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+type: "Bill"
+title: "School Board Ethics"
+description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 19, TITLE 59 SO AS TO PROVIDE A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CODE OF ETHICS; AND BY ADDING SECTION 59-19-45, RELATING TO MANDATORY TRAINING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES, SO AS TO REVISE THE TRAINING CONTENT REQUIREMENTS, APPLICABILITY, AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
+legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 70"
+citation: "South Carolina S 70 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hembree"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-12-11"
+last_action: "2026-06-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19168f19-2c7e-420c-977d-0bd0f7a41148"
+source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=70&session=126&summary=B"
+source_hash: "645497d3a29e805d95c0d7cec3587d5ab000b655dfc30a0a7d026fb24ee0677e"
+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 S 70 (2025-2026) — School Board Ethics
+
+AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 19, TITLE 59 SO AS TO PROVIDE A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CODE OF ETHICS; AND BY ADDING SECTION 59-19-45, RELATING TO MANDATORY TRAINING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES, SO AS TO REVISE THE TRAINING CONTENT REQUIREMENTS, APPLICABILITY, AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - 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/70.htm)
+2. **02/11/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/70_20260211.htm)
+3. **02/17/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/70_20260217.htm)
+4. **02/24/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/70_20260224.htm)
+5. **05/07/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/70_20260507.htm)
+6. **05/08/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/70_20260508.htm)
+7. **05/13/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/70_20260513.htm)
+8. **05/14/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/70_20260514.htm)
+9. **12/11/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/70_20241211.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading — **39–2** (pass) · upper
+- Passage of Bill — **109–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hembree — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-11** Prefiled `filing`
+- **2024-12-11** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-17** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-24** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-24** Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-2
+- **2026-02-26** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-02-26** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-07** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-08** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2026-05-12** Debate adjourned
+- **2026-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-13** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-05-13** Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-4
+- **2026-05-14** Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-14** Scrivener's error corrected
+- **2026-05-14** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
+- **2026-05-15** Ratified R 221
+- **2026-05-18** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-05** Effective date See Act for Effective Date
+- **2026-06-02** Act No. 191
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19168f19-2c7e-420c-977d-0bd0f7a41148`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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