---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kershaw County School District, reapportioned"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 930 OF 1970, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR KERSHAW COUNTY, SO AS TO REVISE THE SPECIFIC ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE ELECTED, TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR THESE DISTRICTS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 5168"
citation: "South Carolina H 5168 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Newton", "Connell", "Mitchell", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da7cab3c-ac90-46aa-88c2-86ea7c1c9368"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5168&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "beb71afea629089ee68e66eaee7d0d65796bef641d69e4beb061a22faa8b1cb8"
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 5168 (2023-2024) — Kershaw County School District, reapportioned

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 930 OF 1970, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR KERSHAW COUNTY, SO AS TO REVISE THE SPECIFIC ELECTION DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE ELECTED, TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR THESE 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/sess125_2023-2024/bills/5168.htm)
2. **02/28/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5168_20240228.htm)
3. **02/28/2024-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5168_20240228a.htm)
4. **03/07/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5168_20240307.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Newton — primary (person)
- Connell — primary (person)
- Mitchell — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-28** Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
- **2024-03-05** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2024-03-14** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Ratified R 173
- **2024-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-20** Effective date 05/13/24
- **2024-07-23** Act No. 241

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da7cab3c-ac90-46aa-88c2-86ea7c1c9368`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).