republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/s-462.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 59-39-100, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE UNIFORM DIPLOMA FOR GRADUATES OF ACCREDITED HIGH SCHOOLS, SO AS TO PROVIDE PERSONALIZED PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS TO EARN THE DIPLOMA AND TO PROVIDE RELATED COURSE OF STUDY-BASED ENDORSEMENTS STUDENTS MAY EARN, TO REVISE THE COURSEWORK STUDENTS ENTERING NINTH GRADE DURING THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR MUST EARN FOR GRADUATION, TO PROVIDE THIS REVISED COURSEWORK REQUIREMENT MUST SUPPORT THE PROFILE OF THE GRADUATE, TO PROVIDE FOR A UNIFORM EMPLOYABILITY CREDENTIAL AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO DIPLOMA PATHWAYS, AND TO PROVIDE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL MONITOR NUMBERS OF DIPLOMAS AND EMPLOYABILITY CREDENTIALS EARNED BY STUDENTS AND BIANNUALLY REPORT SUCH NUMBERS TO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-39-100, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE UNIFORM DIPLOMA FOR GRADUATES OF ACCREDITED HIGH SCHOOLS, SO AS TO PROVIDE PERSONALIZED PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS TO EARN THE DIPLOMA AND TO PROVIDE RELATED COURSE OF STUDY-BASED ENDORSEMENTS STUDENTS MAY EARN, TO REVISE THE COURSEWORK STUDENTS ENTERING NINTH GRADE DURING THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR MUST EARN FOR GRADUATION, TO PROVIDE THIS REVISED COURSEWORK REQUIREMENT MUST SUPPORT THE PROFILE OF THE GRADUATE, TO PROVIDE FOR A UNIFORM EMPLOYABILITY CREDENTIAL AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO DIPLOMA PATHWAYS, AND TO PROVIDE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL MONITOR NUMBERS OF DIPLOMAS AND EMPLOYABILITY CREDENTIALS EARNED BY STUDENTS AND BIANNUALLY REPORT SUCH NUMBERS TO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	S 462	South Carolina S 462 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Hembree	6	22	4	2017-02-23	2017-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/50f33202-daa2-4ffe-9b3a-8389cc23fff7	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=462&session=122&summary=B	62257b0cfb236ed00d31fc6a3a6edf6c24617b2352eaef71f29239dc7167f04e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 462 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-39-100, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE UNIFORM DIPLOMA FOR GRADUATES OF ACCREDITED HIGH SCHOOLS, SO AS TO PROVIDE PERSONALIZED PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS TO EARN THE DIPLOMA AND TO PROVIDE RELATED COURSE OF STUDY-BASED ENDORSEMENTS STUDENTS MAY EARN, TO REVISE THE COURSEWORK STUDENTS ENTERING NINTH GRADE DURING THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR MUST EARN FOR GRADUATION, TO PROVIDE THIS REVISED COURSEWORK REQUIREMENT MUST SUPPORT THE PROFILE OF THE GRADUATE, TO PROVIDE FOR A UNIFORM EMPLOYABILITY CREDENTIAL AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO DIPLOMA PATHWAYS, AND TO PROVIDE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL MONITOR NUMBERS OF DIPLOMAS AND EMPLOYABILITY CREDENTIALS EARNED BY STUDENTS AND BIANNUALLY REPORT SUCH NUMBERS TO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 2/23/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/23/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/30/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/31/2017 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/27/2017 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/9/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• Adjourn For The Day — 36–54 (fail) · lower
• to concur — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hembree — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-23 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-23 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-03-23 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-30 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-03-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-03-30 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2017-03-31 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-04-04 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
• 2017-04-27 Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works
• 2017-05-03 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Hayes, Atkinson, M Rivers, JE Smith, Bernstein, Hart, Weeks, Henegan, Cobb-Hunter, Williams, Jefferson, McCravy, West, Hewitt, King, Fry, Crawford, Brown, DC Moss, Mack, Anderson, Pope, White, Hosey, Clyburn, Kirby, Alexander, Thayer
• 2017-05-09 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-05-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-05-09 Roll call Yeas-92 Nays-0
• 2017-05-10 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-10 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2017-05-10 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
• 2017-05-15 Ratified R 80
• 2017-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-25 Effective date See Act
• 2017-05-31 Act No. 54

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/50f33202-daa2-4ffe-9b3a-8389cc23fff7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).