republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-77.md

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Bill	Streaming of School Board Meetings	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-19-85 SO AS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC ACCESS TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS BY REQUIRING SCHOOL BOARDS TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT PROVIDE LIVESTREAM OR ALTERNATE ELECTRONIC MEANS TRANSMISSION OF SUCH MEETINGS, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; AND TO REQUIRE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT MUST BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2026. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 77	South Carolina S 77 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Grooms Hembree Zell	6	23	2	2024-12-11	2025-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/3b3bec28-8be1-432f-a16c-8fdb8399af6c	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=77&session=126&summary=B	7035b0b5ddd9a5ef5d16022b382b91b976f116be3ea6596313454c104b524b69	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 77 (2025-2026) — Streaming of School Board Meetings

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-19-85 SO AS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC ACCESS TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS BY REQUIRING SCHOOL BOARDS TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT PROVIDE LIVESTREAM OR ALTERNATE ELECTRONIC MEANS TRANSMISSION OF SUCH MEETINGS, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; AND TO REQUIRE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT MUST BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2026. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/12/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/19/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/01/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/06/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 12/11/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Grooms — primary (person)
• Hembree — primary (person)
• Zell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-11 Prefiled filing
• 2024-12-11 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-14 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-19 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-02-19 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-19 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2025-02-20 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-25 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-25 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2025-05-01 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-06 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-06 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Hayes, Wooten
• 2025-05-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-05-06 Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
• 2025-05-07 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-07 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2025-05-08 Ratified R 46
• 2025-05-12 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-19 Effective date 05/12/25
• 2025-05-19 Act No. 28

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b3bec28-8be1-432f-a16c-8fdb8399af6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).