---
type: "Bill"
title: "Laurens County School District 56"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 779 OF 1988, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 56, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SEVEN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 56 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST BE ELECTED, TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION DISTRICTS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 3877"
citation: "South Carolina H 3877 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilliam", "Rankin", "Willis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10e4510e-ae84-4903-915f-1de2407f0cec"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3877&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "c3874d2fabad0f343d1b66c3033e86542c6a94747dab0d6357dd9ea61f51e461"
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 3877 (2025-2026) — Laurens County School District 56

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 779 OF 1988, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 56, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE SEVEN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 56 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST BE ELECTED, TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE REAPPORTIONED ELECTION 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/sess126_2025-2026/bills/3877.htm)
2. **01/30/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3877_20250130.htm)
3. **04/23/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3877_20250423.htm)
4. **04/29/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/3877_20250429.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gilliam — primary (person)
- Rankin — primary (person)
- Willis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-30** Referred to Laurens Delegation
- **2025-04-23** Delegation report: Favorable Laurens Delegation
- **2025-04-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Roll call Yeas-96 Nays-0
- **2025-04-29** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Ratified R 67
- **2025-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Effective date 05/13/25
- **2025-06-05** Act No. 88

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10e4510e-ae84-4903-915f-1de2407f0cec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).