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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Excused school absences"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-462 SO AS TO EXCUSE ABSENCES, NOT TO EXCEED TEN SCHOOL DAYS PER SCHOOL YEAR, FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WHEN PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCES, AND TO PROVIDE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AND COMPLETING ASSIGNMENTS MISSED DURING SUCH EXCUSED ABSENCES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 3247"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3247 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bowers", "C. Mitchell", "Chumley", "Garvin", "Govan", "Haddon", "Hixon", "Ligon", "Pedalino", "Pope", "Rivers", "Spann-Wilder", "Yow"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-12-05"
+last_action: "2025-05-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35363136-c093-4155-87fc-69ac940cc3b5"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3247&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "b2bca51a916da9493fe90ab6ea3f5ccc708231bbabed68af58af93dd55f0de17"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
+---
+
+# South Carolina H 3247 (2025-2026) — Excused school absences
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-462 SO AS TO EXCUSE ABSENCES, NOT TO EXCEED TEN SCHOOL DAYS PER SCHOOL YEAR, FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WHEN PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCES, AND TO PROVIDE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AND COMPLETING ASSIGNMENTS MISSED DURING SUCH EXCUSED ABSENCES. - RATIFIED TITLE
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/3247.htm)
+2. **02/06/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3247_20250206.htm)
+3. **02/11/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3247_20250211.htm)
+4. **02/26/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3247_20250226.htm)
+5. **03/04/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3247_20250304.htm)
+6. **03/05/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3247_20250305.htm)
+7. **12/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3247_20241205.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Concur in Senate Amendments — **112–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage of Bill — **106–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bowers — primary (person)
+- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
+- Chumley — primary (person)
+- Garvin — primary (person)
+- Govan — primary (person)
+- Haddon — primary (person)
+- Hixon — primary (person)
+- Ligon — primary (person)
+- Pedalino — primary (person)
+- Pope — primary (person)
+- Rivers — primary (person)
+- Spann-Wilder — primary (person)
+- Yow — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-05** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2024-12-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-06** Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-11** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers
+- **2025-02-11** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2025-02-12** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon, Yow, C.Mitchell, Ligon
+- **2025-02-12** Debate adjourned until Thur., 2-13-25
+- **2025-02-13** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Rivers, Govan
+- **2025-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-13** Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
+- **2025-02-13** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
+- **2025-02-18** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-26** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-04** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-04** Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
+- **2025-03-05** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2025-03-05** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-25** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
+- **2025-03-25** Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0
+- **2025-04-24** Ratified R 17
+- **2025-04-28** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-07** Effective date 04/28/25
+- **2025-05-07** Act No. 6
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35363136-c093-4155-87fc-69ac940cc3b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+