republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-4617.md

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Bill	Xylazine	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 44-53-230, RELATING TO SCHEDULE III CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, SO AS TO ADD XYLAZINE AS A SCHEDULE III CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; BY ADDING SECTION 44-53-372 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE PRODUCTION, MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, OR POSSESSION OF XYLAZINE, WITH EXCEPTIONS, AND TO ESTABLISH ASSOCIATED CRIMINAL PENALTIES; AND BY ADDING SECTION 44-53-373 SO AS TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION FOR VETERINARY USE OF XYLAZINE. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 4617	South Carolina H 4617 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Bannister Bauer Brewer Burns Carter Caskey Chapman Davis Felder Guffey Haddon Hager Hayes Henegan Hixon Hyde J.L. Johnson Jefferson Kilmartin Kirby Leber Ligon M.M. Smith Magnuson McDaniel Oremus Pope Robbins Sessions Thayer Trantham Vaughan W. Newton Wooten	5	26	3	2023-11-16	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/aae90e8d-84ac-4180-b878-77ff802a4dff	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4617&session=125&summary=B	6209fce28f20527872580bfebfb7a875f817f19791918c65ea508c18c9db44c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4617 (2023-2024) — Xylazine

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 44-53-230, RELATING TO SCHEDULE III CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, SO AS TO ADD XYLAZINE AS A SCHEDULE III CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; BY ADDING SECTION 44-53-372 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE PRODUCTION, MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, OR POSSESSION OF XYLAZINE, WITH EXCEPTIONS, AND TO ESTABLISH ASSOCIATED CRIMINAL PENALTIES; AND BY ADDING SECTION 44-53-373 SO AS TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION FOR VETERINARY USE OF XYLAZINE. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/10/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/01/2024 (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/08/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 11/16/2023 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 104–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bannister — primary (person)
• Bauer — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• Burns — primary (person)
• Carter — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)
• Chapman — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Guffey — primary (person)
• Haddon — primary (person)
• Hager — primary (person)
• Hayes — primary (person)
• Henegan — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Hyde — primary (person)
• J.L. Johnson — primary (person)
• Jefferson — primary (person)
• Kilmartin — primary (person)
• Kirby — primary (person)
• Leber — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Magnuson — primary (person)
• McDaniel — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• Sessions — primary (person)
• Thayer — primary (person)
• Trantham — primary (person)
• Vaughan — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Wooten — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-11-16 Prefiled filing
• 2023-11-16 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kilmartin
• 2024-01-10 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins, Felder
• 2024-01-10 Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-11 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Jefferson, Caskey, Ligon, Vaughan
• 2024-01-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-11 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
• 2024-01-11 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2024-01-12 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-16 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-16 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Rice, Senn, Adams, Tedder
• 2024-05-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-08 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-05-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-08 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2024-05-09 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-09 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2024-05-09 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
• 2024-05-15 Ratified R 218
• 2024-05-20 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 05/20/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 177

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aae90e8d-84ac-4180-b878-77ff802a4dff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).