South Carolina Senate Bill 380

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 26 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-26 - Act No. 25
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #6) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-7-20, Relating To Children's Code Definitions, So As To Define "legal Guardianship" And "legal Guardian"; By Amending Section 63-7-1700, Relating To Permanency Planning, So As To Provide For Procedures To Establish Legal Guardianship With Supplemental Benefits When Adoption Is Not An Option And By Making Conforming Changes; By Adding Section 63-7-1705 So As To Establish Procedures For Initiating The Judicial Establishment Of Legal Guardianship With Supplemental Benefits; By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 7, Title 63 So As To Require The Department Of Social Services To Establish And Administer A Program Of Supplemental Benefits For Legal Guardianship, To Define Terms, To Provide Eligibility Requirements For Program Benefits, To Require The Department To Promulgate Regulations, And For Other Purposes; By Amending Section 63-1-20, Relating To The State's Children's Policy, So As To Include Legal Guardianship When Adoption Is Not Appropriate; And By Amending Section 63-7-2350, Relating To Restrictions On Foster Care Or Adoption Placements, So As To Apply Also To Placement Of A Child In A Legal Guardian's Home. - Ratified Title

Kinship Guardianship

Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]	Sen. Thomas McElveen [D]	Sen. Bradley Hutto [D]	Sen. Darrell Jackson [D]
Sen. Penry Gustafson [R]	Sen. Thomas Young [R]

2023-05-03 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 103 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 17) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - Senate - Senate: 3rd Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-26		Act No. 25
2023-05-26		Effective date 05/16/23
2023-05-16		Signed By Governor
2023-05-11		Ratified R 32
2023-05-04	House	Read third time and enrolled
2023-05-03	House	Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
2023-05-03	House	Read second time
2023-05-02	House	Debate adjourned
2023-04-27	House	Debate adjourned
2023-04-26	House	Debate adjourned
2023-04-25	House	Debate adjourned
2023-04-20	House	Debate adjourned
2023-04-19	House	Debate adjourned
2023-04-18	House	Debate adjourned
2023-04-05	House	Debate adjourned until Tues., 4-18-23
2023-04-04	House	Debate adjourned
2023-03-29	House	Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
2023-02-16	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-02-16	House	Introduced and read first time
2023-02-16		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-02-15	Senate	Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
2023-02-15	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2023-02-15	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2023-02-14	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-09		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-02-08	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Family and Veterans' Services
2023-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
2023-01-12	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	1	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	1700	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	1705	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	2350	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0380&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/380_20230112.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/380_20230208.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/380_20230209.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/380_20230215.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/380_20230216.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/380_20230329.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/S0380%202023-01-12%20introduced.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=22062
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=22982