A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM OF HEALTH CARE PROTECTION ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 21 TO CHAPTER 71, TITLE 38 SO AS TO RENDER NULL AND VOID CERTAIN UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWS ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TAKING CONTROL OVER THE HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY AND MANDATING THAT INDIVIDUALS PURCHASE HEALTH INSURANCE UNDER THREAT OF PENALTY; TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FROM ENFORCING OR ATTEMPTING TO ENFORCE SUCH UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWS; AND TO ESTABLISH CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND CIVIL LIABILITY FOR VIOLATING THIS ARTICLE.
| 12/11/12 | House | Prefiled |
| 12/11/12 | House | Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry |
| 01/08/13 | House | Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 83) |
| 01/08/13 | House | Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (House Journal-page 83) |
| 01/09/13 | House | Recalled from Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (House Journal-page 21) |
| 01/09/13 | House | Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 21) |
| 01/09/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bedingfield, D.C.Moss, Loftis |
| 01/10/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Nanney, Pitts |
| 01/16/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Putnam |
| 01/17/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: V.S.Moss |
| 01/23/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Owens, Barfield |
| 01/29/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: H.A.Crawford |
| 03/20/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Stringer, Hamilton, Burns |
| 04/10/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Tallon, Kennedy, Allison, Murphy |
| 04/10/13 | House | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (House Journal-page 30) |
| 04/11/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Delleney |
| 04/16/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Horne |
| 04/16/13 | House | Requests for debate-Rep(s). Delleney, Skelton, Toole, Atwater, Balentine, Felder, DC Moss, Robinson-Simpson, Hamilton, Mack, Hixon, Owens, JR Smith, Lucas, Gilliard, Neal, Wells, RL Brown, Anderson, Hosey, Clyburn, GA Brown, Weeks, Douglas, McEachern, King, Cobb-Hunter, JE Smith, Jefferson, Daning, Sellers, Sabb, WJ McLeod, Crosby, Pope (House Journal-page 16) |
| 04/17/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Daning |
| 04/24/13 | House | Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brannon |
| 04/25/13 | House | Amended (House Journal-page 101) |
| 04/25/13 | House | Read second time (House Journal-page 101) |
| 04/25/13 | House | Roll call Yeas-65 Nays-34 (House Journal-page 114) |
| 04/26/13 | | Scrivener's error corrected |
| 05/01/13 | House | Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 148) |
| 05/01/13 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 206) |
| 05/01/13 | House | Roll call Yeas-65 Nays-39 (House Journal-page 206) |
| 05/02/13 | Senate | Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 14) |
| 05/02/13 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Finance (Senate Journal-page 14) |