---
type: "Bill"
title: "Northeast Technical College Area Commission"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-53-510, RELATING TO THE CREATION OF THE NORTHEASTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE AREA COMMISSION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE REPRESENTATION FROM LOCAL INDUSTRY MAY INCLUDE CERTAIN EX OFFICIO MEMBERS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 5064"
citation: "South Carolina H 5064 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Mitchell", "Hayes", "Luck", "Williams", "Yow"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40fccf79-181e-4ed7-85a1-d274d5d6a697"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5064&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "7a32bd59b26076fa9c74aa3ac3b780accbb57b9d7d91e92a89235a40a5476e7c"
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 5064 (2025-2026) — Northeast Technical College Area Commission

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-53-510, RELATING TO THE CREATION OF THE NORTHEASTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE AREA COMMISSION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE REPRESENTATION FROM LOCAL INDUSTRY MAY INCLUDE CERTAIN EX OFFICIO MEMBERS. - 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/5064.htm)
2. **01/29/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5064_20260129.htm)
3. **02/17/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5064_20260217.htm)
4. **03/25/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5064_20260325.htm)
5. **04/29/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5064_20260429.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Luck — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Yow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
- **2026-02-18** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Williams
- **2026-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
- **2026-02-19** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-29** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-04-29** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
- **2026-04-30** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-06** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2026-05-06** Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
- **2026-05-14** Ratified R 208
- **2026-05-15** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date 05/15/26
- **2026-05-26** Act No. 156

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40fccf79-181e-4ed7-85a1-d274d5d6a697`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).