---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunscreen at School"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-85 SO AS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHALL NOT PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OR PERSONAL USE OF SUNSCREEN, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 256"
citation: "South Carolina S 256 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grooms", "M. Johnson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-11-30"
last_action: "2023-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5117157d-fa34-4dc6-a82d-25d578767c5d"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=256&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "cb6ecb72c9f4254344d51ebac70adc105c298aaf893663c47a37593ee5acbb21"
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 256 (2023-2024) — Sunscreen at School

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-85 SO AS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHALL NOT PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OR PERSONAL USE OF SUNSCREEN, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. - 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/256.htm)
2. **11/30/2022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/256_20221130.htm)
3. **2/22/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/256_20230222.htm)
4. **2/23/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/256_20230223.htm)
5. **2/24/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/256_20230224.htm)
6. **2/28/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/256_20230228.htm)
7. **3/2/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/256_20230302.htm)
8. **4/27/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/256_20230427.htm)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grooms — primary (person)
- M. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-30** Prefiled `filing`
- **2022-11-30** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-02-28** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
- **2023-03-01** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2023-04-26** Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Roll call Yeas-116 Nays-0
- **2023-05-03** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Ratified R 28
- **2023-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-25** Effective date 05/16/23
- **2023-05-25** Act No. 21

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5117157d-fa34-4dc6-a82d-25d578767c5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).