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type: "Bill"
title: "Missing person alerts"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 23-3-330, RELATING TO THE ENDANGERED PERSON NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE SYSTEM ALSO SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION REGARDING MISSING PERSONS BELIEVED TO BE SUFFERING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE OR A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SUCH AS AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER THROUGH THE USE OF WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT NOTIFICATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MESSAGE SIGNS, SLED WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS, AND CERTAIN MEDIA OUTLETS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 3340"
citation: "South Carolina H 3340 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernstein", "Dillard", "Felder", "Henegan", "Howard", "Hyde", "King", "Williams"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-08"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51e2efb0-75d8-487f-b4ae-078231994a29"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3340&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "c76f9e9657107ed8916d6592864bf3199738a7d7aa9b9886903761473f5d4b60"
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 H 3340 (2023-2024) — Missing person alerts
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 23-3-330, RELATING TO THE ENDANGERED PERSON NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE SYSTEM ALSO SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION REGARDING MISSING PERSONS BELIEVED TO BE SUFFERING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE OR A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SUCH AS AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER THROUGH THE USE OF WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT NOTIFICATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MESSAGE SIGNS, SLED WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS, AND CERTAIN MEDIA OUTLETS. - RATIFIED TITLE
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3340.htm)
2. **02/16/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3340_20230216.htm)
3. **02/22/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3340_20230222.htm)
4. **05/09/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3340_20230509.htm)
5. **12/08/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3340_20221208.htm)
## Votes
- Passage of Bill — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bernstein — primary (person)
- Dillard — primary (person)
- Felder — primary (person)
- Henegan — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Hyde — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-12-08** Prefiled `filing`
- **2022-12-08** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hyde
- **2023-01-31** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Felder
- **2023-02-08** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: King
- **2023-02-16** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Howard, Bernstein, Williams
- **2023-02-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-0
- **2023-02-23** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Matthews, McLeod, Garrett, Gustafson
- **2023-05-09** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
- **2023-05-11** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Ratified R 79
- **2023-05-19** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Effective date 05/19/23
- **2023-05-26** Act No. 63
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51e2efb0-75d8-487f-b4ae-078231994a29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).