---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bamberg County School District"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 104 OF 2021, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONSOLIDATED BAMBERG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ITS NINE-MEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE TO BE ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS WHICH CORRESPOND WITH THE BAMBERG COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, AND TWO ADDITIONAL MEMBERS ARE TO BE ELECTED FROM THE COUNTY AT-LARGE. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 5231"
citation: "South Carolina H 5231 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bamberg"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-06"
last_action: "2024-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c554aba3-9727-4579-9110-71e0709fc434"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5231&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "db64378310efdc3374194c114619186866e3fb2cf65e1408b1da449f648d66ef"
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 5231 (2023-2024) — Bamberg County School District

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 104 OF 2021, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONSOLIDATED BAMBERG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ITS NINE-MEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE TO BE ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS WHICH CORRESPOND WITH THE BAMBERG COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, AND TWO ADDITIONAL MEMBERS ARE TO BE ELECTED FROM THE COUNTY AT-LARGE. - 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/5231.htm)
2. **03/06/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5231_20240306.htm)
3. **03/21/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5231_20240321.htm)
4. **03/26/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5231_20240326.htm)
5. **03/27/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5231_20240327.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bamberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-06** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** Referred to Bamberg Delegation
- **2024-03-21** Delegation report: Favorable Bamberg Delegation
- **2024-03-26** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2024-03-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
- **2024-03-27** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-04-17** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Ratified R 174
- **2024-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-20** Effective date 05/13/24
- **2024-07-23** Act No. 233

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c554aba3-9727-4579-9110-71e0709fc434`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).