republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-5205.md

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Bill	College Safety Training Programs for Students	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 4 TO CHAPTER 101, TITLE 59 SO AS TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN THIS STATE TO IMPLEMENT A SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ALL NEW STUDENTS, TO PROVIDE EXCLUSIONS FROM THE PROGRAMS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAMS, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, AMONG OTHER THINGS; AND BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-440 SO AS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THIS STATE SHALL MAKE OPIOID AND FENTANYL PREVENTION EDUCATION AND AWARENESS INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ENROLLED STUDENTS, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED REQUIREMENTS AND DEFINITIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 5205	South Carolina H 5205 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Erickson Govan Grant McGinnis Spann-Wilder	7	22	3	2026-02-18	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/8b08624f-d6b3-41cf-8913-2dbd976b5c88	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5205&session=126&summary=B	aedf40985962ebe88107a478076b52f396ce849a6b867c6f57f202a4c6319e54	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 5205 (2025-2026) — College Safety Training Programs for Students

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 4 TO CHAPTER 101, TITLE 59 SO AS TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN THIS STATE TO IMPLEMENT A SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ALL NEW STUDENTS, TO PROVIDE EXCLUSIONS FROM THE PROGRAMS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAMS, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, AMONG OTHER THINGS; AND BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-440 SO AS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THIS STATE SHALL MAKE OPIOID AND FENTANYL PREVENTION EDUCATION AND AWARENESS INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ENROLLED STUDENTS, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED REQUIREMENTS AND DEFINITIONS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/18/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/18/2026-A (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/19/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 02/24/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/16/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 04/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 106–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Erickson — primary (person)
• Govan — primary (person)
• Grant — primary (person)
• McGinnis — primary (person)
• Spann-Wilder — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-18 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-02-19 Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-24 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-02-24 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan
• 2026-02-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-24 Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
• 2026-02-25 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-02-25 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-04-16 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-29 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-04-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-29 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2026-04-30 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-06 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-06 Roll call Yeas-116 Nays-0
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 215
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-02 Effective date 05/15/26
• 2026-06-02 Act No. 161

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b08624f-d6b3-41cf-8913-2dbd976b5c88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).