South Carolina S 485: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, RELATING TO SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD COLLEGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4730, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE. - ratified title

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2025-2026 Bill 485 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 25, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 485

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Indicates New Matter

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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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