republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-79.md

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Bill	Noncertified Teacher Pilot Program	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-18-1115 SO AS TO ESTABLISH A FIVE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM TO PERMIT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HIRE NONCERTIFIED TEACHERS IN A RATIO UP TO TEN PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE TEACHING STAFF OF THE DISTRICT, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED PARTICIPATION AND IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS, AMONG OTHER THINGS; AND BY ADDING SECTION 23-3-90 SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE AGENCY REQUESTS OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 79	South Carolina S 79 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Hembree Zell	7	21	2	2024-12-11	2025-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/26049dfe-0fac-47b6-8054-732fda3dc5c3	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=79&session=126&summary=B	dfb0356a8ef8e5e21e0f6691587abad2a4dad4b9de6e53fd8f5713e034a7b976	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 79 (2025-2026) — Noncertified Teacher Pilot Program

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-18-1115 SO AS TO ESTABLISH A FIVE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM TO PERMIT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HIRE NONCERTIFIED TEACHERS IN A RATIO UP TO TEN PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE TEACHING STAFF OF THE DISTRICT, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED PARTICIPATION AND IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS, AMONG OTHER THINGS; AND BY ADDING SECTION 23-3-90 SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE AGENCY REQUESTS OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/26/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/26/2025-A (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/04/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/01/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/06/2025 (committee substitute) — source
7. 12/11/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• 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
• 2025-02-26 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-03-04 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2025-03-05 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-06 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-03-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2025-05-01 Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-06 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-05-06 Roll call Yeas-112 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 48
• 2025-05-12 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-19 Effective date See Act for Effective Date
• 2025-05-19 Act No. 30

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26049dfe-0fac-47b6-8054-732fda3dc5c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).