---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarendon County School District"
description: "AN ACT TO DELINEATE THE NINE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE CLARENDON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST BE ELECTED BEGINNING WITH THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING THESE DISTRICTS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 738"
citation: "South Carolina S 738 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Johnson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-18"
last_action: "2024-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b3d5e08-a95c-4536-adc4-d1d6d90aaeb7"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=738&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "aff06584f4bf59ac35adb5893cf1cab8be474692b6a3a6d394f5068899780275"
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 738 (2023-2024) — Clarendon County School District

AN ACT TO DELINEATE THE NINE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE CLARENDON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST BE ELECTED BEGINNING WITH THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING THESE 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/738.htm)
2. **01/23/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/738_20240123.htm)
3. **01/24/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/738_20240124.htm)
4. **01/25/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/738_20240125.htm)
5. **04/18/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/738_20230418.htm)
6. **04/18/2023-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/738_20230418a.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-18** Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Referred to Clarendon Delegation
- **2024-01-23** Delegation report: Favorable Clarendon Delegation
- **2024-01-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-24** Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
- **2024-01-25** Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-25** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2024-01-30** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
- **2024-03-07** Ratified R 116
- **2024-03-11** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Effective date 03/11/24
- **2024-07-23** Act No. 234

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b3d5e08-a95c-4536-adc4-d1d6d90aaeb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).