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| Bill | Pharmacy access | AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-210, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF A "SELF-ADMINISTERED HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVE" IN THE PHARMACY PRACTICE ACT, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-230, RELATING TO PHARMACISTS PERMITTED TO DISPENSE SELF-ADMINISTERED HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, SO AS TO PROVIDE SUCH DISPENSATIONS MAY BE MADE PURSUANT TO CERTAIN WRITTEN JOINT PROTOCOLS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-240, RELATING TO WRITTEN JOINT PROTOCOLS BY THE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND THE BOARD OF PHARMACY TO AUTHORIZE PHARMACISTS TO DISPENSE SELF-ADMINISTERED HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES WITHOUT PATIENT-SPECIFIC WRITTEN ORDERS, SO AS TO INSTEAD PROVIDE THE DISPENSATIONS MAY BE MADE UNDER STANDING ORDERS OR WITHOUT STANDING ORDERS WHEN DISPENSED OR ADMINISTERED PURSUANT TO CERTAIN WRITTEN JOINT PROTOCOLS. - RATIFIED TITLE | us/states/sc | South Carolina General Assembly | 2025-2026 | S 477 | South Carolina S 477 (2025-2026) |
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South Carolina S 477 (2025-2026) — Pharmacy access
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-210, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF A "SELF-ADMINISTERED HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVE" IN THE PHARMACY PRACTICE ACT, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-230, RELATING TO PHARMACISTS PERMITTED TO DISPENSE SELF-ADMINISTERED HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, SO AS TO PROVIDE SUCH DISPENSATIONS MAY BE MADE PURSUANT TO CERTAIN WRITTEN JOINT PROTOCOLS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-240, RELATING TO WRITTEN JOINT PROTOCOLS BY THE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND THE BOARD OF PHARMACY TO AUTHORIZE PHARMACISTS TO DISPENSE SELF-ADMINISTERED HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES WITHOUT PATIENT-SPECIFIC WRITTEN ORDERS, SO AS TO INSTEAD PROVIDE THE DISPENSATIONS MAY BE MADE UNDER STANDING ORDERS OR WITHOUT STANDING ORDERS WHEN DISPENSED OR ADMINISTERED PURSUANT TO CERTAIN WRITTEN JOINT PROTOCOLS. - RATIFIED TITLE
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Filed (filed) — source
- 01/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source
- 02/17/2026 (committee substitute) — source
- 03/20/2025 (committee substitute) — source
- 04/30/2025 (committee substitute) — source
- 05/13/2026 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- to adopt the conference report — 43–0 (pass) · upper
- 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — 109–5 (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — 98–15 (pass) · lower
- to concur — 6–38 (fail) · upper
Sponsors
- Davis — primary (person)
- Ott — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-03-20 Introduced and read first time
introduction, reading-1 - 2025-03-20 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 sent to House
passage, reading-3 - 2025-05-08 Introduced and read first time
introduction, reading-1 - 2025-05-08 Referred to Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-03 Requests for debate-Rep(s). McCravy, Frank, Beach, Edgerton, Magnuson, Guffy, Terribile, Long
- 2026-02-11 Debate adjourned
- 2026-02-17 Amended
amendment-passage - 2026-02-17 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-17 Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-5
- 2026-02-18 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-24 Non-concurrence in House amendment
- 2026-02-24 Roll call Ayes-6 Nays-38
- 2026-04-02 House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. Guest, Calhoon, and Bernstein
- 2026-04-14 Conference committee appointed Davis, Matthews, and Garrett
- 2026-04-29 Conference report adopted
- 2026-04-29 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
- 2026-05-13 Conference report received and adopted
- 2026-05-13 Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-15
- 2026-05-13 Ordered enrolled for ratification
- 2026-05-14 Ratified R 142
- 2026-05-18 Signed By Governor
executive-signature - 2026-05-27 Effective date 05/18/26
- 2026-05-27 Act No. 167
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f14dcea5-55d0-4b71-a9f6-49fbb918d938. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).