republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-4624.md

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Bill	Gender Reassignment Procedures	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING CHAPTER 42 TO TITLE 44 SO AS TO DEFINE GENDER, SEX, AND OTHER TERMS, TO PROHIBIT THE PROVISION OF GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURES TO A PERSON UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURES, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES; AND BY ADDING SECTION 59-32-36 SO AS TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC SCHOOL STAFF AND OFFICIALS FROM WITHHOLDING KNOWLEDGE OF A MINOR'S PERCEPTION OF THEIR GENDER FROM THE MINOR'S PARENTS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 4624	South Carolina H 4624 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Ballentine Blackwell Bradley Brewer Burns Chapman Chumley Crawford Cromer Davis Erickson Forrest G.M. Smith Gatch Gibson Gilliam Guest Haddon Hartnett Hiott Kilmartin Landing Leber Ligon Long M.M. Smith McCravy Mitchell Murphy Nutt O'Neal Oremus Pace Pope Robbins S. Jones Sandifer Taylor Trantham Vaughan W. Newton West Willis Yow	8	35	20	2023-11-16	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/21d39eca-d671-48d8-b481-86739b7a65fd	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4624&session=125&summary=B	44760999eb4eb3b35b841e0633b88de082149fdf573cc66fa546fdfa4b327423	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4624 (2023-2024) — Gender Reassignment Procedures

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING CHAPTER 42 TO TITLE 44 SO AS TO DEFINE GENDER, SEX, AND OTHER TERMS, TO PROHIBIT THE PROVISION OF GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURES TO A PERSON UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURES, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES; AND BY ADDING SECTION 59-32-36 SO AS TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC SCHOOL STAFF AND OFFICIALS FROM WITHHOLDING KNOWLEDGE OF A MINOR'S PERCEPTION OF THEIR GENDER FROM THE MINOR'S PARENTS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/10/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/17/2024 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/05/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/06/2024 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/02/2024 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/07/2024 (committee substitute) — source
8. 11/16/2023 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Table Amendment 7 — 67–38 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 67–26 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 2 — 81–30 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 6 — 80–29 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 4 — 78–31 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 82–23 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 10 — 84–15 (pass) · lower
• Cloture vote - Rule 15A — 21–18 (fail) · upper
• Table Amendment 12 — 64–33 (pass) · lower
• Table motion to commit to Judiciary — 80–26 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 3 — 82–29 (pass) · lower
• Rule 15 - Cloture — 26–13 (pass) · upper
• Table Amendment 11 — 79–23 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 9 — 79–26 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 5 — 83–28 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Amendment 14 — 83–20 (pass) · lower
• to lay on the table — 23–17 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 28–8 (pass) · upper
• to lay on the table — 23–16 (pass) · upper
• Table Amendment 13 — 72–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ballentine — primary (person)
• Blackwell — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• Burns — primary (person)
• Chapman — primary (person)
• Chumley — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Cromer — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Gatch — primary (person)
• Gibson — primary (person)
• Gilliam — primary (person)
• Guest — primary (person)
• Haddon — primary (person)
• Hartnett — primary (person)
• Hiott — primary (person)
• Kilmartin — primary (person)
• Landing — primary (person)
• Leber — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• Mitchell — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Nutt — primary (person)
• O'Neal — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Pace — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• S. Jones — primary (person)
• Sandifer — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Trantham — primary (person)
• Vaughan — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)
• Willis — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-11-16 Prefiled filing
• 2023-11-16 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Long, Nutt, Haddon, Burns, Chumley, Murphy, Mitchell, Brewer, Robbins, Gatch, West, Gilliam, Cromer, Kilmartin, O'Neal, Yow, S.Jones
• 2024-01-10 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Landing, Ballentine, Sandifer, Crawford, Guest
• 2024-01-10 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-11 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Davis
• 2024-01-11 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Willis, Ligon, Forrest
• 2024-01-16 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pace
• 2024-01-16 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Hiott, McCravy, Harris, Magnuson, ONeal, Pope, Blackwell, Nutt, Guest, Hayes, Bauer, MM Smith, S Jones, Ott, Beach, Chapman, May, Cromer, Hadden, Robbins, Leber, Pace, Erickson, Gibson, Gilliam, Whilte, Hager, BL Cox
• 2024-01-17 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton, Bradley, Erickson, Gibson, Blackwell, M.M.Smith
• 2024-01-17 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-01-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-17 Roll call Yeas-82 Nays-23
• 2024-01-18 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-18 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-18 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2024-03-05 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-06 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-04-25 Special order, set for Aprl 25, 2024
• 2024-04-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-01 Debate interrupted
• 2024-05-02 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-05-02 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-05-02 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-02 Roll call Ayes-28 Nays-8
• 2024-05-07 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-05-08 Debate adjourned
• 2024-05-09 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2024-05-09 Roll call Yeas-67 Nays-26
• 2024-05-15 Ratified R 219
• 2024-05-21 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Effective date 05/21/24
• 2024-05-29 Act No. 203

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21d39eca-d671-48d8-b481-86739b7a65fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).