H*4473 (Rat #0298, Act #0238 of 2012) General Bill, By Limehouse, Brady and Neilson
Summary: Legal custody or placement of a child prohibited to a person on sex offender registry
    AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-2340, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FINGERPRINT REVIEWS OF POTENTIAL FOSTER PARENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO IS APPLYING FOR APPROVAL FOR ADOPTION PLACEMENT ALSO MUST UNDERGO A FINGERPRINT REVIEW; TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-2345, RELATING TO PAYMENT OF COSTS TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR FINGERPRINT REVIEWS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES MAY USE FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR FOSTER CARE TO PAY FOR FINGERPRINT REVIEWS CONDUCTED BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR FOSTER CARE FAMILIES RECRUITED AND SELECTED AS POTENTIAL FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-2350, RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON FOSTER CARE PLACEMENTS, SO AS TO RESTRICT THE PLACEMENT OF A CHILD IN FOSTER CARE OR FOR ADOPTION PLACEMENT WITH A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF OR PLED GUILTY OR NOLO CONTENDERE TO CERTAIN OFFENSES OR IF A PERSON RESIDING IN THE HOME WHO IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF OR PLED GUILTY OR NOLO CONTENDERE TO CERTAIN OFFENSES. - ratified title
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11/29/11	House	Prefiled
11/29/11	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/10/12	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 53)
01/10/12	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 53)
01/11/12	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brady
02/23/12	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (House Journal-page 4)
02/24/12		Scrivener's error corrected
02/28/12	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Neilson
02/29/12	House	Amended (House Journal-page 125)
02/29/12	House	Read second time (House Journal-page 125)
02/29/12	House	Roll call Yeas-115 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 127)
03/01/12	House	Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 24)
03/06/12	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 12)
03/06/12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 12)
03/13/12	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Sheheen (ch), Knotts, Campsen, Lourie, Campbell
04/25/12	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 20)
04/26/12		Scrivener's error corrected
06/06/12	Senate	Read second time (Senate Journal-page 117)
06/07/12	Senate	Committee Amendment Amended and Adopted (Senate Journal-page 144)
06/07/12	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments (Senate Journal-page 144)
06/07/12	Senate	Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 144)
06/07/12	House	Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
06/07/12	House	Roll call Yeas-93 Nays-0
06/12/12		Ratified R 298
06/18/12		Signed By Governor
06/20/12		Effective date 06/18/12
06/26/12		Act No. 238