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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Veterans' Children Tuition Assistance"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-111-20, RELATING TO FREE TUITION FOR CERTAIN VETERANS' CHILDREN, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN VETERANS' CHILDREN QUALIFY FOR FREE TUITION IF THEY MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 3453"
+citation: "South Carolina H 3453 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J. Moore", "Pope", "Rose", "Spann-Wilder"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-12-05"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfd8c960-8122-4cbe-a346-9ca7eac22a4f"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3453&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "c7a659fc8a262d7f7140cd9130cdca4406b53c2150b5514ab8f3f35ad35b51ce"
+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 3453 (2025-2026) — Veterans' Children Tuition Assistance
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-111-20, RELATING TO FREE TUITION FOR CERTAIN VETERANS' CHILDREN, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN VETERANS' CHILDREN QUALIFY FOR FREE TUITION IF THEY MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA. - 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/3453.htm)
+2. **03/25/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3453_20260325.htm)
+3. **04/29/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3453_20260429.htm)
+4. **05/01/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3453_20250501.htm)
+5. **05/06/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3453_20250506.htm)
+6. **12/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3453_20241205.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Concur in Senate Amendments — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage of Bill — **101–7** (pass) · lower
+- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J. Moore — primary (person)
+- Pope — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- Spann-Wilder — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-05** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2024-12-05** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-01** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-06** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: J.Moore
+- **2025-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-06** Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-7
+- **2025-05-07** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-07** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-25** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-29** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-04-29** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-04-29** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
+- **2026-04-30** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-06** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
+- **2026-05-06** Roll call Yeas-117 Nays-0
+- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 174
+- **2026-05-15** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-26** Effective date 05/15/26
+- **2026-05-26** Act No. 135
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfd8c960-8122-4cbe-a346-9ca7eac22a4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
+