republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3974.md

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Bill	Private Providers	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 10, TITLE 59 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE EVALUATORS TO EVALUATE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, OR THERAPEUTIC NEEDS, TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PRIVATE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE RELATED SERVICES AT SCHOOLS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, TO SPECIFY THESE EVALUATIONS AND SERVICES ONLY MAY OCCUR UPON REQUEST OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF THE STUDENT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS, TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY NOT PROHIBIT SUCH EVALUATIONS OR SERVICES IN SCHOOLS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, TO PROVIDE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL ADOPT A RELATED MODEL POLICY, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MODEL POLICY, TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL ADOPT RELATED POLICIES, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3974	South Carolina H 3974 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Bauer Bernstein Calhoon Erickson Guffey McGinnis Schuessler	11	29	3	2025-02-12	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/8e0aec75-534b-486f-8713-7ec279eb8872	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3974&session=126&summary=B	833b526d6d8ee8069428300037e8609fe3dad28862a5bbd0232b9276a17e3d59	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3974 (2025-2026) — Private Providers

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 10, TITLE 59 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE EVALUATORS TO EVALUATE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, OR THERAPEUTIC NEEDS, TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PRIVATE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE RELATED SERVICES AT SCHOOLS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, TO SPECIFY THESE EVALUATIONS AND SERVICES ONLY MAY OCCUR UPON REQUEST OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF THE STUDENT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS, TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY NOT PROHIBIT SUCH EVALUATIONS OR SERVICES IN SCHOOLS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, TO PROVIDE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL ADOPT A RELATED MODEL POLICY, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MODEL POLICY, TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL ADOPT RELATED POLICIES, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/11/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/12/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/17/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/01/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/20/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/01/2025 (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/05/2025 (committee substitute) — source
9. 05/06/2025 (committee substitute) — source
10. 05/06/2025-A (committee substitute) — source
11. 05/07/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 99–9 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bauer — primary (person)
• Bernstein — primary (person)
• Calhoon — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• Guffey — primary (person)
• McGinnis — primary (person)
• Schuessler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2025-03-05 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler
• 2025-04-08 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bauer
• 2025-04-09 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guffey, McGinnis
• 2025-05-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-05 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-05-06 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-05-06 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-05-06 Roll call Yeas-99 Nays-9
• 2025-05-07 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-07 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-05-07 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-05-07 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-17 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-04-01 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-04-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-01 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2026-04-15 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-20 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-04-21 Debate adjourned
• 2026-04-23 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-04-23 Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 189
• 2026-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-02 Effective date 05/18/26
• 2026-06-02 Act No. 186

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e0aec75-534b-486f-8713-7ec279eb8872. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).