South Carolina H 4541: Motor vehicle

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2025-2026 Bill 4541 Text of Previous Version (May. 08, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4541

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH 
CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 63-9-780, RELATING IN PART TO MUTUAL 
CONSENT REGISTRIES, SO AS TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION FOR THE RELEASE OF THE 
IDENTITY OF THE BIOLOGICAL PARENT AND OTHER ADOPTION-RELATED INFORMATION TO AN 
ADULT ADOPTEE IF THE BIOLOGICAL PARENT IS DECEASED.

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

SECTION 1. Section 63-9-780(E)(2) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (2) The adoption agency shall establish 
and maintain a confidential register containing the names and addresses of the 
adoptees and the biological parents, biological grandparents, and biological 
siblings who have filed affidavits. It is the responsibility of a person whose 
name and address are in the register to provide the agency with his current 
name and address. The adoption agency shall release the identifying information 
requested pursuant to this subsection of only those adoptees, biological 
parents, biological grandparents, and biological siblings who have provided an 
affidavit pursuant to item (1) in accordance with the 
provisions of subsection (G).

SECTION 2. Section 63-9-780 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 (G) Notwithstanding any provision of 
this section to the contrary, an adoption agency shall furnish the identity of 
an adoptee's biological parent, as well as all other information maintained in 
case records by the adoption agency, the family court, and the Department of 
Public Health's bureau of vital statistics related to the adoption and issuance 
of an adoption decree, to the adoptee if the adoptee is at least eighteen years 
of age and furnishes the adoption agency with a certification from the 
Department of Public Health's bureau of vital statistics or from an office of 
vital records in another jurisdiction certifying that the biological parent is 
deceased.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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