2021-2022 Regular Session • South Carolina Legislature
H3878: Child welfare provider protection
Legislative 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 Adoption Or Foster Care Services From Governmental Discriminatory Actions Taken Against Such Persons For Services Provided Or Declined Based Upon Or In A Manner Consistent With A Sincerely Held Religious Belief Or Moral Conviction; To Define Terms; To Create Legal Remedies For Violation Of The Chapter; And For Other Purposes.
Bill History
2/11/2021
Introduced and read first time
House of Representatives
2/11/2021
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
House of Representatives
2/24/2021
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wooten, Pope, Erickson, Bradley, Herbkersman, W.Newton, Daning, Taylor, Haddon, Magnuson
House of Representatives
3/2/2021
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McGarry
House of Representatives
3/10/2021
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Crawford
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/11/2021)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Judiciary(House of Representatives)
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Republican: 25
Primary Sponsor

Garry Smith
Republican
Co-Sponsors (24)
John Mccravy
Republican
Ashley Trantham
Republican
James Burns
Republican
Anne Thayer
Republican
Steven Long
Republican
Chip Huggins
Republican
Stewart Jones
Republican
Roger Nutt
Republican
William Chumley
Republican
Doug Gilliam
Republican
Steve Moss
Republican
Melissa Oremus
Republican
Christopher Wooten
Republican
Thomas Pope
Republican
Shannon Erickson
Republican
Jeffrey Bradley
Republican
William Herbkersman
Republican
Weston Newton
Republican
Joseph Daning
Republican
Bill Taylor
Republican
Patrick Haddon
Republican
Josiah Magnuson
Republican
Sandy McGarry
Republican
Heather Crawford
Republican