---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dorchester County School District 2 & 4"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 593 OF 1992, AS AMENDED, BY REPEALING SECTION 3 RELATING TO THE LIMIT ON CASH RESERVES THAT MAY BE MAINTAINED BY DORCHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 3254"
citation: "South Carolina H 3254 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brewer", "Cobb-Hunter", "Gatch", "Jefferson", "Murphy", "Robbins", "Tedder"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-12-08"
last_action: "2023-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eddd322-5f2a-4cd1-83cd-beb841305a77"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3254&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "04ba1ede1240cf2910e8283400943504ed073e113c7a061ae7eb2ed1d7069955"
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 3254 (2023-2024) — Dorchester County School District 2 & 4

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 593 OF 1992, AS AMENDED, BY REPEALING SECTION 3 RELATING TO THE LIMIT ON CASH RESERVES THAT MAY BE MAINTAINED BY DORCHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS. - 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/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3254.htm)
2. **01/24/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3254_20230124.htm)
3. **01/25/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3254_20230125.htm)
4. **12/08/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/3254_20221208.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brewer — primary (person)
- Cobb-Hunter — primary (person)
- Gatch — primary (person)
- Jefferson — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Robbins — primary (person)
- Tedder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-08** Prefiled `filing`
- **2022-12-08** Referred to Dorchester Delegation
- **2023-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Dorchester Delegation
- **2023-01-24** Delegation report: Favorable Dorchester Delegation
- **2023-01-25** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Murphy, Brewer, Robbins, Tedder, Cobb-Hunter, Gatch
- **2023-01-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
- **2023-01-26** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26** Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2023-02-10** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Ratified R 2
- **2023-03-03** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-08** Effective date 03/03/23
- **2023-07-06** Act No. 95

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8eddd322-5f2a-4cd1-83cd-beb841305a77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).