South Carolina Senate Bill 40

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-14 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "in Vitro Fertilization Act" By Adding Chapter 140 To Title 44 So As To Add A Definition For "assistive Reproductive Technologies" And To Provide Related Protections To Access These Technologies; And By Adding Section 16-3-100 So As To Provide That A Fertilized Human Egg Or Human Embryo Outside Of The Uterus Of A Human Body Is Not Considered An Unborn Child Or Another Term That Connotes A Human Being For Any Purpose Under State Law.

In Vitro Fertilization Protection Act

Sen. Thomas Davis [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2025-01-14	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2025-01-08		Scrivener's error corrected
2024-12-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2024-12-11	Senate	Prefiled

H3652 (Similar To) 2025-01-14 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	3	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0040&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/40_20241211.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/40_20250108.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/fiscalimpactstatements/S0040%202025-01-14%20introduced.pdf