---
type: "Bill"
title: "Newberry County School District"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 485 OF 1998, RELATED TO THE NEWBERRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ALL PERSONS DESIRING TO QUALIFY AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST FILE A STATEMENT OF INTENTION OF CANDIDACY WITH THE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION INSTEAD OF FILING A PETITION. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 916"
citation: "South Carolina S 916 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cromer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d0f7613-3802-46c3-bd84-b74243810304"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=916&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "a2840663d748eb520adfb1d6c17fc039e6f1f403d4af20e089db4a51e6cbd6be"
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 916 (2023-2024) — Newberry County School District

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 485 OF 1998, RELATED TO THE NEWBERRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ALL PERSONS DESIRING TO QUALIFY AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST FILE A STATEMENT OF INTENTION OF CANDIDACY WITH THE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION INSTEAD OF FILING A PETITION. - 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/916.htm)
2. **01/09/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/916_20240109.htm)
3. **01/09/2024-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/916_20240109a.htm)
4. **01/11/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/916_20240111.htm)
5. **01/17/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/916_20240117.htm)
6. **03/28/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/916_20240328.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **105–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cromer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2024-01-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-18** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-23** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Newberry Delegation
- **2024-03-28** Delegation report: Favorable Newberry Delegation
- **2024-04-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-04-09** Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-1
- **2024-04-10** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Ratified R 131
- **2024-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-20** Effective date 05/13/24
- **2024-07-23** Act No. 243

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d0f7613-3802-46c3-bd84-b74243810304`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).