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South Carolina · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

H 4746: Physicals and EKGs for student athletes

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

H 4746 is a bill introduced in the South Carolina House on December 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Physicals and EKGs for student athletes. Primary sponsor: Melissa Oremus (Republican), Adam Duncan (Republican), Jackie Hayes (Democratic), Charlie Hartz (Republican), Cal Forrest (Republican), Gilda Cobb-Hunter (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (January 21, 2026): Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Duncan, Hayes, Hartz, Forrest, Cobb-Hunter.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-77 SO AS TO REQUIRE STUDENTS IN GRADES SEVEN THROUGH TWELVE WHO PARTICIPATE IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS TO RECEIVE AN ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION BEFORE PARTICIPATION AND A ONE-TIME ELECTROCARDIOGRAM BEFORE INITIAL PARTICIPATION, TO PROVIDE FOR EXEMPTIONS, LIABILITY LIMITATIONS, AND SCHOOL DISTRICT DUTIES, TO REQUIRE GOVERNING BODIES OF INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS TO CONFORM THEIR BYLAWS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR EFFECTIVE DATES AND APPLICABILITY.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Melissa OremusPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Adam DuncanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Jackie HayesPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse55
Charlie HartzPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Cal ForrestPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Gilda Cobb-HunterPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse95

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Duncan, Hayes, Hartz, Forrest, Cobb-Hunter
  2. Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
  3. Introduced and read first time
  4. Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
  5. Prefiled

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source