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2021 State Bills South Carolina 2021 HB 4555

South Carolina

Retrieved from NHGRI

Jurisdiction
South Carolina
Status
Pending
NHGRI topic(s)
Privacy
Record year or session
2021
NHGRI database updated
February 8, 2024
Snapshot retrieved
September 1, 2026 at 2:32 AM UTC
Source row
858
Stable source ID
nhgri-cd97887ac9a78e976aab

NHGRI summary

Enacts the Parental Bill of Rights. Establishes certain rights of parents, including the right to consent in writing before any record of a child's blood or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is created, stored, or shared, except as required by general law or authorized pursuant to a court order. Carries over to 2022.

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Courtesy: National Human Genome Research Institute. This source layer preserves the state, primary link, topic, bill status, and summary retrieved from NHGRI.