republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3654.md

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Bill	Child Welfare	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 63-7-1990 AND 63-11-550, BOTH RELATING TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF CHILD WELFARE RECORDS AND INFORMATION, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE DISCLOSURE OF CASE RECORDS TO COUNTY AND STATE GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM STAFF AND TO THE STATE CHILD ADVOCATE; AND BY AMENDING SECTIONS 63-11-700, 63-11-1340, AND 63-11-1360, RELATING TO CERTAIN DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY, SO AS TO UPDATE REFERENCES TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THESE DIVISIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3654	South Carolina H 3654 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Bernstein Calhoon Spann-Wilder	4	18	2	2024-12-12	2025-05-07	openstates	ocd-bill/c78f9a39-c44d-4636-a19b-85d9169f714b	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3654&session=126&summary=B	f47d6a489d9885dd6797009aed6ec852bc3f3a91c13a3b7939d7d3ccab2cce1a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3654 (2025-2026) — Child Welfare

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 63-7-1990 AND 63-11-550, BOTH RELATING TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF CHILD WELFARE RECORDS AND INFORMATION, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE DISCLOSURE OF CASE RECORDS TO COUNTY AND STATE GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM STAFF AND TO THE STATE CHILD ADVOCATE; AND BY AMENDING SECTIONS 63-11-700, 63-11-1340, AND 63-11-1360, RELATING TO CERTAIN DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY, SO AS TO UPDATE REFERENCES TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THESE DIVISIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/19/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/26/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 12/12/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bernstein — primary (person)
• Calhoon — primary (person)
• Spann-Wilder — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-12 Prefiled filing
• 2024-12-12 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-14 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-02-19 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-25 Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
• 2025-02-26 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-26 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-26 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 Committee report: Favorable Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-15 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-15 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2025-04-16 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-24 Ratified R 19
• 2025-04-28 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-07 Effective date 04/28/25
• 2025-05-07 Act No. 8

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c78f9a39-c44d-4636-a19b-85d9169f714b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).