---
type: "Bill"
title: "Greenwood County School District 50, reapportioned"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 595 OF 1994, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES IN GREENWOOD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 50, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE NINE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THE TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED, TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THESE REAPPORTIONED DISTRICTS. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 972"
citation: "South Carolina S 972 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e03b523f-515e-4906-8cd6-664a8ea972d5"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=972&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "81a0cd450597f0d130f5067d78a60544655c835591b86681269c4405e6acd7d1"
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 972 (2023-2024) — Greenwood County School District 50, reapportioned

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 595 OF 1994, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES IN GREENWOOD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 50, SO AS TO REAPPORTION THE NINE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH THE TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED, TO REDESIGNATE THE MAP NUMBER ON WHICH THESE DISTRICTS ARE DELINEATED, AND TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THESE REAPPORTIONED 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/972.htm)
2. **01/17/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/972_20240117.htm)
3. **01/17/2024-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/972_20240117a.htm)
4. **01/18/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/972_20240118.htm)
5. **01/19/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/972_20240119.htm)
6. **03/05/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/972_20240305.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2024-01-19** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2024-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-24** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-25** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** Referred to Greenwood Delegation
- **2024-03-05** Delegation report: Favorable Greenwood Delegation
- **2024-03-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Roll call Yeas-95 Nays-0
- **2024-03-07** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Ratified R 133
- **2024-05-13** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-20** Effective date 05/13/24
- **2024-07-23** Act No. 239

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e03b523f-515e-4906-8cd6-664a8ea972d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).