Bill > H3197

Introduced Session

A bill to amend the South Carolina Code of Laws by adding chapter 23 to title 63 so as to provide that parents have fundamental rights regarding the upbringing, education, and care of their children; to define necessary terms; to limit the ability of the government to infringe on parental rights; to identify certain fundamental rights of parents; to require that school districts create parental involvement policies; to prohibit care providers from soliciting or providing health care services to children without written parental consent; to provide that the chapter's provisions supersede state of emergency declarations; to create a cause of action for violations of this chapter; and by amending Section 63-5-340, relating to the age at which a minor may consent to health services, so as to raise the age to eighteen.

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Mike Burns (R)*,  Thomas Beach (R),  Gary Brewer (R),  Joe Bustos (R),  Bill Chumley (R),  Brandon Cox (R),  April Cromer (R),  Sylleste Davis (R),  Gil Gatch (R),  Doug Gilliam (R),  Patrick Haddon (R),  Robert Harris (R),  Tom Hartnett (R),  Stewart Jones (R),  Jay Kilmartin (R),  Kathy Landing (R),  Matthew Leber (R),  Josiah Magnuson (R),  John McCravy (R),  Chris Murphy (R),  Roger Nutt (R),  Melissa Oremus (R),  Jordan Pace (R),  Robby Robbins (R),  Mark Smith (R),  Bill Taylor (R),  David Vaughan (R), 

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer (on 04/26/2023)

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