republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/s-480.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 THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-53-600 SO AS TO DEVOLVE TEMPORARILY THE POWERS, DUTIES, AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE DENMARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE AREA COMMISSION UPON THE STATE BOARD FOR TECHNICAL AND COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION, TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD TO ISSUE QUARTERLY STATUS REPORTS AND TO STUDY THE MOST EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF TECHNICAL COLLEGE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES; AND TO REPEAL THIS SECTION ON NOVEMBER 1, 2018. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-53-600 SO AS TO DEVOLVE TEMPORARILY THE POWERS, DUTIES, AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE DENMARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE AREA COMMISSION UPON THE STATE BOARD FOR TECHNICAL AND COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION, TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD TO ISSUE QUARTERLY STATUS REPORTS AND TO STUDY THE MOST EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF TECHNICAL COLLEGE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES; AND TO REPEAL THIS SECTION ON NOVEMBER 1, 2018. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	S 480	South Carolina S 480 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Hutto	6	22	3	2017-02-28	2017-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/90579c69-2ed1-47e9-aa41-e2ed042bb35d	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=480&session=122&summary=B	ec2188a9e64d5570d5237dba4eeb8a0a2a914355e79e4190c42098cbfa4f59b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 480 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-53-600 SO AS TO DEVOLVE TEMPORARILY THE POWERS, DUTIES, AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE DENMARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE AREA COMMISSION UPON THE STATE BOARD FOR TECHNICAL AND COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION, TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD TO ISSUE QUARTERLY STATUS REPORTS AND TO STUDY THE MOST EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF TECHNICAL COLLEGE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES; AND TO REPEAL THIS SECTION ON NOVEMBER 1, 2018. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. 2/28/2017 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/22/2017 (committee substitute) — source
3. 4/26/2017 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/27/2017 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/28/2017 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/6/2017 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 86–0 (pass) · lower
• to concur — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hutto — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-28 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 Committee report: Favorable Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-04-06 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-04-06 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-06 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2017-04-18 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-04-18 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 Recalled from Committee on Ways and Means
• 2017-04-27 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-04-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-04-27 Roll call Yeas-86 Nays-0
• 2017-04-27 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2017-04-28 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-28 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2017-05-09 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2017-05-09 Roll call Ayes-33 Nays-0
• 2017-05-15 Ratified R 82
• 2017-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-25 Effective date See Act
• 2017-05-31 Act No. 56

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90579c69-2ed1-47e9-aa41-e2ed042bb35d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).