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type: "Bill"
title: "Anesthesiologist Assistants"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 40-47-1250, RELATING TO SUPERVISION OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST'S ASSISTANTS, SO AS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST'S ASSISTANTS THAT AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST MAY SUPERVISE; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-47-1240, RELATING TO LICENSURE OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST'S ASSISTANTS, SO AS TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT LICENSURE APPLICANTS MUST APPEAR BEFORE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND PRESENT EVIDENCE OF CERTAIN RELEVANT ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS AND KNOWLEDGE. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 3996"
citation: "South Carolina H 3996 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman", "Sessions"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41ea7025-3278-4714-8ee7-ed830b8c24bc"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3996&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "107c2c9e887da9cfbd9fdd2fc532b90d8e649247e7477e4e7d7fc07702413975"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
---
# South Carolina H 3996 (2025-2026) — Anesthesiologist Assistants
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 40-47-1250, RELATING TO SUPERVISION OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST'S ASSISTANTS, SO AS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST'S ASSISTANTS THAT AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST MAY SUPERVISE; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-47-1240, RELATING TO LICENSURE OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST'S ASSISTANTS, SO AS TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT LICENSURE APPLICANTS MUST APPEAR BEFORE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND PRESENT EVIDENCE OF CERTAIN RELEVANT ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS AND KNOWLEDGE. - RATIFIED TITLE
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/3996.htm)
2. **02/13/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3996_20250213.htm)
3. **04/10/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3996_20250410.htm)
4. **04/29/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3996_20250429.htm)
## Votes
- Passage of Bill — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- to lay on the table — **24–14** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chapman — primary (person)
- Sessions — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-13** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Chapman
- **2025-04-10** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
- **2025-04-24** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-24** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Polled out of committee Medical Affairs
- **2025-04-29** Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Debate adjourned
- **2025-05-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
- **2025-05-06** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Ratified R 72
- **2025-05-12** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Effective date 05/12/25
- **2025-05-19** Act No. 48
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41ea7025-3278-4714-8ee7-ed830b8c24bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).