republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-4067.md

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Bill	Hospital Emergency Departments	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 44-7-268 SO AS TO REQUIRE ALL HOSPITALS WITH EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE PHYSICIAN PHYSICALLY PRESENT ON SITE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT ALL TIMES THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS OPEN. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 4067	South Carolina H 4067 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Davis Forrest Henderson-Myers Sessions	4	17	2	2025-02-20	2025-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/4e83f16c-6ed9-4eac-86cf-92beb4882194	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4067&session=126&summary=B	bd56bd5126c3c0fb5d894f748da87083b14f0eba886261e32fa6dbdd4c0833fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4067 (2025-2026) — Hospital Emergency Departments

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 44-7-268 SO AS TO REQUIRE ALL HOSPITALS WITH EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE PHYSICIAN PHYSICALLY PRESENT ON SITE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT ALL TIMES THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS OPEN. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/20/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/20/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/30/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Davis — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
• Sessions — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-20 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest, Henderson-Myers
• 2025-03-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-03-25 Roll call Yeas-115 Nays-0
• 2025-03-26 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-26 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-03-26 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-05-06 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2025-05-07 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-08 Ratified R 75
• 2025-05-12 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-19 Effective date 05/12/25
• 2025-05-19 Act No. 49

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e83f16c-6ed9-4eac-86cf-92beb4882194. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).