republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/s-28.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 59-39-112, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELECTIVE CREDIT FOR RELEASED TIME CLASSES IN RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY, AS A MEANS TO ENSURE EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTION ON THE BASIS OF PURELY SECULAR CRITERIA, ACCEPT RELEASED TIME CREDITS AS TRANSFER CREDITS FROM AN ACCREDITED PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT HAS AWARDED PRIVATE SCHOOL CREDITS FOR A RELEASED TIME PROGRAM OPERATED BY AN UNACCREDITED ENTITY; AND TO MAKE THESE PROVISIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-39-112, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELECTIVE CREDIT FOR RELEASED TIME CLASSES IN RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY, AS A MEANS TO ENSURE EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTION ON THE BASIS OF PURELY SECULAR CRITERIA, ACCEPT RELEASED TIME CREDITS AS TRANSFER CREDITS FROM AN ACCREDITED PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT HAS AWARDED PRIVATE SCHOOL CREDITS FOR A RELEASED TIME PROGRAM OPERATED BY AN UNACCREDITED ENTITY; AND TO MAKE THESE PROVISIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	S 28	South Carolina S 28 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Campsen	3	22	2	2016-12-13	2018-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/2cf427f1-4908-4f7b-9745-e6a087b05c54	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=28&session=122&summary=B	70b8a141d1ce49d7a03156f4f8a663ebd47d141a4adafa68698e6dbfafbf68a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 28 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-39-112, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELECTIVE CREDIT FOR RELEASED TIME CLASSES IN RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY, AS A MEANS TO ENSURE EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTION ON THE BASIS OF PURELY SECULAR CRITERIA, ACCEPT RELEASED TIME CREDITS AS TRANSFER CREDITS FROM AN ACCREDITED PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT HAS AWARDED PRIVATE SCHOOL CREDITS FOR A RELEASED TIME PROGRAM OPERATED BY AN UNACCREDITED ENTITY; AND TO MAKE THESE PROVISIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 12/13/2016 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/22/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 4/25/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 84–20 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Campsen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-13 Prefiled filing
• 2016-12-13 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-01-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Recalled from Committee on Education
• 2017-02-14 Committed to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-03-06 Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Sabb, Talley
• 2017-03-22 Committee report: Favorable Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-29 Roll call Ayes-37 Nays-0
• 2017-03-30 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-04 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-04-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-05-01 Debate adjourned until Wed., 5-2-18
• 2018-05-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-05-02 Roll call Yeas-84 Nays-20
• 2018-05-03 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-14 Ratified R 195
• 2018-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-23 Effective date 07/01/18
• 2018-05-31 Act No. 179

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2cf427f1-4908-4f7b-9745-e6a087b05c54. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).