---
type: "Bill"
title: "Palmetto Fellows Scholarship"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-104-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIPS, SO AS TO INCLUDE TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES AMONG INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING WHOSE STUDENTS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 59-149-60, RELATING TO THE DURATION OF LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS, SO AS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS MAY NOT RECEIVE LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MORE THAN SIX SEMESTERS FOR THREE-YEAR DEGREE PROGRAMS. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 3017"
citation: "South Carolina H 3017 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkinson", "B. Newton", "Brawley", "Daning", "Davis", "Felder", "Forrest", "Fry", "Govan", "Henderson-Myers", "Jones", "Long", "M.M. Smith", "Magnuson", "May", "McDaniel", "McGinnis", "Oremus", "Pope", "Willis", "Yow"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-09"
last_action: "2021-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/affe399f-b7e8-44f3-b0e8-1558a3641b6c"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3017&session=124&summary=B"
source_hash: "94fb977321f49a5940e4996a17343ee3935aeff3ef5550ada90583ae793e63b0"
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 3017 (2021-2022) — Palmetto Fellows Scholarship

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-104-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIPS, SO AS TO INCLUDE TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES AMONG INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING WHOSE STUDENTS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 59-149-60, RELATING TO THE DURATION OF LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS, SO AS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS MAY NOT RECEIVE LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MORE THAN SIX SEMESTERS FOR THREE-YEAR DEGREE PROGRAMS. - 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/sess124_2021-2022/bills/3017.htm)
2. **12/9/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3017_20201209.htm)
3. **2/11/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3017_20210211.htm)
4. **4/14/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3017_20210414.htm)
5. **4/20/2021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124_2021-2022/prever/3017_20210420.htm)

## Votes

- Concur in Senate Amendments — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage of Bill — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atkinson — primary (person)
- B. Newton — primary (person)
- Brawley — primary (person)
- Daning — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Felder — primary (person)
- Forrest — primary (person)
- Fry — primary (person)
- Govan — primary (person)
- Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
- Jones — primary (person)
- Long — primary (person)
- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
- Magnuson — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- McDaniel — primary (person)
- McGinnis — primary (person)
- Oremus — primary (person)
- Pope — primary (person)
- Willis — primary (person)
- Yow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-09** Prefiled `filing`
- **2020-12-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith
- **2021-01-27** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow
- **2021-02-10** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McGinnis
- **2021-02-11** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan
- **2021-02-11** Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brawley, Willis, Henderson-Myers
- **2021-02-17** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Jones, McDaniel
- **2021-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** Roll call Yeas-115 Nays-0
- **2021-02-18** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Committee report: Favorable Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
- **2021-04-21** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2021-04-27** Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
- **2021-05-06** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Ratified R 49
- **2021-05-13** Effective date 05/06/21
- **2021-05-13** Act No. 36

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/affe399f-b7e8-44f3-b0e8-1558a3641b6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).