South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 485
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Cromer
Document Path: LC-0222VR25.docx
Introduced in the Senate on March 25, 2025
Medical Affairs
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
| Date | Body | Action Description with journal page number |
|---|---|---|
| 3/25/2025 | Senate | Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 7) |
| 3/25/2025 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs (Senate Journal-page 7) |
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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 44-63-140, RELATING TO BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR ADOPTED INDIVIDUALS, SO AS TO ALLOW AN ADOPTED INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO OBTAIN COPIES OF RECORDS PERTAINING TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S ADOPTION, INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 44-63-140 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:
(6) Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, a person seventy years of age or older who was born in the State of South Carolina and who has had his original certificate of birth sealed due to an adoption may, upon written request to the State Registrar, receive a copy of his original birth certificate and any evidence of the adoption held with the original record, regardless of the date on which the adoption was finalized.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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