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Bill	Sexually Violent Predators Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTIONS 44-48-115 AND 44-48-180 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE RIGHT TO CHALLENGE COMMITMENT TO THE SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR TREATMENT PROGRAM BASED ON INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AND TO GIVE PRIORITY STATUS TO SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR CASES FOR PURPOSES OF SCHEDULING COURT PROCEEDINGS, RESPECTIVELY; BY AMENDING SECTIONS 44-48-30, 44-48-40, 44-48-50, 44-48-80, 44-48-90, 44-48-100, 44-48-110, 44-48-120, 44-48-130, 44-48-150, AND 44-48-160, ALL RELATING TO THE SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR ACT, SO AS TO ADD DEFINITIONS FOR "QUALIFIED EVALUATOR" AND "RESIDENT" AND CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF "LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN ACTS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE", TO ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE DATES FOR THE GRANTING OF SUPERVISED REENTRY, TO REQUIRE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE A PERSON IS A SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR, TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF COURT-APPOINTED QUALIFIED EVALUATORS AND TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN TIMELINES FOR EVALUATIONS, TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF INDEPENDENT, QUALIFIED EVALUATORS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO REQUIRE COURTS TO CONDUCT A NONJURY HEARING BEFORE RELEASE OF A PERSON FOUND INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL, TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN BENCHMARKS FOR ADDITIONAL REVIEWS OF MENTAL CONDITIONS, TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING EVALUATORS IN PROCEEDINGS ON PETITIONS FOR RELEASE, TO ALLOW ACCESS TO SEALED COURT RECORDS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND OTHER COUNSEL OF RECORD, TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 24-21-32, RELATING TO REENTRY SUPERVISION, SO AS TO MAKE INMATES DETERMINED TO BE SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS INELIGIBLE FOR REENTRY SUPERVISION. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	S 146	South Carolina S 146 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Campsen Goldfinch Shealy	8	26	2	2022-11-30	2023-05-25	openstates	ocd-bill/a2f13452-96c6-49ea-9ecd-2274152f8e1a	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=146&session=125&summary=B	37f412b2e23d27a20411f71bcc74a9c326422d92256b8ba48f7a66154fcc3736	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 146 (2023-2024) — Sexually Violent Predators Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTIONS 44-48-115 AND 44-48-180 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE RIGHT TO CHALLENGE COMMITMENT TO THE SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR TREATMENT PROGRAM BASED ON INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AND TO GIVE PRIORITY STATUS TO SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR CASES FOR PURPOSES OF SCHEDULING COURT PROCEEDINGS, RESPECTIVELY; BY AMENDING SECTIONS 44-48-30, 44-48-40, 44-48-50, 44-48-80, 44-48-90, 44-48-100, 44-48-110, 44-48-120, 44-48-130, 44-48-150, AND 44-48-160, ALL RELATING TO THE SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR ACT, SO AS TO ADD DEFINITIONS FOR "QUALIFIED EVALUATOR" AND "RESIDENT" AND CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF "LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN ACTS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE", TO ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE DATES FOR THE GRANTING OF SUPERVISED REENTRY, TO REQUIRE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE A PERSON IS A SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR, TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF COURT-APPOINTED QUALIFIED EVALUATORS AND TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN TIMELINES FOR EVALUATIONS, TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF INDEPENDENT, QUALIFIED EVALUATORS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO REQUIRE COURTS TO CONDUCT A NONJURY HEARING BEFORE RELEASE OF A PERSON FOUND INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL, TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN BENCHMARKS FOR ADDITIONAL REVIEWS OF MENTAL CONDITIONS, TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING EVALUATORS IN PROCEEDINGS ON PETITIONS FOR RELEASE, TO ALLOW ACCESS TO SEALED COURT RECORDS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND OTHER COUNSEL OF RECORD, TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 24-21-32, RELATING TO REENTRY SUPERVISION, SO AS TO MAKE INMATES DETERMINED TO BE SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS INELIGIBLE FOR REENTRY SUPERVISION. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 11/30/2022 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/8/2023 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/29/2023 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/30/2023 (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/31/2023 (committee substitute) — source
7. 4/3/2023 (committee substitute) — source
8. 5/4/2023 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 104–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Campsen — primary (person)
• Goldfinch — primary (person)
• Shealy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-11-30 Prefiled filing
• 2022-11-30 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2023-01-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-10 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2023-02-08 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-02-09 Recalled from Committee on Medical Affairs
• 2023-02-09 Committed to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-03-03 Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Matthews, Rice, Senn, Adams
• 2023-03-29 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-30 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2023-03-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-03-30 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2023-03-30 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2023-03-31 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-04-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-04-05 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-04-05 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-05-04 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
• 2023-05-04 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2023-05-05 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-11 Ratified R 26
• 2023-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-25 Effective date 05/16/23
• 2023-05-25 Act No. 19

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2f13452-96c6-49ea-9ecd-2274152f8e1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).