republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3831.md

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Bill	Smart Heart Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SMART HEART ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 59-17-165 SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 59-17-155, RELATING TO THE AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR PROGRAM IN HIGH SCHOOLS, SO AS TO PROVIDE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL ENSURE THE PRESENCE OF AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR ONSITE AND WITHIN CERTAIN PROXIMITY OF SCHOOL ATHLETIC VENUES, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED TESTING, MAINTENANCE, AND PERSONNEL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3831	South Carolina H 3831 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Bauer Chapman Duncan Gagnon Grant Guffey Hayes Howard Lawson M.M. Smith Martin McCravy Moss Pedalino Rivers Robbins Sanders Schuessler Sessions T. Moore Waters	7	26	3	2025-01-29	2026-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/5066c344-6639-418b-a790-9c19d358f2cd	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3831&session=126&summary=B	44e109f9a6f6ca17390d27b04de8e18088bb690651fe045c2c588ea6a5128a75	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3831 (2025-2026) — Smart Heart Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SMART HEART ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 59-17-165 SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 59-17-155, RELATING TO THE AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR PROGRAM IN HIGH SCHOOLS, SO AS TO PROVIDE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL ENSURE THE PRESENCE OF AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR ONSITE AND WITHIN CERTAIN PROXIMITY OF SCHOOL ATHLETIC VENUES, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED TESTING, MAINTENANCE, AND PERSONNEL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/29/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/11/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/17/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/02/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/04/2025 (committee substitute) — source
7. 04/08/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bauer — primary (person)
• Chapman — primary (person)
• Duncan — primary (person)
• Gagnon — primary (person)
• Grant — primary (person)
• Guffey — primary (person)
• Hayes — primary (person)
• Howard — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• Moss — primary (person)
• Pedalino — primary (person)
• Rivers — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• Sanders — primary (person)
• Schuessler — primary (person)
• Sessions — primary (person)
• T. Moore — primary (person)
• Waters — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-29 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-29 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2025-02-13 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Duncan, Sanders, Grant, Howard, Bauer, Pedalino
• 2025-02-20 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins
• 2025-03-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler
• 2025-04-01 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Rivers
• 2025-04-02 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-04 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-04-08 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Waters
• 2025-04-08 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-04-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-08 Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
• 2025-04-09 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-04-09 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-17 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-03-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-17 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2026-03-19 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-25 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-03-25 Roll call Yeas-117 Nays-0
• 2026-03-25 Ratified R 115
• 2026-03-30 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-04-02 Effective date 07/01/26
• 2026-04-02 Act No. 108

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5066c344-6639-418b-a790-9c19d358f2cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).