--- type: "Bill" title: "Composition of Williamsburg County School District Board of Trustees" description: "AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 471 OF 2002, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO REQUIRE CANDIDATES SEEKING ELECTION TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY RATHER THAN SIGNED PETITIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE" jurisdiction: "us/states/sc" legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly" session: "2023-2024" identifier: "S 360" citation: "South Carolina S 360 (2023-2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Sabb"] version_count: 5 action_count: 16 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2023-01-10" last_action: "2023-07-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a17784b-00b9-4329-834a-79df7cea218e" source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=360&session=125&summary=B" source_hash: "ce3263b216f2a2399e842b91c9c58c0b4bd2cd313d9f08c91c76230312225a91" 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 S 360 (2023-2024) — Composition of Williamsburg County School District Board of Trustees AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 471 OF 2002, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO REQUIRE CANDIDATES SEEKING ELECTION TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY RATHER THAN SIGNED PETITIONS. - 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/360.htm) 2. **01/10/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/360_20230110.htm) 3. **02/01/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/360_20230201.htm) 4. **02/07/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/360_20230207.htm) 5. **05/09/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/360_20230509.htm) ## Votes - Passage of Bill — **109–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Sabb — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-01-10** Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-01-13** Scrivener's error corrected - **2023-02-01** Scrivener's error corrected - **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2` - **2023-02-07** Scrivener's error corrected - **2023-02-09** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3` - **2023-02-14** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-02-14** Referred to Williamsburg Delegation - **2023-05-09** Recalled from Williamsburg Delegation - **2023-05-10** Read second time `reading-2` - **2023-05-10** Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0 - **2023-05-11** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3` - **2023-05-17** Ratified R 69 - **2023-05-18** Signed By Governor `executive-signature` - **2023-05-26** Effective date 05/18/23 - **2023-07-06** Act No. 100 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a17784b-00b9-4329-834a-79df7cea218e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).