SC-H3878-2021

South Carolina · H 3878 · 2021

Child welfare provider protection

Bill key

SC-H3878-2021

State

South Carolina

Session

2021

Introduced

February 11, 2021

Last recorded status

introduced

Link

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Citation (Bluebook)

H. 3878, 124th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (S.C. 2021), https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3878&session=124&summary=B.

Short citation

S.C. H. 3878.

Topics

• Marriage, family & custody
• Religious exemptions

Tags

• Religious Exemptions: Adoption and Foster Care

Summary

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, To Enact The "child Welfare Providers Protection Act" By Adding Chapter 10 To Title 63 So As To Protect Persons Who Provide Adoptio…

Curator notes

Child Welfare Protection Act; SOGI not directly mentioned

Sponsors

1 primary sponsor

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Garry Smith	Republican	Representative	HD-027	Primary sponsor

24 co-sponsors

Co-sponsors

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
John Mccravy	Republican	Representative	HD-013	Co-sponsor
Ashley Trantham	Republican	Representative	HD-028	Co-sponsor
James Burns	Republican	Representative	HD-017	Co-sponsor
Anne Thayer	Republican	Representative	HD-009	Co-sponsor
Steven Long	Republican	Representative	HD-037	Co-sponsor
Chip Huggins	Republican	Representative	HD-085	Co-sponsor
Stewart Jones	Republican	Representative	HD-014	Co-sponsor
Roger Nutt	Republican	Representative	SD-012	Co-sponsor
William Chumley	Republican	Representative	HD-035	Co-sponsor
Doug Gilliam	Republican	Representative	HD-042	Co-sponsor
Steve Moss	Republican	Representative	HD-030	Co-sponsor
Melissa Oremus	Republican	Representative	HD-084	Co-sponsor
Christopher Wooten	Republican	Representative	HD-069	Co-sponsor
Thomas Pope	Republican	Representative	HD-047	Co-sponsor
Shannon Erickson	Republican	Representative	HD-124	Co-sponsor
Jeffrey Bradley	Republican	Representative	HD-123	Co-sponsor
William Herbkersman	Republican	Representative	HD-118	Co-sponsor
Weston Newton	Republican	Representative	HD-120	Co-sponsor
Joseph Daning	Republican	Representative	HD-092	Co-sponsor
Bill Taylor	Republican	Representative	HD-086	Co-sponsor
Patrick Haddon	Republican	Representative	HD-019	Co-sponsor
Josiah Magnuson	Republican	Representative	HD-038	Co-sponsor
Sandy McGarry	Republican	Representative	HD-044	Co-sponsor
Heather Crawford	Republican	Representative	HD-068	Co-sponsor

Model-bill lineage

Model-bill templates this bill matches

• Protecting Freedom of Conscience (MS HB1523) Near-verbatim
• Marriage Tolerance Act (First Amendment Defense Act) Shares provisions
• First Amendment Defense Act Shares provisions

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