SC H3502 | 2025-2026 | 126th General Assembly
Status
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: Engrossed on February 13 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-13 - Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
Pending: Senate Family and Veterans Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 13 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-13 - Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
Pending: Senate Family and Veterans Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 63-7-10 And 63-7-1620, Relating To Principles Of The Child Welfare System And Legal Representation Of The Department Of Social Services In Child Abuse And Neglect Proceedings, Respectively, So As To Clarify That Legal Representatives Of The Department Must Ensure That Child Welfare And Safety Are The Predominant Basis Of Any Recommendations And Decisions And That Legal Representatives Of The Department Have The Sole Discretion Over Decisions Pertaining To Child Welfare Proceedings.
Title
Department of Social Services
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-02-12 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 107 N: 1 NV: 5 Abs: 9) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-13 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services |
| 2025-02-13 | Senate | Introduced and read first time |
| 2025-02-13 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate |
| 2025-02-12 | House | Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-1 |
| 2025-02-12 | House | Read second time |
| 2025-02-12 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon, King |
| 2025-02-06 | House | Committee report: Favorable Judiciary |
| 2025-01-14 | House | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 2025-01-14 | House | Introduced and read first time |
| 2024-12-05 | House | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 2024-12-05 | House | Prefiled |
