231 (2021-2022) — Student Identification Card Suicide Prevention Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO ENACT THE "STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD SUICIDE PREVENTION ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-375 SO AS TO PROVIDE STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS ISSUED BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING MUST INCLUDE CERTAIN CONTACT INFORMATION CONCERNING THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE AND CERTAIN OTHER CRISIS RESOURCES, TO MAKE THESE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CARDS ISSUED OR REPLACED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, AND TO PROVIDE SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING ANNUALLY SHALL CERTIFY TO THEIR GOVERNING BODIES THAT CONTACT INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THIS ACT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND UPDATED AS NECESSARY; TO ALLOW THE DEPLETION OF EXISTING SUPPLIES OF NONCONFORMING, UNISSUED CARDS; AND TO MAKE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022. - 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. 4/20/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/21/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/4/2021 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Matthews — 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 Education referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2021-04-20 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-21 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-04-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-04-21 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2021-04-22 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-27 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-04-27 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2021-05-04 Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
• 2021-05-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-05-05 Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
• 2021-05-06 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-13 Ratified R 58
• 2021-05-17 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-01 Effective date 07/01/22
• 2021-06-01 Act No. 45

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/561d1fc0-7cb5-4c70-af58-baa4274c2855. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).