South Carolina Senate Bill 854

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-09 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Chapter 53, Title 44, Relating To Poisons, Drugs, And Other Controlled Substances, So As To Establish The Safer Syringe Program, To Provide Who May Establish And Operate A Safer Syringe Program, To Provide What Services The Program May Offer, And To Provide Immunity From Criminal And Civil Liability For Program Employees, Participants, And Law Enforcement; And By Amending Section 44-130-20, Relating To Definitions In The South Carolina Overdose Prevention Act, So As To Add Organizations Providing Safer Syringe Services To The Definition Of Community Distributor.

Safer Syringe Program

Sen. Thomas Davis [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2024-01-09	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2023-11-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2023-11-30	Senate	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
44	130	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0854&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/854_20231130.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/S0854%202023-11-30%20prefiled.pdf