republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-202.md

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Bill	Inspector General, definitions	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-6-35 SO AS TO PROVIDE UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL MAY INVESTIGATE CERTAIN SCHOOLS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 1-6-10, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL, SO AS TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 202	South Carolina S 202 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Bennett Hembree	13	38	5	2020-12-09	2022-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/48fafdef-6aea-4a92-8bd9-2d99fd2abcd1	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=202&session=124&summary=B	1b2eeca627bd8d828d5439055b34732498c4518b13e3ce4091d9f0543c77ce3a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 202 (2021-2022) — Inspector General, definitions

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-6-35 SO AS TO PROVIDE UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL MAY INVESTIGATE CERTAIN SCHOOLS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 1-6-10, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL, SO AS TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 12/9/2020 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/11/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/12/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/31/2022 (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/31/2022-A (committee substitute) — source
7. 4/4/2022 (committee substitute) — source
8. 4/5/2022 (committee substitute) — source
9. 5/10/2022 (committee substitute) — source
10. 5/11/2022 (committee substitute) — source
11. 5/3/2022 (committee substitute) — source
12. 6/10/2022 (committee substitute) — source
13. 6/15/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Waive Rule 32A — 39–3 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• to adopt the conference report — 39–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 40–1 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 105–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Hembree — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-09 Prefiled filing
• 2020-12-09 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-25 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 2021-02-25 Recommitted to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2021-03-11 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-12 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-03-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-31 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-03-31 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-04-04 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-04-05 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-04-05 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2022-04-05 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-1
• 2022-04-06 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2022-04-06 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-05-03 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-05 Debate adjourned
• 2022-05-10 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-05-10 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Govan, JL Johnson, McDaniel, Ott, Henegan, Thigpen, Rivers, Robinson, Jefferson
• 2022-05-11 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-05-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-05-11 Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
• 2022-05-12 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-12 Non-concurrence in House amendment
• 2022-05-12 House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. Bernstein, Caskey, Collins
• 2022-05-12 Conference committee appointed Hembree, Young, Hutto
• 2022-06-10 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-06-15 Conference report received and adopted
• 2022-06-15 Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
• 2022-06-15 Conference report received and adopted
• 2022-06-15 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-2
• 2022-06-15 Ordered enrolled for ratification
• 2022-06-16 Ratified R 251
• 2022-06-17 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-06-28 Effective date 06/17/22
• 2022-06-28 Act No. 223

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48fafdef-6aea-4a92-8bd9-2d99fd2abcd1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).