republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-203.md

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Bill	School district trustees, removal and vacancy filling	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-19-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES AND FILLING OF TRUSTEE VACANCIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE GOVERNOR MAY REMOVE TRUSTEES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO PROVIDE THE GOVERNOR MAY FILL TRUSTEE VACANCIES, TO PROVIDE NOTICE AND HEARING REQUIREMENTS, AND TO DELETE EXISTING PROVISIONS CONCERNING TRUSTEE REMOVAL AND FILLING OF VACANCIES BY SCHOOL BOARDS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 203	South Carolina S 203 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Bennett Gustafson Hembree	7	30	6	2020-12-09	2022-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/b4dd4401-5e13-4148-a8ba-0fd3b79210c6	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=203&session=124&summary=B	3313565ed708a181a65894f567c5da9fa95e12f38d5e3096818fa02d069afbc1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 203 (2021-2022) — School district trustees, removal and vacancy filling

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-19-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES AND FILLING OF TRUSTEE VACANCIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE GOVERNOR MAY REMOVE TRUSTEES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO PROVIDE THE GOVERNOR MAY FILL TRUSTEE VACANCIES, TO PROVIDE NOTICE AND HEARING REQUIREMENTS, AND TO DELETE EXISTING PROVISIONS CONCERNING TRUSTEE REMOVAL AND FILLING OF VACANCIES BY SCHOOL BOARDS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/20/2022 (committee substitute) — source
3. 1/27/2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. 12/9/2020 (committee substitute) — source
5. 2/11/2021 (committee substitute) — source
6. 2/18/2021 (committee substitute) — source
7. 4/19/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Table Motion to Recommit — 70–36 (pass) · lower
• to adopt the conference report — 41–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 71–36 (pass) · lower
• to concur — 0–38 (fail) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 92–8 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Gustafson — primary (person)
• Hembree — 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 referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2021-02-11 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-18 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-18 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2021-02-24 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-24 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-24 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-26 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Rutherford, McKnight, Cobb-Hunter, King, McDaniel, Gilliard, Caskey, Anderson, Henderson-Myers, Brawley, Govan, Henegan, JL Johnson, Garvin, Tedder, Thigpen, S Wiliiams, Wetmore, Dillard, Jefferson, R Williams, Wheeler, KO Johnson
• 2022-01-27 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-01-27 Roll call Yeas-71 Nays-36
• 2022-02-01 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-15 Non-concurrence in House amendment
• 2022-02-15 Roll call Ayes-0 Nays-38
• 2022-02-16 Conference committee appointed Felder, Brittain, Alexander
• 2022-02-17 Conference committee appointed Hembree, Bennett. B Matthews
• 2022-04-06 Conference report received and adopted
• 2022-04-06 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2022-04-19 Conference report received and adopted
• 2022-04-19 Roll call Yeas-92 Nays-8
• 2022-04-20 Ordered enrolled for ratification
• 2022-04-21 Ratified R 150
• 2022-04-25 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-04-29 Effective date 04/25/22
• 2022-04-29 Act No. 138

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4dd4401-5e13-4148-a8ba-0fd3b79210c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).