republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/s-711.md

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Bill	School Guard Requirements	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-63-60, RELATING TO SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS TO DIRECT AND CONTROL TRAFFIC ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS NEAR SCHOOLS TO REDUCE CONGESTION RELATED TO STUDENT DROP-OFF AND PICKUP, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN VISIBILITY GARMENT OR EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE CERTAIN TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	S 711	South Carolina S 711 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Johnson Walker Zell	5	20	2	2025-12-10	2026-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/3886d375-ce95-4e46-a497-908088d00832	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=711&session=126&summary=B	9a936158151408a8253ef5bd7dba8bc542c3ff4b6c4ad69689bc2a5d0e729740	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 711 (2025-2026) — School Guard Requirements

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-63-60, RELATING TO SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS TO DIRECT AND CONTROL TRAFFIC ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS NEAR SCHOOLS TO REDUCE CONGESTION RELATED TO STUDENT DROP-OFF AND PICKUP, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN VISIBILITY GARMENT OR EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE CERTAIN TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. - RATIFIED TITLE

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 03/11/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/17/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/05/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 12/10/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 41–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Johnson — primary (person)
• Walker — primary (person)
• Zell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-10 Prefiled filing
• 2025-12-10 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-17 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-25 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-2
• 2026-03-26 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-03-31 Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works referral-committee
• 2026-05-05 Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-07 Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0
• 2026-05-07 Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
• 2026-05-08 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 148
• 2026-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-27 Effective date 05/18/26
• 2026-05-27 Act No. 169

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3886d375-ce95-4e46-a497-908088d00832. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).