republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-823.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Child Welfare	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTIONS 63-7-2630 AND 63-9-765 SO AS TO REQUIRE FAMILY COURTS TO CONSIDER THE APPROPRIATENESS OF NO CONTACT ORDERS OR SUPERVISED CONTACT ORDERS WHEN TERMINATING PARENTAL RIGHTS OR FINALIZING ADOPTIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THESE ORDERS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 823	South Carolina S 823 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Devine Hutto Reichenbach Walker	7	21	3	2026-01-15	2026-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/d8724625-e227-4ec8-9b13-4ab26317c7d2	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=823&session=126&summary=B	3709c066246a1d1242f1cd4a9f94f2c50a51eb1910c07796ac7fb761560b259e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 823 (2025-2026) — Child Welfare

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTIONS 63-7-2630 AND 63-9-765 SO AS TO REQUIRE FAMILY COURTS TO CONSIDER THE APPROPRIATENESS OF NO CONTACT ORDERS OR SUPERVISED CONTACT ORDERS WHEN TERMINATING PARENTAL RIGHTS OR FINALIZING ADOPTIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THESE ORDERS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/15/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/22/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/11/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/17/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 03/24/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/06/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Devine — primary (person)
• Hutto — primary (person)
• Reichenbach — primary (person)
• Walker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-15 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-15 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-03-11 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-17 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-03-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-17 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2026-03-24 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-24 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-24 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2026-03-26 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-03-26 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-05-06 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-12 Debate adjourned
• 2026-05-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-13 Roll call Yeas-115 Nays-0
• 2026-05-14 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-15 Ratified R 232
• 2026-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-05 Effective date 05/18/26
• 2026-06-02 Act No. 196

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8724625-e227-4ec8-9b13-4ab26317c7d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).