republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-4931.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-103-15, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MISSIONS AND FOCUSES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE APPLIED BACCALAUREATE IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY DEGREES, AND TO PROVIDE AUTHORIZATIONS OF SUCH DEGREES ONLY ARE ALLOWED WHEN NEW STATE GENERAL FUNDS ARE NOT APPROPRIATED FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE DEGREE PROGRAMS. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-103-15, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MISSIONS AND FOCUSES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE APPLIED BACCALAUREATE IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY DEGREES, AND TO PROVIDE AUTHORIZATIONS OF SUCH DEGREES ONLY ARE ALLOWED WHEN NEW STATE GENERAL FUNDS ARE NOT APPROPRIATED FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE DEGREE PROGRAMS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 4931	South Carolina H 4931 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Alexander Allison Bannister Blackwell Burns Chumley Dillard Douglas Elliott G.R. Smith Hamilton Henderson Knight Putnam Robinson-Simpson Simrill Stringer Taylor Trantham West	9	36	5	2018-02-14	2018-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/687be701-beee-4a1d-a37f-a11f531ec30c	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4931&session=122&summary=B	8486950f98f2d7829a4b216cd79ee8eb940e933eff28906cc860a43beba92d43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4931 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-103-15, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MISSIONS AND FOCUSES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE APPLIED BACCALAUREATE IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY DEGREES, AND TO PROVIDE AUTHORIZATIONS OF SUCH DEGREES ONLY ARE ALLOWED WHEN NEW STATE GENERAL FUNDS ARE NOT APPROPRIATED FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE DEGREE PROGRAMS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 2/14/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2. 2/23/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/6/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/8/2018 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/26/2018 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/10/2018 (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/8/2018 (committee substitute) — source
8. 5/9/2018 (committee substitute) — source
9. 6/27/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt — 83–14 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 38–5 (pass) · upper
• to adopt the conference report — 39–2 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Report — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alexander — primary (person)
• Allison — primary (person)
• Bannister — primary (person)
• Blackwell — primary (person)
• Burns — primary (person)
• Chumley — primary (person)
• Dillard — primary (person)
• Douglas — primary (person)
• Elliott — primary (person)
• G.R. Smith — primary (person)
• Hamilton — primary (person)
• Henderson — primary (person)
• Knight — primary (person)
• Putnam — primary (person)
• Robinson-Simpson — primary (person)
• Simrill — primary (person)
• Stringer — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Trantham — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-14 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Recalled from Committee on Ways and Means
• 2018-02-15 Committed to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2018-02-23 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-02-27 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Stringer, West, Allison, Henderson, G.R.Smith, Burns, Trantham, Hamilton, Bannister, Putnam, Robinson-Simpson, Chumley, Taylor, Douglas, Knight, Dillard
• 2018-03-06 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-08 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Blackwell
• 2018-03-08 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-03-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-03-08 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
• 2018-03-08 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2018-03-09 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-03-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-03-13 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2018-04-27 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-05-08 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-05-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-05-09 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-05-09 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-09 Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-5
• 2018-05-10 Senate amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2018-05-10 Returned to Senate with amendments
• 2018-05-10 Roll call Yeas-83 Nays-14
• 2018-05-10 Non-concurrence in House amendment
• 2018-05-10 Conference committee appointed Turner, Young, Allen
• 2018-05-10 Conference committee appointed Taylor, Elliott, Alexander
• 2018-06-27 Conference report received and adopted
• 2018-06-27 Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
• 2018-06-27 Conference report received and adopted
• 2018-06-27 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-2
• 2018-06-27 Ordered enrolled for ratification
• 2018-06-28 Ratified R 289
• 2018-07-02 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-07-05 Effective date 07/02/18
• 2018-07-12 Act No. 260

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/687be701-beee-4a1d-a37f-a11f531ec30c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).