republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-3793.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-103-15, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MISSION AND GOALS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN DEGREE PROGRAMS SO LONG AS STATE GENERAL FUNDS ARE NOT APPROPRIATED FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-103-15, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MISSION AND GOALS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN DEGREE PROGRAMS SO LONG AS STATE GENERAL FUNDS ARE NOT APPROPRIATED FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 3793	South Carolina H 3793 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Alexander Anderson Arrington Atkinson Bennett Clemmons Crawford Crosby Daning Davis Duckworth Fry Hardee Hayes Hewitt Johnson Jordan Kirby Knight Lowe McCoy Ryhal S. Rivers Sottile Stavrinakis Whipper Yow	9	26	3	2017-02-16	2017-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/ebab7ab2-f9d8-4898-9e7c-b0bfb11238df	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3793&session=122&summary=B	c04bc4ef1115ab574f6fd6bea7d02c215e5b581527fb71ab40665e51d6e08052	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3793 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-103-15, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MISSION AND GOALS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN DEGREE PROGRAMS SO LONG AS STATE GENERAL FUNDS ARE NOT APPROPRIATED FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM. - ratified title

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 2/16/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/2/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/23/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/24/2017 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/29/2017 (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/3/2017 (committee substitute) — source
7. 3/30/2017 (committee substitute) — source
8. 3/8/2017 (committee substitute) — source
9. 3/9/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 97–9 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 101–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Anderson — primary (person)
• Arrington — primary (person)
• Atkinson — primary (person)
• Bennett — primary (person)
• Clemmons — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Crosby — primary (person)
• Daning — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Duckworth — primary (person)
• Fry — primary (person)
• Hardee — primary (person)
• Hayes — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• Jordan — primary (person)
• Kirby — primary (person)
• Knight — primary (person)
• Lowe — primary (person)
• McCoy — primary (person)
• Ryhal — primary (person)
• S. Rivers — primary (person)
• Sottile — primary (person)
• Stavrinakis — primary (person)
• Whipper — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2017-02-28 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Knight
• 2017-03-02 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-03-07 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ryhal, Hewitt, Davis
• 2017-03-08 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow, Whipper
• 2017-03-08 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-03-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-08 Roll call Yeas-97 Nays-9
• 2017-03-09 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-09 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-03-09 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-03-23 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-29 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-03-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-29 Roll call Ayes-37 Nays-0
• 2017-03-30 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-30 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-04-05 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2017-04-05 Roll call Yeas-101 Nays-0
• 2017-04-19 Ratified R 23
• 2017-04-24 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-04-27 Effective date 4/24/17
• 2017-04-28 Act No. 14

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebab7ab2-f9d8-4898-9e7c-b0bfb11238df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).