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type: "Bill"
title: "Charleston County School District"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE GOVERNING BODY THEREOF, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH ITS MEMBERS ARE ELECTED, SO AS TO REVISE THE AREAS FROM WHICH BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A PERSON ESTABLISHES A NEW RESIDENCE IN CHARLESTON COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL TO WHICH THE NEW RESIDENCE IS ASSIGNED IS FIFTEEN OR MORE ROAD MILES AWAY FROM THE NEW RESIDENCE, THEN THE RECEIVING CONSTITUENT SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST ACCEPT A CHILD RESIDING IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED RESIDENCE; AND TO REPEAL INCONSISTENT LOCAL ACTS. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 5034"
citation: "South Carolina H 5034 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Brown", "Cogswell", "Hewitt", "Mace", "Matthews", "McCoy", "Moore", "Pendarvis", "Sottile", "Stavrinakis"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/712ed38d-507b-46ad-be9f-cf2af17c4bc6"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5034&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "0ecd4634d6850436a6373faad33d7cd0444bfe34fcf54ca96f2d33ae6e419c40"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
---
# South Carolina H 5034 (2019-2020) — Charleston County School District
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE GOVERNING BODY THEREOF, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH ITS MEMBERS ARE ELECTED, SO AS TO REVISE THE AREAS FROM WHICH BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A PERSON ESTABLISHES A NEW RESIDENCE IN CHARLESTON COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL TO WHICH THE NEW RESIDENCE IS ASSIGNED IS FIFTEEN OR MORE ROAD MILES AWAY FROM THE NEW RESIDENCE, THEN THE RECEIVING CONSTITUENT SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST ACCEPT A CHILD RESIDING IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED RESIDENCE; AND TO REPEAL INCONSISTENT LOCAL ACTS. - ratified title
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/bills/5034.htm)
2. **1/28/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/5034_20200128.htm)
3. **1/29/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/5034_20200129.htm)
4. **1/30/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/5034_20200130.htm)
5. **2/4/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/5034_20200204.htm)
6. **2/5/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/5034_20200205.htm)
7. **5/12/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/5034_20200512.htm)
8. **5/13/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/5034_20200513.htm)
## Votes
- Passage of Bill — **860** (pass) · lower
- Concur in Senate Amendments — **1060** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Brown — primary (person)
- Cogswell — primary (person)
- Hewitt — primary (person)
- Mace — primary (person)
- Matthews — primary (person)
- McCoy — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Pendarvis — primary (person)
- Sottile — primary (person)
- Stavrinakis — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-28** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Charleston Delegation
- **2020-01-29** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hewitt
- **2020-01-29** Delegation report: Favorable Charleston Delegation
- **2020-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Roll call Yeas-86 Nays-0
- **2020-01-30** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2020-01-30** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2020-01-31** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-04** Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2020-03-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-12** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-13** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2020-06-24** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
- **2020-06-24** Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
- **2020-06-25** Ratified R 147
- **2020-06-29** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-07** Effective date 06/29/20
- **2020-10-09** Act No. 182
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/712ed38d-507b-46ad-be9f-cf2af17c4bc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).