---
type: "Bill"
title: "Act No. 476, Sec. 001, Jasper County Board of Education"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 278 OF 1985, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO REQUIRE CANDIDATES SEEKING ELECTION TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY RATHER THAN SIGNED PETITIONS. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1191"
citation: "South Carolina S 1191 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M.B. Matthews"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-04-08"
last_action: "2020-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4ee0c27-2ec3-4d8e-9324-529282aded3c"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=1191&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "ff23034b723e3916a976b78c6a52e19f61f1ea5c0b77fd002d72c8c43c5ecc42"
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 1191 (2019-2020) — Act No. 476, Sec. 001, Jasper County Board of Education

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 278 OF 1985, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO REQUIRE CANDIDATES SEEKING ELECTION TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY RATHER THAN SIGNED PETITIONS. - 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/sess123_2019-2020/bills/1191.htm)
2. **4/8/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/1191_20200408.htm)
3. **4/8/2020-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/1191_20200408a.htm)
4. **9/22/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/1191_20200922.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M.B. Matthews — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-04-08** Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-09-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-16** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2020-09-17** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-22** Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-09-23** Debate adjourned
- **2020-09-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-23** Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
- **2020-09-25** Ratified R 168
- **2020-09-28** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-07** Effective date 09/28/20
- **2020-10-09** Act No. 185

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4ee0c27-2ec3-4d8e-9324-529282aded3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).