republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-4257.md

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Bill	Excused student absences	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-1-462 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS, RELATING TO EXCUSED SCHOOL ABSENCES FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN ANY INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITY AUTHORIZED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE ACTIVITY IS SANCTIONED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE OR ANY OTHER GOVERNING ENTITY, AND TO REQUIRE THAT STUDENTS BE IN ACADEMIC GOOD STANDING TO QUALIFY FOR SUCH EXCUSED ABSENCES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 4257	South Carolina H 4257 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	B. Newton Brittain C. Mitchell Caskey Crawford Gagnon Gilliam Guest Hayes Hiott J.E. Johnson Jordan Lowe McCabe Pedalino Rankin Schuessler Yow	6	19	2	2025-03-27	2026-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/49a13d3f-d736-48ea-a331-f4468888b019	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4257&session=126&summary=B	072b6e4fba7c424f3b29969987c12b7d38a34431b5ece820056163f4414c7c3d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4257 (2025-2026) — Excused student absences

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-1-462 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS, RELATING TO EXCUSED SCHOOL ABSENCES FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN ANY INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITY AUTHORIZED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE ACTIVITY IS SANCTIONED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE OR ANY OTHER GOVERNING ENTITY, AND TO REQUIRE THAT STUDENTS BE IN ACADEMIC GOOD STANDING TO QUALIFY FOR SUCH EXCUSED ABSENCES. - 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. 03/27/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/29/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/30/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/30/2025-A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Brittain — primary (person)
• C. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Gagnon — primary (person)
• Gilliam — primary (person)
• Guest — primary (person)
• Hayes — primary (person)
• Hiott — primary (person)
• J.E. Johnson — primary (person)
• Jordan — primary (person)
• Lowe — primary (person)
• McCabe — primary (person)
• Pedalino — primary (person)
• Rankin — primary (person)
• Schuessler — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-27 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-03-27 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2025-04-02 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brittain, Jordan, B.Newton, Caskey, Gilliam, Rankin, Schuessler, Hayes, Guest, Crawford, Gagnon, McCabe, Pedalino, Hiott
• 2025-04-29 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-30 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-04-30 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-04-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-30 Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
• 2025-05-01 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-01 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-05-01 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 Committee report: Favorable Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-17 Roll call Ayes-46 Nays-0
• 2026-02-18 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Ratified R 105
• 2026-02-27 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-05 Effective date 02/27/26
• 2026-03-05 Act No. 100

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49a13d3f-d736-48ea-a331-f4468888b019. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).