---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lee County School District Board of Trustees"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 843 OF 1952, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE LEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO CLARIFY THE METHOD BY WHICH PERSONS FILE TO BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD, THE MANNER IN WHICH BOARD ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH VACANCIES ON THE BOARD ARE FILLED; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 5653"
citation: "South Carolina H 5653 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-05-05"
last_action: "2026-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e094797f-8e9a-442e-8029-9b51fa3edb4a"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5653&session=126&summary=B"
source_hash: "1775bd1a1613e052260b6f0f0c5b1774ee811f14e766238fa91b9e76bec936ff"
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 5653 (2025-2026) — Lee County School District Board of Trustees

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 843 OF 1952, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE LEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO CLARIFY THE METHOD BY WHICH PERSONS FILE TO BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD, THE MANNER IN WHICH BOARD ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH VACANCIES ON THE BOARD ARE FILLED; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. - 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/5653.htm)
2. **05/05/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5653_20260505.htm)
3. **05/06/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5653_20260506.htm)
4. **05/06/2026-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5653_20260506a.htm)
5. **05/12/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5653_20260512.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-05** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-05-05** Referred to Lee Delegation
- **2026-05-06** Committee report: Favorable Lee Delegation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-07** Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
- **2026-05-07** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2026-05-08** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-05-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-14** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-15** Ratified R 263
- **2026-05-19** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-05** Effective date 05/19/26

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e094797f-8e9a-442e-8029-9b51fa3edb4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).