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Bill	Adoption	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-9-750, RELATING TO FINAL ADOPTION HEARINGS, SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE MANDATORY NINETY-DAY WAITING PERIOD TO FINALIZE AN ADOPTION; BY AMENDING SECTIONS 63-7-1710, 63-7-2530, 63-9-710, AND 63-7-1660, ALL RELATING TO CHILD PERMANENCY PROCEEDINGS, SO AS TO MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES TO EXPEDITE PERMANENCY FOR CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; BY AMENDING SECTION 63-7-40, RELATING TO INFANT SAFE HAVENS, SO AS TO ALLOW THE PERMANENCY PLANNING HEARING AND TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING TO OCCUR IN THE SAME PROCEEDING, WITH EXCEPTIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 63-9-30, RELATING TO TERMS DEFINED IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA ADOPTION ACT, SO AS TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF "SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD"; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 63-7-1700, RELATING TO PERMANENCY PLANNING, SO AS TO MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES TO PROMOTE TIMELY PERMANENCE FOR CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 3553	South Carolina H 3553 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	B. Newton Brewer Burns Crawford Cromer Davis Erickson G.M. Smith Hewitt Hiott Hixon Landing M.M. Smith Magnuson McCravy Mitchell Oremus Pace Pope Robbins S. Jones T. Moore W. Newton Weeks West Wheeler White Yow	8	34	4	2022-12-15	2023-06-26	openstates	ocd-bill/051f2376-0b39-45a4-bf3c-56ca9342a185	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3553&session=125&summary=B	d14e9225c118bea0b328ea0d34904b8a53483df491291f7dae610a2ad71e0545	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3553 (2023-2024) — Adoption

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-9-750, RELATING TO FINAL ADOPTION HEARINGS, SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE MANDATORY NINETY-DAY WAITING PERIOD TO FINALIZE AN ADOPTION; BY AMENDING SECTIONS 63-7-1710, 63-7-2530, 63-9-710, AND 63-7-1660, ALL RELATING TO CHILD PERMANENCY PROCEEDINGS, SO AS TO MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES TO EXPEDITE PERMANENCY FOR CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; BY AMENDING SECTION 63-7-40, RELATING TO INFANT SAFE HAVENS, SO AS TO ALLOW THE PERMANENCY PLANNING HEARING AND TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING TO OCCUR IN THE SAME PROCEEDING, WITH EXCEPTIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 63-9-30, RELATING TO TERMS DEFINED IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA ADOPTION ACT, SO AS TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF "SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD"; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 63-7-1700, RELATING TO PERMANENCY PLANNING, SO AS TO MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES TO PROMOTE TIMELY PERMANENCE FOR CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; 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. 1/31/2023 (committee substitute) — source
3. 12/15/2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/29/2023 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/10/2023 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/11/2023 (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/12/2023 (committee substitute) — source
8. 5/9/2023 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 104–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 104–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• Burns — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Cromer — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Hiott — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Landing — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Magnuson — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• Mitchell — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Pace — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• S. Jones — primary (person)
• T. Moore — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Weeks — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)
• Wheeler — primary (person)
• White — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-15 Prefiled filing
• 2022-12-15 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: S.Jones, White
• 2023-01-18 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon, Hiott
• 2023-01-19 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Oremus, M.M.Smith
• 2023-01-31 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-02-01 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Landing
• 2023-03-28 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton
• 2023-03-29 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins, Brewer
• 2023-03-29 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-30 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer, Weeks, Wheeler
• 2023-04-04 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Magnuson, Yow, Pope
• 2023-04-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-04-04 Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
• 2023-04-05 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-05 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
• 2023-04-05 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-04-05 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-04-20 Referred to Subcommittee: Talley (ch), Matthews, McLeod, Garrett, Gustafson
• 2023-05-09 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-10 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-05-11 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2023-05-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-05-12 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-05-23 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-23 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
• 2023-06-07 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2023-06-07 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
• 2023-06-14 Ratified R 99
• 2023-06-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2023-06-26 Effective date 06/19/23
• 2023-06-26 Act No. 80

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/051f2376-0b39-45a4-bf3c-56ca9342a185. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).