South Carolina House Bill 3654

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 26 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-26 - Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
Pending: Senate Family and Veterans Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 63-7-1990 And 63-11-550, Both Relating To Confidentiality Of Child Welfare Records And Information, So As To Authorize Disclosure Of Case Records To County And State Guardian Ad Litem Program Staff And To The State Child Advocate; And By Amending Sections 63-11-700, 63-11-1340, And 63-11-1360, Relating To Certain Divisions Of The Department Of Children's Advocacy, So As To Update References To The Department And These Divisions.

Child Welfare

Rep. Paula Rawl Calhoon [R]

Rep. Beth Bernstein [D]

Rep. Tiffany Spann-Wilder [D]

2025-02-25 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 110 N: 0 NV: 11 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-26	Senate	Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
2025-02-26	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2025-02-26	House	Read third time and sent to Senate
2025-02-25	House	Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
2025-02-25	House	Read second time
2025-02-19	House	Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
2025-01-14	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2025-01-14	House	Introduced and read first time
2024-12-12	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2024-12-12	House	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	11	1340	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	11	1360	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	11	550	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	11	700	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	1990	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3654&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3654_20241212.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3654_20250219.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/fiscalimpactstatements/H3654%202025-01-14%20introduced.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=25251