republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-3797.md

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Bill	Military Temporary Remote School Enrollment Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "MILITARY TEMPORARY REMOTE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-33 SO AS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS COMPLY WITH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS IF THEIR PARENTS ARE TRANSFERRED TO OR ARE PENDING TRANSFER TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN THIS STATE WHILE ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY PURSUANT TO OFFICIAL MILITARY ORDERS, TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR ENROLLMENT AND COURSE REGISTRATION FROM SUCH PUPILS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, TO PROVIDE PARENTS OF SUCH STUDENTS SHALL PROVIDE CERTAIN PROOF OF RESIDENCE AFTER ARRIVAL, TO PROVIDE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANOTHER PROVISION OF LAW, TO PROVIDE AMBIGUITIES IN CONSTRUING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT MUST BE RESOLVED IN FAVOR OF ENROLLMENT, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMINOLOGY. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 3797	South Carolina H 3797 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	B.J. Cox Beach Blackwell Bradley Erickson G.M. Smith Hixon Long McCravy Oremus Taylor W. Newton Williams	5	22	3	2023-01-25	2023-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/9dc24e57-b8f3-423a-8e3f-949ace4f68cc	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3797&session=125&summary=B	69337e5e171ce3fc28479d232dcb1c715df4f1e103246a505c59d6d94df2f896	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3797 (2023-2024) — Military Temporary Remote School Enrollment Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "MILITARY TEMPORARY REMOTE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-33 SO AS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS COMPLY WITH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS IF THEIR PARENTS ARE TRANSFERRED TO OR ARE PENDING TRANSFER TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN THIS STATE WHILE ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY PURSUANT TO OFFICIAL MILITARY ORDERS, TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR ENROLLMENT AND COURSE REGISTRATION FROM SUCH PUPILS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, TO PROVIDE PARENTS OF SUCH STUDENTS SHALL PROVIDE CERTAIN PROOF OF RESIDENCE AFTER ARRIVAL, TO PROVIDE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANOTHER PROVISION OF LAW, TO PROVIDE AMBIGUITIES IN CONSTRUING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT MUST BE RESOLVED IN FAVOR OF ENROLLMENT, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMINOLOGY. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 1/25/2023 (committee substitute) — source
3. 2/15/2023 (committee substitute) — source
4. 4/13/2023 (committee substitute) — source
5. 5/9/2023 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 120–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B.J. Cox — primary (person)
• Beach — primary (person)
• Blackwell — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-25 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-25 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2023-02-15 Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-16 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton, Williams
• 2023-02-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McCravy, Long, Hixon, Taylor, Oremus, Blackwell, Erickson, Bradley
• 2023-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-02-21 Roll call Yeas-120 Nays-0
• 2023-02-22 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-22 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-22 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-13 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2023-05-09 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2023-05-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2023-05-09 Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
• 2023-05-10 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-11 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2023-05-11 Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0
• 2023-05-11 Ratified R 48
• 2023-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-26 Effective date 05/16/23
• 2023-05-26 Act No. 40

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9dc24e57-b8f3-423a-8e3f-949ace4f68cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).