republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-3863.md

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Bill	South Carolina STEM Opportunity Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SOUTH CAROLINA STEM OPPORTUNITY ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 17 TO CHAPTER 1, TITLE 13 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) COALITION, THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) EDUCATION FUND, AND THE SC STEM COALITION ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND TO PROVIDE THEIR RESPECTIVE PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 3863	South Carolina H 3863 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Davis Henderson-Myers M.M. Smith Pope Rivers Waters	7	26	3	2025-01-30	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/8fcc0da1-327d-4090-b0db-545062e94285	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3863&session=126&summary=B	5ae7fc49f2dc7027441786a500164ef881cf4acd642c1351b46b5b6ce9017330	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 3863 (2025-2026) — South Carolina STEM Opportunity Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SOUTH CAROLINA STEM OPPORTUNITY ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 17 TO CHAPTER 1, TITLE 13 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) COALITION, THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) EDUCATION FUND, AND THE SC STEM COALITION ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND TO PROVIDE THEIR RESPECTIVE PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS, 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. 01/30/2025 (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/02/2025 (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/08/2025 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/09/2025 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/05/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/06/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Davis — primary (person)
• Henderson-Myers — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Rivers — primary (person)
• Waters — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-30 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-30 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2025-03-25 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith
• 2025-04-01 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Rivers
• 2025-04-02 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-03 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers
• 2025-04-08 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Waters, Pope
• 2025-04-08 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-04-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-08 Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
• 2025-04-09 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-09 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-04-09 Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-05-05 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-06 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-05-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-06 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2026-05-07 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-12 Debate adjourned
• 2026-05-13 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-13 Roll call Yeas-115 Nays-0
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 185
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date 05/15/26
• 2026-05-26 Act No. 142

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8fcc0da1-327d-4090-b0db-545062e94285. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).