republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/s-380.md

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Bill	Kinship Guardianship	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-7-20, RELATING TO CHILDREN'S CODE DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE "LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP" AND "LEGAL GUARDIAN"; BY AMENDING SECTION 63-7-1700, RELATING TO PERMANENCY PLANNING, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR PROCEDURES TO ESTABLISH LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP WITH SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS WHEN ADOPTION IS NOT AN OPTION AND BY MAKING CONFORMING CHANGES; BY ADDING SECTION 63-7-1705 SO AS TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR INITIATING THE JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP WITH SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS; BY ADDING ARTICLE 9 TO CHAPTER 7, TITLE 63 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER A PROGRAM OF SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS FOR LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP, TO DEFINE TERMS, TO PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAM BENEFITS, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; BY AMENDING SECTION 63-1-20, RELATING TO THE STATE'S CHILDREN'S POLICY, SO AS TO INCLUDE LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP WHEN ADOPTION IS NOT APPROPRIATE; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 63-7-2350, RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON FOSTER CARE OR ADOPTION PLACEMENTS, SO AS TO APPLY ALSO TO PLACEMENT OF A CHILD IN A LEGAL GUARDIAN'S HOME. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	S 380	South Carolina S 380 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Gustafson Hutto Jackson McElveen Shealy Young	7	28	2	2023-01-12	2023-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/4a4efc01-c453-41a0-a7db-ef68309e50ff	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=380&session=125&summary=B	4dccec831e9cd57616649c199ca2727145398a7f526c480c3643ebee66a7ce29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 380 (2023-2024) — Kinship Guardianship

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-7-20, RELATING TO CHILDREN'S CODE DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE "LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP" AND "LEGAL GUARDIAN"; BY AMENDING SECTION 63-7-1700, RELATING TO PERMANENCY PLANNING, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR PROCEDURES TO ESTABLISH LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP WITH SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS WHEN ADOPTION IS NOT AN OPTION AND BY MAKING CONFORMING CHANGES; BY ADDING SECTION 63-7-1705 SO AS TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR INITIATING THE JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP WITH SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS; BY ADDING ARTICLE 9 TO CHAPTER 7, TITLE 63 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER A PROGRAM OF SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS FOR LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP, TO DEFINE TERMS, TO PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAM BENEFITS, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; BY AMENDING SECTION 63-1-20, RELATING TO THE STATE'S CHILDREN'S POLICY, SO AS TO INCLUDE LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP WHEN ADOPTION IS NOT APPROPRIATE; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 63-7-2350, RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON FOSTER CARE OR ADOPTION PLACEMENTS, SO AS TO APPLY ALSO TO PLACEMENT OF A CHILD IN A LEGAL GUARDIAN'S HOME. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/12/2023 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/15/2023 (committee substitute) — source
4. 2/16/2023 (committee substitute) — source
5. 2/8/2023 (committee substitute) — source
6. 2/9/2023 (committee substitute) — source
7. 3/29/2023 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gustafson — primary (person)
• Hutto — primary (person)
• Jackson — primary (person)
• McElveen — primary (person)
• Shealy — primary (person)
• Young — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-12 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2023-02-08 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-09 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-02-15 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2023-02-15 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-15 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2023-02-16 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-02-16 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-16 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-04 Debate adjourned
• 2023-04-05 Debate adjourned until Tues., 4-18-23
• 2023-04-18 Debate adjourned
• 2023-04-19 Debate adjourned
• 2023-04-20 Debate adjourned
• 2023-04-25 Debate adjourned
• 2023-04-26 Debate adjourned
• 2023-04-27 Debate adjourned
• 2023-05-02 Debate adjourned
• 2023-05-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-05-03 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
• 2023-05-04 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-11 Ratified R 32
• 2023-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-26 Effective date 05/16/23
• 2023-05-26 Act No. 25

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a4efc01-c453-41a0-a7db-ef68309e50ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).