republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/s-968.md

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Bill	Drivers License Blood Type	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-1-80, RELATING TO APPLICATIONS FOR DRIVERS' LICENSES OR PERMITS, SO AS TO ALLOW APPLICANTS TO VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSE THEIR BLOOD TYPES, ALLOW THEIR BLOOD TYPES TO BE DISCLOSED ON DRIVERS' LICENSES AND PERMITS, AND TO PROVIDE NO CAUSE OF ACTION MAY ARISE NOR LIABILITY BE IMPOSED ON CERTAIN PERSONS WHEN INACCURATE BLOOD TYPES ARE INDICATED ON DRIVERS' LICENSES AND PERMITS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	S 968	South Carolina S 968 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Peeler Rankin	8	21	2	2024-01-17	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/7272ad93-d691-4dd0-b8e2-eaf3a0430776	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=968&session=125&summary=B	0b5c5ee71b9cdfad67b005f44602cf261c5b15256564de1418de4c3731e333e6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 968 (2023-2024) — Drivers License Blood Type

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-1-80, RELATING TO APPLICATIONS FOR DRIVERS' LICENSES OR PERMITS, SO AS TO ALLOW APPLICANTS TO VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSE THEIR BLOOD TYPES, ALLOW THEIR BLOOD TYPES TO BE DISCLOSED ON DRIVERS' LICENSES AND PERMITS, AND TO PROVIDE NO CAUSE OF ACTION MAY ARISE NOR LIABILITY BE IMPOSED ON CERTAIN PERSONS WHEN INACCURATE BLOOD TYPES ARE INDICATED ON DRIVERS' LICENSES AND PERMITS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/17/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/18/2024 (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/27/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 02/28/2024 (committee substitute) — source
6. 02/29/2024 (committee substitute) — source
7. 03/01/2024 (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/01/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Peeler — primary (person)
• Rankin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-17 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-17 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-02-27 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-28 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-02-29 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-02-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Roll call Ayes-xxx Nays-xxx
• 2024-03-01 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-03-19 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-20 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-03-20 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-07 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Erickson, Hiott, Carter, Hixon, Guffey, Sessions, McCravy, MM Smith, BL Cox, Guest
• 2024-05-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-08 Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
• 2024-05-09 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-15 Ratified R 193
• 2024-05-20 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 11/20/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 167

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7272ad93-d691-4dd0-b8e2-eaf3a0430776. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).