Opioid Recovery Act
Summary
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA OPIOID RECOVERY ACT" BY ADDING CHAPTER 58 TO TITLE 11 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR PURPOSES OF THE ACT, PROVIDE DEFINITIONS, ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA OPIOID RECOVERY FUND, ESTABLISH THE DISCRETIONARY SUBFUND, ESTABLISH THE GUARANTEED POLITICAL SUBDIVISION SUBFUND, ESTABLISH THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUBFUND, ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA OPIOID RECOVERY FUND BOARD, PROVIDE THAT THE STATE FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY AUTHORITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS, PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON BRINGING CERTAIN CLAIMS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THIS ACT MUST BE LIBERALLY CONSTRUED. - ratified title
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
May 2022
Introduced Mar 30, 2022
Signed May 23, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2022 · House Apr 21, 2022
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 41
May 11, 2022
D
Democratic12
75% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican28
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Amendments
4
May 23, 2022
Signed into law
Signed By Governor
legislature
May 12, 2022
Introduced
Senate recedes from amendment
upper
May 12, 2022
Introduced
Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
lower
May 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and returned to House with amendments
upper
May 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee Amendment Adopted
upper
May 5, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance
upper
Apr 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
upper
Apr 26, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
upper
Apr 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and sent to Senate
lower
Apr 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Apr 21, 2022
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (100-0-18)
house
Apr 19, 2022
Lower · Passed
Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
lower
Mar 30, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
lower
Mar 30, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
lower
12 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chandra Dillard
DDemocratic
P
Chip Huggins
RRepublican
P
Chris Wooten
RRepublican
P
James H. "Jay" Lucas
RRepublican
P
Joseph Jefferson
DDemocratic
P
Lee Hewitt
RRepublican
P
Micah Caskey
RRepublican
P
Nathan Ballentine
RRepublican
P
Robert Williams
DDemocratic
P
Russell W. Fry
RRepublican
P
Shannon Erickson
RRepublican
P
William Bailey
RRepublican
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