republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-4799.md

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Bill	Certificate of Need	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 44-7-170, RELATING TO CERTIFICATE OF NEED EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT VETERANS' HOMES OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS DO NOT REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 4799	South Carolina H 4799 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	B.L. Cox C. Mitchell Caskey Gilliard Govan Lastinger Lawson M.M. Smith Pope Waters Williams	6	24	2	2025-12-16	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/5cc93657-20c7-42f2-9bb6-4585ab7eec92	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4799&session=126&summary=B	5d5fd5c1dea61610450e90a4adc92d717efbe5181583036f158320ecabd8bea8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4799 (2025-2026) — Certificate of Need

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 44-7-170, RELATING TO CERTIFICATE OF NEED EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT VETERANS' HOMES OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS DO NOT REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 03/25/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/26/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/31/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/30/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 12/17/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 105–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B.L. Cox — primary (person)
• C. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)
• Gilliard — primary (person)
• Govan — primary (person)
• Lastinger — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Waters — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-16 Prefiled filing
• 2025-12-16 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan
• 2026-03-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lastinger
• 2026-03-25 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Caskey, M.M.Smith, Williams, Gilliard, Waters
• 2026-03-26 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-26 Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
• 2026-03-26 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2026-03-27 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-03-31 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-03-31 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2026-04-30 Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-05 Roll call Ayes-46 Nays-0
• 2026-05-06 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 203
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date 05/15/26
• 2026-05-26 Act No. 153

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5cc93657-20c7-42f2-9bb6-4585ab7eec92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).