republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/h-3697.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	Degree curriculum requirements	A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION 62-6-(D), SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF REGULATIONS, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN ACADEMIC PROGRAMS MUST BE EARNED THROUGH INSTRUCTION BY THE INSTITUTION AWARDING THE DEGREE, THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION MAY GRANT ALTERNATE PROGRAM COMPLETION OPTIONS TO STUDENTS IMPACTED BY THE CLOSURE OF SIX EDUCATION CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC., HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 2018. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	H 3697	South Carolina H 3697 (2019-2020)	joint resolution		enacted	Allison Bales Gilliard Govan Moore Simmons Taylor	5	16	2	2019-01-22	2019-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/2225e0ce-e915-4575-8b1b-47e5f6e75223	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3697&session=123&summary=B	123bc1385f45ee2aae3476c103b7c896f73613f75a8ccd2be79792cfb7bf0214	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3697 (2019-2020) — Degree curriculum requirements

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION 62-6-(D), SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF REGULATIONS, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN ACADEMIC PROGRAMS MUST BE EARNED THROUGH INSTRUCTION BY THE INSTITUTION AWARDING THE DEGREE, THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION MAY GRANT ALTERNATE PROGRAM COMPLETION OPTIONS TO STUDENTS IMPACTED BY THE CLOSURE OF SIX EDUCATION CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC., HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 2018. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/22/2019 (committee substitute) — source
3. 1/22/2019-A (committee substitute) — source
4. 1/23/2019 (committee substitute) — source
5. 2/13/2019 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Joint Resolution — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allison — primary (person)
• Bales — primary (person)
• Gilliard — primary (person)
• Govan — primary (person)
• Moore — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-22 Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-23 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2019-01-23 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bales, Moore, Govan
• 2019-01-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-23 Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
• 2019-01-24 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-24 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-24 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Committee report: Favorable Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-19 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2019-02-20 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2019-03-19 Ratified R 18
• 2019-03-20 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2019-03-27 Effective date See Act for Effective Date
• 2019-07-10 Act No. 102

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2225e0ce-e915-4575-8b1b-47e5f6e75223. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).