republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2019-2020/h-5034.md

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Bill	Charleston County School District	AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE GOVERNING BODY THEREOF, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH ITS MEMBERS ARE ELECTED, SO AS TO REVISE THE AREAS FROM WHICH BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A PERSON ESTABLISHES A NEW RESIDENCE IN CHARLESTON COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL TO WHICH THE NEW RESIDENCE IS ASSIGNED IS FIFTEEN OR MORE ROAD MILES AWAY FROM THE NEW RESIDENCE, THEN THE RECEIVING CONSTITUENT SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST ACCEPT A CHILD RESIDING IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED RESIDENCE; AND TO REPEAL INCONSISTENT LOCAL ACTS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2019-2020	H 5034	South Carolina H 5034 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Bennett Brown Cogswell Hewitt Mace Matthews McCoy Moore Pendarvis Sottile Stavrinakis	8	21	2	2020-01-28	2020-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/712ed38d-507b-46ad-be9f-cf2af17c4bc6	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5034&session=123&summary=B	0ecd4634d6850436a6373faad33d7cd0444bfe34fcf54ca96f2d33ae6e419c40	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 5034 (2019-2020) — Charleston County School District

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE GOVERNING BODY THEREOF, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH ITS MEMBERS ARE ELECTED, SO AS TO REVISE THE AREAS FROM WHICH BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A PERSON ESTABLISHES A NEW RESIDENCE IN CHARLESTON COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL TO WHICH THE NEW RESIDENCE IS ASSIGNED IS FIFTEEN OR MORE ROAD MILES AWAY FROM THE NEW RESIDENCE, THEN THE RECEIVING CONSTITUENT SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST ACCEPT A CHILD RESIDING IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED RESIDENCE; AND TO REPEAL INCONSISTENT LOCAL ACTS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/28/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 1/29/2020 (committee substitute) — source
4. 1/30/2020 (committee substitute) — source
5. 2/4/2020 (committee substitute) — source
6. 2/5/2020 (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/12/2020 (committee substitute) — source
8. 5/13/2020 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 86–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 106–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Brown — primary (person)
• Cogswell — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Mace — primary (person)
• Matthews — primary (person)
• McCoy — primary (person)
• Moore — primary (person)
• Pendarvis — primary (person)
• Sottile — primary (person)
• Stavrinakis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-28 Referred to Charleston Delegation
• 2020-01-29 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hewitt
• 2020-01-29 Delegation report: Favorable Charleston Delegation
• 2020-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-30 Roll call Yeas-86 Nays-0
• 2020-01-30 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2020-01-30 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2020-01-31 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-04 Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar introduction, reading-1
• 2020-02-05 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2020-03-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-05-12 Amended amendment-passage
• 2020-05-12 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2020-05-13 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2020-06-24 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2020-06-24 Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
• 2020-06-25 Ratified R 147
• 2020-06-29 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2020-07-07 Effective date 06/29/20
• 2020-10-09 Act No. 182

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/712ed38d-507b-46ad-be9f-cf2af17c4bc6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).