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SC S 544

passed one chamber

Kidney Disease Awareness Day

South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did SC S 544 pass?

Not yet. SC S 544 has passed one chamber and awaits action in the other. Latest recorded action (2025-04-03): Introduced and adopted

What is SC S 544 about?

A SENATE RESOLUTION TO ENCOURAGE EACH INDIVIDUAL IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO BECOME BETTER INFORMED ABOUT AND AWARE OF KIDNEY DISEASE AND APOL1-MEDIATED KIDNEY DISEASE, TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM OR WITH ANCESTRY FROM WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA TO CONSIDER GENETIC TESTING FOR APOL1 GENE MUTATIONS, AND TO DECLARE TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2025, AS "APOL1-MEDIATED KIDNEY DISEASE AWARENESS DAY" IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Who sponsors SC S 544?

Tedder, Adams, Alexander and 43 others are the primary sponsors of SC S 544.

Description

A SENATE RESOLUTION TO ENCOURAGE EACH INDIVIDUAL IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO BECOME BETTER INFORMED ABOUT AND AWARE OF KIDNEY DISEASE AND APOL1-MEDIATED KIDNEY DISEASE, TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM OR WITH ANCESTRY FROM WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA TO CONSIDER GENETIC TESTING FOR APOL1 GENE MUTATIONS, AND TO DECLARE TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2025, AS "APOL1-MEDIATED KIDNEY DISEASE AWARENESS DAY" IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Introduced
2025-04-03
Latest action
2025-04-03 — Introduced and adopted
Bill type
resolution
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Tedderprimary
  • Adamsprimary
  • Alexanderprimary
  • Allenprimary
  • Bennettprimary
  • Blackmonprimary
  • Campsenprimary
  • Cashprimary
  • Chaplinprimary
  • Climerprimary
  • Corbinprimary
  • Cromerprimary
  • Davisprimary
  • Devineprimary
  • Elliottprimary
  • Fernandezprimary
  • Gambrellprimary
  • Garrettprimary
  • Goldfinchprimary
  • Grahamprimary
  • Groomsprimary
  • Hembreeprimary
  • Huttoprimary
  • Jacksonprimary
  • Johnsonprimary
  • Kennedyprimary
  • Kimbrellprimary
  • Leberprimary
  • Martinprimary
  • Masseyprimary
  • Matthewsprimary
  • Nuttprimary
  • Ottprimary
  • Peelerprimary
  • Rankinprimary
  • Reichenbachprimary
  • Riceprimary
  • Sabbprimary
  • Stubbsprimary
  • Suttonprimary
  • Turnerprimary
  • Verdinprimary
  • Walkerprimary
  • Williamsprimary
  • Youngprimary
  • Zellprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

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  1. 2025-04-03

    Introduced and adopted

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Related bills

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Attribution

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