republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/h-3017.md

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Bill	Palmetto Fellows Scholarship	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-104-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIPS, SO AS TO INCLUDE TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES AMONG INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING WHOSE STUDENTS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 59-149-60, RELATING TO THE DURATION OF LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS, SO AS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS MAY NOT RECEIVE LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MORE THAN SIX SEMESTERS FOR THREE-YEAR DEGREE PROGRAMS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 3017	South Carolina H 3017 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Atkinson B. Newton Brawley Daning Davis Felder Forrest Fry Govan Henderson-Myers Jones Long M.M. Smith Magnuson May McDaniel McGinnis Oremus Pope Willis Yow	5	27	3	2020-12-09	2021-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/affe399f-b7e8-44f3-b0e8-1558a3641b6c	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3017&session=124&summary=B	94fb977321f49a5940e4996a17343ee3935aeff3ef5550ada90583ae793e63b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3017 (2021-2022) — Palmetto Fellows Scholarship

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-104-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIPS, SO AS TO INCLUDE TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES AMONG INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING WHOSE STUDENTS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 59-149-60, RELATING TO THE DURATION OF LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS, SO AS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS MAY NOT RECEIVE LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MORE THAN SIX SEMESTERS FOR THREE-YEAR DEGREE PROGRAMS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 12/9/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/11/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/14/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/20/2021 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Atkinson — primary (person)
• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Brawley — primary (person)
• Daning — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Felder — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• Fry — primary (person)
• Govan — primary (person)
• Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
• Jones — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Magnuson — primary (person)
• May — primary (person)
• McDaniel — primary (person)
• McGinnis — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Willis — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-09 Prefiled filing
• 2020-12-09 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2021-01-26 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith
• 2021-01-27 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Yow
• 2021-02-10 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McGinnis
• 2021-02-11 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan
• 2021-02-11 Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-16 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brawley, Willis, Henderson-Myers
• 2021-02-17 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Jones, McDaniel
• 2021-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-17 Roll call Yeas-115 Nays-0
• 2021-02-18 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-18 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 Committee report: Favorable Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-20 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-04-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-04-20 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2021-04-21 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-27 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2021-04-27 Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-0
• 2021-05-06 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Ratified R 49
• 2021-05-13 Effective date 05/06/21
• 2021-05-13 Act No. 36

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/affe399f-b7e8-44f3-b0e8-1558a3641b6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).