H*4487 (Rat #0255, Act #0216 of 2018) General Bill, By Henderson, Hewitt, Robinson-Simpson, Fry, West, Atwater, Erickson, Norrell, Weeks, Douglas, Ridgeway, Dillard, Huggins and W. Newton
Summary: Controlled substances, scheduling
    AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-160, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SCHEDULING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, SO AS TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION TO THE CODE COMMISSIONER OF CERTAIN SCHEDULING CHANGES; TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-280, RELATING TO REGISTRATIONS TO MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, SO AS TO ELIMINATE REGISTRATION RENEWAL GRACE PERIODS; TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-290, RELATING IN PART TO REGISTRATIONS ISSUED TO PRACTITIONERS TO DISPENSE NARCOTICS FOR MAINTENANCE OR DETOXIFICATION TREATMENTS AND TO NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS TO PRESCRIBE SCHEDULE V DRUGS, SO AS TO CHANGE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-480, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS WITHIN THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION (SLED), SO AS TO ELIMINATE ENFORCEMENT OF DRUG LAWS AS A FUNCTION OF DHEC; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 44-53-560 RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF AGENTS FROM DHEC TO SLED. - ratified title
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12/13/17	House	Prefiled
12/13/17	House	Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
01/09/18	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 128)
01/09/18	House	Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 128)
01/23/18	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Fry, West, Atwater, Erickson, Norrell, Weeks, Douglas, Ridgeway, Dillard, Huggins
02/01/18	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton
03/08/18	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 4)
03/20/18	House	Amended (House Journal-page 21)
03/20/18	House	Debate adjourned until Wed., 3-21-18 (House Journal-page 34)
03/21/18	House	Requests for debate-Rep(s). Henderson, Whitemire, Forrest, Fry, Hiott, Daning, Bryant, Bennett, Dillard, Burns, Arrington, Crosby (House Journal-page 14)
03/22/18	House	Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Hiott, Forrest, Whitmire, Crosby, Bennett, Arrington, Burns, Henderson, Fry (House Journal-page 31)
03/22/18	House	Amended (House Journal-page 31)
03/22/18	House	Read second time (House Journal-page 31)
03/22/18	House	Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 35)
03/22/18	House	Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day (House Journal-page 36)
03/23/18	House	Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 3)
03/27/18	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 7)
03/27/18	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs (Senate Journal-page 7)
04/19/18	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs (Senate Journal-page 7)
04/20/18		Scrivener's error corrected
04/26/18	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 44)
04/27/18		Scrivener's error corrected
05/01/18	Senate	Amended (Senate Journal-page 44)
05/01/18	Senate	Read second time (Senate Journal-page 44)
05/01/18	Senate	Roll call Ayes-37 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 44)
05/02/18		Scrivener's error corrected
05/08/18	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments (Senate Journal-page 45)
05/10/18	House	Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled (House Journal-page 56)
05/10/18	House	Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 57)
05/14/18		Ratified R 255
05/18/18		Signed By Governor
05/25/18		Effective date 05/18/18
05/31/18		Act No. 216