republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/s-916.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	Newberry County School District	AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 485 OF 1998, RELATED TO THE NEWBERRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ALL PERSONS DESIRING TO QUALIFY AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST FILE A STATEMENT OF INTENTION OF CANDIDACY WITH THE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION INSTEAD OF FILING A PETITION. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	S 916	South Carolina S 916 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Cromer	6	15	1	2024-01-09	2024-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/2d0f7613-3802-46c3-bd84-b74243810304	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=916&session=125&summary=B	a2840663d748eb520adfb1d6c17fc039e6f1f403d4af20e089db4a51e6cbd6be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 916 (2023-2024) — Newberry County School District

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 485 OF 1998, RELATED TO THE NEWBERRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ALL PERSONS DESIRING TO QUALIFY AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST FILE A STATEMENT OF INTENTION OF CANDIDACY WITH THE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION INSTEAD OF FILING A PETITION. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/09/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/09/2024-A (committee substitute) — source
4. 01/11/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 01/17/2024 (committee substitute) — source
6. 03/28/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 105–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cromer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-11 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2024-01-17 Amended amendment-passage
• 2024-01-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-18 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-23 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-23 Referred to Newberry Delegation
• 2024-03-28 Delegation report: Favorable Newberry Delegation
• 2024-04-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-04-09 Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-1
• 2024-04-10 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-08 Ratified R 131
• 2024-05-13 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-20 Effective date 05/13/24
• 2024-07-23 Act No. 243

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d0f7613-3802-46c3-bd84-b74243810304. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).