republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/s-728.md

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Bill	Firefighter residency	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 23-9-197, RELATING TO THE "FIREFIGHTER CANCER HEALTH CARE BENEFIT PLAN", SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEFINITION OF "FIREFIGHTER" SHALL INCLUDE NONRESIDENTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA WHO WORK IN THE STATE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE PLAN PROVIDES A SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE POLICY UPON A FIREFIGHTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2021. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	S 728	South Carolina S 728 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Gustafson	5	19	2	2023-04-13	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/747db8e8-c48e-4d88-a574-3d9c3eb679d8	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=728&session=125&summary=B	78be124f46617cdb1e7877fca4639f110eedf236d0369e04cb4e56d99da9507b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 728 (2023-2024) — Firefighter residency

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 23-9-197, RELATING TO THE "FIREFIGHTER CANCER HEALTH CARE BENEFIT PLAN", SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEFINITION OF "FIREFIGHTER" SHALL INCLUDE NONRESIDENTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA WHO WORK IN THE STATE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE PLAN PROVIDES A SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE POLICY UPON A FIREFIGHTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2021. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 03/19/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/21/2024 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/13/2023 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/24/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 103–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gustafson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-04-13 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2024-03-19 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-03-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2024-03-26 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-03-28 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-01 Debate adjourned until Thur., 5-2-24
• 2024-05-02 Debate adjourned until Tues., 5-7-24
• 2024-05-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-07 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
• 2024-05-08 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-15 Ratified R 189
• 2024-05-20 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 05/20/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 163

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/747db8e8-c48e-4d88-a574-3d9c3eb679d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).