republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-5073.md

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Bill	Public school grading	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-29-250 SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADING SYSTEMS, TO CONDITION ELIGIBILITY FOR CREDIT RECOVERY AND CONTENT RECOVERY ON COMPLETION OF REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS, TO LIMIT THE USE OF CERTAIN ASSESSMENTS, TO PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE TO EVALUATE AND RECOMMEND REVISIONS TO THE UNIFORM GRADING POLICY, AND TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDED REVISIONS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 5073	South Carolina H 5073 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	B. Newton Ballentine Bradley Brewer Brittain Burns Chapman Chumley Cox Crawford Cromer D. Mitchell Edgerton Erickson G.M. Smith Gagnon Gibson Gilreath Guest Guffey Haddon Hartnett Hewitt J.E. Johnson Lastinger Lawson Long McCabe McCravy McGinnis Montgomery Moss Neese Oremus Pace Pedalino Rankin Robbins Schuessler Sessions T. Moore Teeple Terribile Vaughan W. Newton White	8	28	6	2026-01-29	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/2be48aaa-e450-473c-9b7b-04901c685822	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5073&session=126&summary=B	89ea090c42de6106b05b05d9417a94574029c0ebbc0920624152bf6b5443820c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 5073 (2025-2026) — Public school grading

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-29-250 SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADING SYSTEMS, TO CONDITION ELIGIBILITY FOR CREDIT RECOVERY AND CONTENT RECOVERY ON COMPLETION OF REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS, TO LIMIT THE USE OF CERTAIN ASSESSMENTS, TO PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE TO EVALUATE AND RECOMMEND REVISIONS TO THE UNIFORM GRADING POLICY, AND TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDED REVISIONS, 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. 01/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/26/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/03/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/04/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/21/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 04/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/06/2026 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2nd Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage of Bill — 110–2 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 3 — 79–29 (pass) · lower
• Table Motion to Recommit — 92–20 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 114–3 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 6 — 77–31 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Ballentine — primary (person)
• Bradley — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• Brittain — primary (person)
• Burns — primary (person)
• Chapman — primary (person)
• Chumley — primary (person)
• Cox — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Cromer — primary (person)
• D. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Edgerton — primary (person)
• Erickson — primary (person)
• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Gagnon — primary (person)
• Gibson — primary (person)
• Gilreath — primary (person)
• Guest — primary (person)
• Guffey — primary (person)
• Haddon — primary (person)
• Hartnett — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• J.E. Johnson — primary (person)
• Lastinger — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• McCabe — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• McGinnis — primary (person)
• Montgomery — primary (person)
• Moss — primary (person)
• Neese — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Pace — primary (person)
• Pedalino — primary (person)
• Rankin — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• Schuessler — primary (person)
• Sessions — primary (person)
• T. Moore — primary (person)
• Teeple — primary (person)
• Terribile — primary (person)
• Vaughan — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• White — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-29 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Oremus, Teeple
• 2026-02-17 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lastinger
• 2026-02-19 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Burns
• 2026-02-26 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-03 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hewitt, Haddon, Cromer, Gilreath, Hartnett
• 2026-03-03 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-03 Requests for debate-Rep(s). McDaniel, King, JL Johnson, Reese Gilliard, Waters, Rivers, Anderson, Dillard, and Jones
• 2026-03-04 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ballentine
• 2026-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-04 Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-2
• 2026-03-05 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-03-10 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-04-21 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-29 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-04-29 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-04-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-29 Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
• 2026-04-30 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-06 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-05-06 Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-3
• 2026-05-06 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-05-15 Ratified R 254
• 2026-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-02 Effective date 07/01/26
• 2026-06-02 Act No. 204

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2be48aaa-e450-473c-9b7b-04901c685822. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).