republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-4343.md

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Bill	Human trafficking awareness and prevention training	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 40-33-31 SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING FOR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES, REGISTERED NURSES, AND ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES; BY ADDING SECTION 40-47-39 SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING FOR PHYSICIANS WHO PRACTICE IN CERTAIN FIELDS AND CERTAIN SETTINGS; AND BY ADDING SECTION 40-47-953 SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 4343	South Carolina H 4343 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Alexander Bauer Bernstein Calhoon Cobb-Hunter Crawford Cromer Davis Dillard Edgerton Erickson Henderson-Myers Holman Landing McDaniel Oremus Pedalino Schuessler Spann-Wilder Terribile Waters Wetmore	7	23	3	2025-04-09	2026-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/5e95dc49-cd5a-4e65-ab67-186ff6629e50	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4343&session=126&summary=B	cb1edbf260ae0c847418b69bd15fedd3d20152f9e42e02480350ce6c0ddd0f61	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4343 (2025-2026) — Human trafficking awareness and prevention training

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 40-33-31 SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING FOR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES, REGISTERED NURSES, AND ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES; BY ADDING SECTION 40-47-39 SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING FOR PHYSICIANS WHO PRACTICE IN CERTAIN FIELDS AND CERTAIN SETTINGS; AND BY ADDING SECTION 40-47-953 SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/19/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/25/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/09/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/01/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/05/2025 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/06/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Bauer — primary (person)
• Bernstein — primary (person)
• Calhoon — primary (person)
• Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Cromer — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Dillard — primary (person)
• Edgerton — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
• Holman — primary (person)
• Landing — primary (person)
• McDaniel — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Pedalino — primary (person)
• Schuessler — primary (person)
• Spann-Wilder — primary (person)
• Terribile — primary (person)
• Waters — primary (person)
• Wetmore — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-04-09 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-05-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-05 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-05-06 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Alexander, Spann-Wilder
• 2025-05-06 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-05-06 Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
• 2025-05-07 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-07 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-05-07 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-25 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-02-25 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-02-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-25 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2026-02-26 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-03-04 Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
• 2026-03-05 Ratified R 111
• 2026-03-09 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-12 Effective date 03/09/26
• 2026-03-12 Act No. 106

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e95dc49-cd5a-4e65-ab67-186ff6629e50. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).