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type: "Bill"
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title: "Military Temporary Remote School Enrollment Act"
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
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legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "H 3797"
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citation: "South Carolina H 3797 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B.J. Cox", "Beach", "Blackwell", "Bradley", "Erickson", "G.M. Smith", "Hixon", "Long", "McCravy", "Oremus", "Taylor", "W. Newton", "Williams"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-01-25"
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last_action: "2023-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dc24e57-b8f3-423a-8e3f-949ace4f68cc"
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source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3797&session=125&summary=B"
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source_hash: "69337e5e171ce3fc28479d232dcb1c715df4f1e103246a505c59d6d94df2f896"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
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---
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# South Carolina H 3797 (2023-2024) — Military Temporary Remote School Enrollment Act
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3797.htm)
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2. **1/25/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3797_20230125.htm)
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3. **2/15/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3797_20230215.htm)
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4. **4/13/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3797_20230413.htm)
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5. **5/9/2023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3797_20230509.htm)
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## Votes
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- Concur in Senate Amendments — **112–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage of Bill — **120–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- B.J. Cox — primary (person)
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- Beach — primary (person)
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- Blackwell — primary (person)
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- Bradley — primary (person)
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- Erickson — primary (person)
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- G.M. Smith — primary (person)
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- Hixon — primary (person)
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- Long — primary (person)
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- McCravy — primary (person)
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- Oremus — primary (person)
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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- W. Newton — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-25** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-15** Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-16** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton, Williams
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- **2023-02-21** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McCravy, Long, Hixon, Taylor, Oremus, Blackwell, Erickson, Bradley
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- **2023-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-21** Roll call Yeas-120 Nays-0
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- **2023-02-22** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-22** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-12** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-13** Scrivener's error corrected
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- **2023-05-09** Committee Amendment Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-09** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
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- **2023-05-10** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-11** Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
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- **2023-05-11** Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0
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- **2023-05-11** Ratified R 48
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- **2023-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-26** Effective date 05/16/23
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- **2023-05-26** Act No. 40
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9dc24e57-b8f3-423a-8e3f-949ace4f68cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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