republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-969.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Board of Education	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-325 SO AS TO PROVIDE EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL DISPLAY DEPICTIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE FLAGS AND MOTTOS OF THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH CAROLINA BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2023, TO PROVIDE RELATED REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND TO MAKE THESE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC FUNDING; BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-465 SO AS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SHALL ALLOW YOUTH PATRIOTIC SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES TO ADDRESS STUDENTS ON CERTAIN TOPICS DURING PATRIOT DAY, CONSTITUTION DAY, OR PATRIOTISM WEEK EVENTS, TO PROVIDE RELATED IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS, AND TO DEFINE RELATED TERMS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 53-3-150, RELATING TO PATRIOTISM WEEK OBSERVATIONS, SO AS TO MAKE SUCH OBSERVATIONS MANDATORY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TO INCLUDE MANDATORY OBSERVATIONS FOR PATRIOT DAY AND CONSTITUTION DAY, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 969	South Carolina S 969 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Adams Cash Climer Gambrell Garrett Gustafson Hembree Kimbrell Loftis M. Johnson Peeler Rice Shealy Talley Turner Verdin	7	20	3	2022-01-12	2022-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/1a820376-8680-4670-a833-414ff5875d4c	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=969&session=124&summary=B	8a23e8874ba752acf851abf03a784a74c36d0356991f39b0a6f95c2351da281d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 969 (2021-2022) — Board of Education

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-325 SO AS TO PROVIDE EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL DISPLAY DEPICTIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE FLAGS AND MOTTOS OF THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH CAROLINA BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2023, TO PROVIDE RELATED REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND TO MAKE THESE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC FUNDING; BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-465 SO AS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SHALL ALLOW YOUTH PATRIOTIC SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES TO ADDRESS STUDENTS ON CERTAIN TOPICS DURING PATRIOT DAY, CONSTITUTION DAY, OR PATRIOTISM WEEK EVENTS, TO PROVIDE RELATED IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS, AND TO DEFINE RELATED TERMS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 53-3-150, RELATING TO PATRIOTISM WEEK OBSERVATIONS, SO AS TO MAKE SUCH OBSERVATIONS MANDATORY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TO INCLUDE MANDATORY OBSERVATIONS FOR PATRIOT DAY AND CONSTITUTION DAY, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/12/2022 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/30/2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/31/2022 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/5/2022 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/10/2022 (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/4/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 104–0 (pass) · lower
• Table Motion to Adjourn Debate — 81–21 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adams — primary (person)
• Cash — primary (person)
• Climer — primary (person)
• Gambrell — primary (person)
• Garrett — primary (person)
• Gustafson — primary (person)
• Hembree — primary (person)
• Kimbrell — primary (person)
• Loftis — primary (person)
• M. Johnson — primary (person)
• Peeler — primary (person)
• Rice — primary (person)
• Shealy — primary (person)
• Talley — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)
• Verdin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2022-03-30 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-31 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-04-05 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-04-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-04-05 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2022-04-06 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2022-04-07 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2022-04-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2022-05-04 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-10 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-05-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-05-10 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0
• 2022-05-11 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-12 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2022-05-12 Ratified R 181
• 2022-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-31 Effective date 07/01/23
• 2022-05-31 Act No. 177

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a820376-8680-4670-a833-414ff5875d4c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).