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2025-2026 Bill 776 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 13, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 776

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Indicates New Matter

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 44-53-250, RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN SCHEDULE IV, SO AS TO 
PROVIDE THAT ABORTIFACIENTS, INCLUDING MIFEPRISTONE AND MISOPROSTOL, ARE 
INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE IV; BY AMENDING SECTION 44-53-370, RELATING TO PROHIBITED 
ACTS AND PENALTIES RELATED TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE 
SENTENCE FOR VIOLATIONS RELATED TO ABORTIFACIENTS MAY NOT BE SUSPENDED OR 
PAROLE GRANTED.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 44-53-250(d) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (d) Abortifacients. 
Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any 
material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of: the following substances, 
including its salts;

 (1) 
[Blank]Mifepristone; and

 (2) Misoprostol.

SECTION 2. Section 44-53-370(b)(3) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (3) a substance classified in Schedule 
IV except for flunitrazepam is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, 
for a first offense must be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not 
more than three thousand dollars, or both. In the case of second or subsequent 
offenses, the person is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be 
imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than six thousand 
dollars, or both. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except for offenses related to abortifacients, a 
person convicted and sentenced pursuant to this item for a first offense or 
second offense may have the sentence suspended and probation granted and is 
eligible for parole, supervised furlough, community supervision, work release, 
work credits, education credits, and good conduct credits. 
Regarding abortifacients, the sentence must not be suspended nor probation 
granted. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person convicted 
and sentenced pursuant to this subsection for a third or subsequent offense in 
which all prior offenses were for possession of a controlled substance pursuant 
to subsections (c) and (d) and except for offenses related 
to abortifacients, may have the sentence suspended and probation granted 
and is eligible for parole, supervised furlough, community supervision, work 
release, work credits, education credits, and good conduct credits. In all 
other cases, including cases related to abortifacients, 
the sentence must not be suspended nor probation granted;

SECTION 3. Section 44-53-370(d)(2) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (2) any other controlled substance 
classified in Schedules I through V is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon 
conviction, must be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than 
one thousand dollars, or both. For a second or subsequent offense, the 
offender is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned 
not more than one year or fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both, 
except as provided in subsection (d)(4). Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, a person convicted and sentenced pursuant to this item for an offense other than an offense related to abortifacients, 
may have the sentence suspended and probation granted and is eligible for 
parole, supervised furlough, community supervision, work release, work credits, 
education credits, and good conduct credits. In cases 
related to abortifacients, the sentence must not be suspended nor probation 
granted;

SECTION 4. Nothing 
in this act shall be construed to prohibit the ability of a physician to 
perform a medical procedure necessary in his reasonable medical judgment to 
prevent the death or irreversible physical impairment of a pregnant woman or a 
woman no longer pregnant due to miscarriage.

SECTION 5. The General Assembly finds that the 
sections presented in this act constitute one subject as required by Article 
III, Section 17 of the South Carolina Constitution, in particular finding that 
each change and each topic relates directly to or in conjunction with other 
sections to the subject of placing abortifacients in Schedule IV of the 
Controlled Substances Act as clearly enumerated in the title. The General 
Assembly further finds that a common purpose or relationship exists among the 
sections, representing a potential plurality but not disunity of topics, 
notwithstanding that reasonable minds might differ in identifying more than one 
topic contained in the act.

SECTION 6. If any section, subsection, 
paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for 
any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not 
aff