republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-269.md

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Bill	Private Security Services in Public Schools	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-19-275 SO AS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH MORE THAN FIFTEEN THOUSAND STUDENTS MAY USE SECURITY PERSONNEL LICENSED AS A PROPRIETARY SECURITY BUSINESS; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-18-60, RELATING TO PROPRIETARY SECURITY BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS, SO AS TO ADD PROVISIONS CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS APPLYING FOR LICENSURE, TO PROVIDE THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION SHALL DEVELOP RELATED STANDARDS, GUIDELINES, AND APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-18-80, RELATING TO SECURITY OFFICER REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION SHALL IMPLEMENT CERTAIN RELATED TRAINING REQUIREMENTS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-18-140, RELATING TO EXCEPTIONS FROM THE APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 18, TITLE 40, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPLICABILITY OF THE CHAPTER TO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 269	South Carolina S 269 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Elliott Turner Zell	7	20	2	2025-01-28	2025-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/31279c5a-53ee-4b6c-83fc-f334c49bce37	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=269&session=126&summary=B	378ef386bf792b6e882636291bac9bcc2d42cc6bb0ddbe3a810a1c5bcc43f738	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 269 (2025-2026) — Private Security Services in Public Schools

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-19-275 SO AS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH MORE THAN FIFTEEN THOUSAND STUDENTS MAY USE SECURITY PERSONNEL LICENSED AS A PROPRIETARY SECURITY BUSINESS; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-18-60, RELATING TO PROPRIETARY SECURITY BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS, SO AS TO ADD PROVISIONS CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS APPLYING FOR LICENSURE, TO PROVIDE THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION SHALL DEVELOP RELATED STANDARDS, GUIDELINES, AND APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-18-80, RELATING TO SECURITY OFFICER REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION SHALL IMPLEMENT CERTAIN RELATED TRAINING REQUIREMENTS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-18-140, RELATING TO EXCEPTIONS FROM THE APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 18, TITLE 40, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPLICABILITY OF THE CHAPTER TO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 01/28/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/26/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/28/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/03/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/01/2025 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/05/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elliott — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)
• Zell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-28 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-28 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-28 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-04-02 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-04-02 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-04-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-02 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2025-04-03 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-04-09 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2025-05-01 Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-05 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-05-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-05-06 Roll call Yeas-117 Nays-0
• 2025-05-07 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-08 Ratified R 54
• 2025-05-12 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-19 Effective date 05/12/25
• 2025-05-19 Act No. 36

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31279c5a-53ee-4b6c-83fc-f334c49bce37. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).