---
type: "Bill"
title: "Historically Black Colleges and Universities Day"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-260 SO AS TO DECLARE THE THIRD TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY OF EACH YEAR AS \"HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES DAY\". - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 4576"
citation: "South Carolina H 4576 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Newton", "G.R. Smith", "Govan", "Tedder", "Thigpen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-11-17"
last_action: "2022-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e2e544e-7f28-46ea-a605-51c75bef7e69"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4576&session=124&summary=B"
source_hash: "0c5f3cf652660f06c7a63fe167c153eba1a104bfc51d3ecc569692a436b1c78b"
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 4576 (2021-2022) — Historically Black Colleges and Universities Day

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-3-260 SO AS TO DECLARE THE THIRD TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY OF EACH YEAR AS "HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES DAY". - 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/4576.htm)
2. **1/27/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4576_20220127.htm)
3. **11/17/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4576_20211117.htm)
4. **2/3/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/4576_20220203.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Newton — primary (person)
- G.R. Smith — primary (person)
- Govan — primary (person)
- Tedder — primary (person)
- Thigpen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-17** Prefiled `filing`
- **2021-11-17** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
- **2022-02-02** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan, B.Newton, Thigpen
- **2022-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
- **2022-02-03** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Recalled from Committee on Education
- **2022-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-09** Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0
- **2022-02-10** Ratified R 124
- **2022-02-15** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-18** Effective date 02/15/2022
- **2022-02-18** Act No. 120

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e2e544e-7f28-46ea-a605-51c75bef7e69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).