---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Commission for Community Advancement and Engagement"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 1-31-10, RELATING TO THE COMMISSION FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS, SO AS TO RENAME THE COMMISSION AND TO REMOVE COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 1-31-20, RELATING TO SUBJECTS OF STUDY FOR THE COMMISSION, SO AS TO STUDY SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION OF COMMUNITIES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 1-31-40, RELATING TO DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION, SO AS TO DELETE CERTAIN DUTIES. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 214"
citation: "South Carolina S 214 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Massey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86debaaf-c45c-46d3-9b93-e706ec3c8140"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=214&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "915f90918965a8dc1cb1094987b2f1546e5968d9ce2344c4ead426d6f63f99b0"
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 214 (2025-2026) — State Commission for Community Advancement and Engagement

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 1-31-10, RELATING TO THE COMMISSION FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS, SO AS TO RENAME THE COMMISSION AND TO REMOVE COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 1-31-20, RELATING TO SUBJECTS OF STUDY FOR THE COMMISSION, SO AS TO STUDY SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION OF COMMUNITIES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 1-31-40, RELATING TO DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION, SO AS TO DELETE CERTAIN DUTIES. - 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/214.htm)
2. **01/15/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/214_20250115.htm)
3. **04/16/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/214_20250416.htm)
4. **04/30/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/214_20250430.htm)
5. **05/06/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/214_20250506.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **76–31** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Table Amendment 2 — **87–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-15** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-30** Committee Amendment Tabled `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-04-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
- **2025-05-01** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Roll call Yeas-76 Nays-31
- **2025-05-08** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Ratified R 89
- **2025-05-20** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-21** Effective date 05/20/25
- **2025-05-21** Act No. 56

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86debaaf-c45c-46d3-9b93-e706ec3c8140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).