republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3247.md

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Bill	Excused school absences	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-462 SO AS TO EXCUSE ABSENCES, NOT TO EXCEED TEN SCHOOL DAYS PER SCHOOL YEAR, FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WHEN PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCES, AND TO PROVIDE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AND COMPLETING ASSIGNMENTS MISSED DURING SUCH EXCUSED ABSENCES. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3247	South Carolina H 3247 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Bowers C. Mitchell Chumley Garvin Govan Haddon Hixon Ligon Pedalino Pope Rivers Spann-Wilder Yow	7	27	3	2024-12-05	2025-05-07	openstates	ocd-bill/35363136-c093-4155-87fc-69ac940cc3b5	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3247&session=126&summary=B	b2bca51a916da9493fe90ab6ea3f5ccc708231bbabed68af58af93dd55f0de17	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3247 (2025-2026) — Excused school absences

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-1-462 SO AS TO EXCUSE ABSENCES, NOT TO EXCEED TEN SCHOOL DAYS PER SCHOOL YEAR, FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WHEN PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCES, AND TO PROVIDE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AND COMPLETING ASSIGNMENTS MISSED DURING SUCH EXCUSED ABSENCES. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 02/06/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/11/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/26/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/04/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 03/05/2025 (committee substitute) — source
7. 12/05/2024 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concur in Senate Amendments — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 106–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bowers — primary (person)
• C. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Chumley — primary (person)
• Garvin — primary (person)
• Govan — primary (person)
• Haddon — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• Pedalino — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Rivers — primary (person)
• Spann-Wilder — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-05 Prefiled filing
• 2024-12-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2025-02-06 Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-11 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers
• 2025-02-11 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-02-12 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hixon, Yow, C.Mitchell, Ligon
• 2025-02-12 Debate adjourned until Thur., 2-13-25
• 2025-02-13 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Rivers, Govan
• 2025-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-13 Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
• 2025-02-13 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2025-02-18 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-18 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2025-02-26 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-03-04 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
• 2025-03-05 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2025-03-05 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-25 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2025-03-25 Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0
• 2025-04-24 Ratified R 17
• 2025-04-28 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-07 Effective date 04/28/25
• 2025-05-07 Act No. 6

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35363136-c093-4155-87fc-69ac940cc3b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).