---
type: "Bill"
title: "SC Workforce Industry Needs Scholarship (SC WINS)"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-150-365 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE \"SOUTH CAROLINA WORKFORCE INDUSTRY NEEDS SCHOLARSHIP (SCWINS)\", TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN STUDENTS ATTENDING A TECHNICAL COLLEGE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP, AND TO PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 3144"
citation: "South Carolina H 3144 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Newton", "Dillard", "Forrest", "Fry", "Rivers", "Robinson", "S. Williams", "Thigpen", "V.S. Moss", "Weeks", "Wheeler", "White"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-09"
last_action: "2022-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c28ab93-7ab6-44b0-88a2-4314d8bf20c5"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3144&session=124&summary=B"
source_hash: "a12dc2e1067d74cd5d55df3dbd46b8ab5b1fa648d0c1c646fb75c5138a61412a"
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 3144 (2021-2022) — SC Workforce Industry Needs Scholarship (SC WINS)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-150-365 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE "SOUTH CAROLINA WORKFORCE INDUSTRY NEEDS SCHOLARSHIP (SCWINS)", TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN STUDENTS ATTENDING A TECHNICAL COLLEGE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP, AND TO PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. - 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/sess124_2021-2022/bills/3144.htm)
2. **12/9/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3144_20201209.htm)
3. **3/18/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3144_20210318.htm)
4. **4/20/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3144_20220420.htm)
5. **4/21/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3144_20220421.htm)
6. **5/3/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3144_20220503.htm)
7. **5/4/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3144_20220504.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **99–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage of Bill — **105–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Newton — primary (person)
- Dillard — primary (person)
- Forrest — primary (person)
- Fry — primary (person)
- Rivers — primary (person)
- Robinson — primary (person)
- S. Williams — primary (person)
- Thigpen — primary (person)
- V.S. Moss — primary (person)
- Weeks — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-09** Prefiled `filing`
- **2020-12-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Dillard, Weeks
- **2021-03-18** Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wheeler, Fry, B.Newton, Forrest, Rivers, S.Williams
- **2021-04-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-1
- **2021-04-07** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2022-05-03** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
- **2022-05-04** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2022-05-05** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-11** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2022-05-11** Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-2
- **2022-05-12** Ratified R 234
- **2022-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-31** Effective date 07/01/22
- **2022-05-31** Act No. 204

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c28ab93-7ab6-44b0-88a2-4314d8bf20c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).