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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Homeless Youth Definition"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-1-40, RELATING TO CHILDREN'S CODE DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO RESTATE THE EXISTING DEFINITIONS; AND BY ADDING SECTION 63-1-45 SO AS TO DEFINE \"UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH\", \"HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH\", AND \"YOUTH AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS\". - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 342"
citation: "South Carolina S 342 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutto", "Jackson", "Shealy"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c18e2a5e-57d1-4dea-bdb4-babb2e43a31d"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=342&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "634ad22b4135dad30ce6e4ec631d904cde901a26f109cad7bc1ef154034ba52f"
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 S 342 (2023-2024) — Homeless Youth Definition
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-1-40, RELATING TO CHILDREN'S CODE DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO RESTATE THE EXISTING DEFINITIONS; AND BY ADDING SECTION 63-1-45 SO AS TO DEFINE "UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH", "HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH", AND "YOUTH AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS". - 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/342.htm)
2. **2/15/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/342_20230215.htm)
3. **2/16/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/342_20230216.htm)
4. **2/8/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/342_20230208.htm)
5. **2/9/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/342_20230209.htm)
6. **4/19/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/342_20230419.htm)
7. **4/27/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/342_20230427.htm)
## Votes
- Passage of Bill — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- to concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- 2nd Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hutto — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Shealy — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-02-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
- **2023-02-16** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-02-16** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
- **2023-04-27** Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
- **2023-05-03** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
- **2023-05-11** Ratified R 30
- **2023-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Effective date 05/16/23
- **2023-05-26** Act No. 23
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c18e2a5e-57d1-4dea-bdb4-babb2e43a31d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).