South Carolina House Bill 3509

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-6)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-02-24 - Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, By Adding Article 8 To Chapter 7, Title 63 So As To Establish An Extended Foster Care Program And Related Procedures To Enable Certain Children In The Custody Of The Department Of Social Services On Their Eighteenth Birthday To Continue To Receive Services And Supports From The Department Until The Age Of Twenty-one; To Define Terms; To Provide For Voluntary And Court-ordered Extended Foster Care; To Require Case Review And Permanency Planning; And For Other Purposes; And To Amend Section 63-7-1700, Relating To Permanency Planning Hearings, So As To Make Conforming Changes.

Child protection and permanency

Rep. Russell Fry [R]	Rep. Raye Felder [R]	Rep. Beth Bernstein [D]	Rep. Neal Collins [R]
Rep. Mandy Kimmons [R]	Rep. Leola Robinson-Simpson [D]	Rep. Patrick Haddon [R]	Rep. Steve Moss [R]
Rep. Thomas Pope [R]	Rep. Cally Forrest [R]	Rep. Jermaine Johnson [D]	Rep. West Cox [R]
Rep. Jerry Carter [R]	Rep. Melissa Oremus [R]	Rep. Patricia Henegan [D]	Rep. Joseph Jefferson [D]
Rep. Robert Williams [D]

2021-02-23 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 103 N: 11 NV: 4 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-24	House	Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary
2021-02-23	House	Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-11
2021-02-23	House	Read second time
2021-02-23	House	Amended
2021-02-23	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Carter, Oremus, Henegan, Jefferson, R.Williams
2021-02-18	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2021-01-28	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Cox
2021-01-13	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: J.L.Johnson
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-01-12	House	Introduced and read first time
2020-12-16	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-12-16	House	Prefiled

S0221 (Similar To) 2021-02-18 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	7	1700	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3509&session=124&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3509_20201216.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3509_20210218.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3509_20210223.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/fiscalimpactstatements/H3509%202021-01-12%20introduced.pdf
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/fiscalimpactstatements/H3509%202021-01-12%20updated.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=18412