South Carolina House Bill 3558

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-2)
Status: Engrossed on April 6 2023 - 50% progression
Action: 2023-04-06 - Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
Pending: Senate Family and Veterans Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #5) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Sections 63-7-693 And 63-7-696 So As To Require Parties To Execute A Safety Plan Before The Department Of Social Services May Place A Child Outside The Home Without Taking Legal Custody, To Establish Limitations On The Use Of A Safety Plan For Child Protection, And For Other Purposes; By Amending Section 63-7-650, Relating To The Placement Of A Child Outside The Home Instead Of Entering State Custody, So As To Change Certain Requirements Relating To Assessing The Safety And Appropriateness Of An Out-of-home Placement; By Amending Section 63-7-690, Relating To The Allowable Timeframe To Make An Interim Out-of-home Placement Of A Child, So As To Change The Timeframe; And By Amending Section 63-7-730, Relating To Expedited Placement Of Child With A Relative At The Probable Cause Hearing, So As To Make Conforming Changes.

Safety Plans and Relative Placements

Rep. Murrell Smith [R]	Rep. Shannon Erickson [R]	Rep. Heather Crawford [R]	Rep. William Hewitt [R]
Rep. Sylleste Davis [R]	Rep. Travis Moore [R]	Rep. Brandon Newton [R]	Rep. Cody Mitchell [R]
Rep. Richard Yow [R]	Rep. Jerry Carter [R]	Rep. William Hixon [R]	Rep. Davey Hiott [R]
Rep. Kathy Landing [R]	Rep. Weston Newton [R]	Rep. Robby Robbins [R]	Rep. Gary Brewer [R]
Rep. David Weeks [D]	Rep. William Wheeler [D]	Rep. Bill Taylor [R]	Rep. Thomas Pope [R]

2023-04-06 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 16 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-04-05 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 103 N: 0 NV: 20 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
2023-04-06	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2023-04-06	House	Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
2023-04-06	House	Read third time and sent to Senate
2023-04-05	House	Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
2023-04-05	House	Read second time
2023-04-05	House	Amended
2023-04-04	House	Debate adjourned
2023-04-04	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor, Pope
2023-03-30	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks, Wheeler
2023-03-29	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2023-03-29	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robbins, Brewer
2023-03-28	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton
2023-02-01	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Landing
2023-01-31		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-01-18	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Carter, Hixon, Hiott
2023-01-12	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-01-10	House	Introduced and read first time
2022-12-15	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2022-12-15	House	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	7	650	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	690	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	693	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	696	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	730	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3558&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3558_20221215.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3558_20230131.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3558_20230329.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3558_20230405.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3558_20230406.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/H3558%202023-01-10%20introduced.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=22665
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=22718