South Carolina Senate Bill 415

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 4 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-03-04 - Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
Pending: Senate Family and Veterans Services Committee
Hearing: Mar 6 @ 10:00 am in Gressette Room 207
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-7-20, Relating To Children's Code Definitions, So As To Add The Term "licensed"; By Amending Section 63-9-1110, Relating To Adoption By A Stepparent Or Relative, So As To Apply To Children Placed With Relatives Or Fictive Kin For The Purpose Of Adoption; By Amending Section 63-7-2320, Relating To The Kinship Foster Care Program, So As To Lower The Minimum Age Of A Kinship Foster Parent From Twenty-one To Eighteen And To Allow The Department To Use Different Standards When Licensing Relatives And Fictive Kin; By Amending Section 63-7-2350, Relating To Restrictions On Foster Care, Adoption, Or Legal Guardian Placements, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And By Amending Section 63-7-2400, Relating To The Number Of Foster Children Who May Be Placed In A Foster Home, So As To Remove Therapeutic Foster Care Placement Limitations From Kinship Foster Care Placements.

Kin-Specific Licensing Standards

Sen. Thomas Young [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
2025-03-04	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	7	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	2320	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	2350	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	7	2400	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	9	1110	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0415&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/415_20250304.htm