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Bill	Georgetown County School District - Board Elections	AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 907 OF 1962, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CONFORM LOCAL ELECTION PROCEDURES FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO THE CONTROLLING 2008 CONSENT JUDGMENT AND DECREE; TO DEFINE RELEVANT TERMS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST BE GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF EDUCATION CONSISTING OF NINE MEMBERS WHO MUST BE ELECTED IN NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS CONDUCTED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GENERAL ELECTION AND EVERY FOUR YEARS THEREAFTER, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS ACT TO STAGGER THE MEMBERS' TERMS; TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN A VACANCY OCCURS IN OFFICE, BY REASON OF DEATH, RESIGNATION, OR REMOVAL, THE VACANCY IN OFFICE SHALL BE FILLED BY A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE UNEXPIRED TERM; TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS DESIRING TO QUALIFY AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL FILE WRITTEN NOTICE OF CANDIDACY WITH THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS; TO ESTABLISH THE APPLICABLE CANDIDATE FILING PERIOD; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS SHALL CONDUCT AND SUPERVISE THE ELECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IN THE MANNER GOVERNED BY THE ELECTION LAWS OF THIS STATE, MUTATIS MUTANDIS; AND TO REPEAL ACT 237 OF 1983 RELATING TO BOARD VACANCIES. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	H 4241	South Carolina H 4241 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Anderson Hewitt	6	16	2	2021-04-21	2021-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/563fff86-d40f-4af7-bf0d-73c9d6032498	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4241&session=124&summary=B	f419228ada087f190135c71b019ceafc4a42d2430a2154103ee60bbfcb243780	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4241 (2021-2022) — Georgetown County School District - Board Elections

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 907 OF 1962, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CONFORM LOCAL ELECTION PROCEDURES FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO THE CONTROLLING 2008 CONSENT JUDGMENT AND DECREE; TO DEFINE RELEVANT TERMS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST BE GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF EDUCATION CONSISTING OF NINE MEMBERS WHO MUST BE ELECTED IN NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS CONDUCTED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GENERAL ELECTION AND EVERY FOUR YEARS THEREAFTER, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS ACT TO STAGGER THE MEMBERS' TERMS; TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN A VACANCY OCCURS IN OFFICE, BY REASON OF DEATH, RESIGNATION, OR REMOVAL, THE VACANCY IN OFFICE SHALL BE FILLED BY A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE UNEXPIRED TERM; TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS DESIRING TO QUALIFY AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL FILE WRITTEN NOTICE OF CANDIDACY WITH THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS; TO ESTABLISH THE APPLICABLE CANDIDATE FILING PERIOD; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS SHALL CONDUCT AND SUPERVISE THE ELECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IN THE MANNER GOVERNED BY THE ELECTION LAWS OF THIS STATE, MUTATIS MUTANDIS; AND TO REPEAL ACT 237 OF 1983 RELATING TO BOARD VACANCIES. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 4/21/2021 (committee substitute) — source
3. 4/22/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/26/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/28/2021 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/29/2021 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anderson — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-04-21 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-04-21 Referred to Georgetown Delegation
• 2021-04-22 Delegation report: Favorable Georgetown Delegation
• 2021-04-26 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-04-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-04-27 Roll call Yeas-97 Nays-0
• 2021-04-28 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-28 Roll call Yeas-78 Nays-0
• 2021-04-28 Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar introduction, reading-1
• 2021-04-29 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-05-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-05-13 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-18 Ratified R 107
• 2021-05-19 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-01 Effective date 05/19/21
• 2021-07-02 Act No. 107

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/563fff86-d40f-4af7-bf0d-73c9d6032498. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).