---
type: "Bill"
title: "Doctoral/Professional Universities"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-103-15, RELATING TO CATEGORIES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THIS STATE AND THEIR RESPECTIVE MISSIONS, SO AS TO ADD A NEW CATEGORY FOR DOCTORAL/PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITIES AND TO PROVIDE THEIR RELATED MISSIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 3857"
citation: "South Carolina H 3857 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGinnis"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c74ab8b-3759-4d6c-8ee9-80f6b85525af"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3857&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "442317a593ca26125e907522b10f6d59624862e2f4dca504eb7d90756ddd3ff0"
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 3857 (2023-2024) — Doctoral/Professional Universities

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-103-15, RELATING TO CATEGORIES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THIS STATE AND THEIR RESPECTIVE MISSIONS, SO AS TO ADD A NEW CATEGORY FOR DOCTORAL/PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITIES AND TO PROVIDE THEIR RELATED MISSIONS. - 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/3857.htm)
2. **2/1/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3857_20230201.htm)
3. **2/2/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3857_20230202.htm)
4. **3/1/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3857_20230301.htm)
5. **4/27/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3857_20230427.htm)
6. **5/2/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3857_20230502.htm)
7. **5/4/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3857_20230504.htm)
8. **5/8/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3857_20230508.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage of Bill — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McGinnis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-03-01** Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
- **2023-03-07** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-05-04** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
- **2023-05-08** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-05-09** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2023-05-11** Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
- **2023-05-11** Ratified R 49
- **2023-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Effective date 05/16/23
- **2023-05-26** Act No. 41

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c74ab8b-3759-4d6c-8ee9-80f6b85525af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).