republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2025-2026/h-4756.md

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Bill	South Carolina Student Physical Privacy Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SOUTH CAROLINA STUDENT PHYSICAL PRIVACY ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 23, TITLE 59 SO AS TO PROVIDE VARIOUS MEASURES TO PROMOTE AND ENSURE PRIVACY AMONG SEXES USING CERTAIN FACILITIES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE, AMONG OTHER THINGS. - RATIFIED TITLE	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2025-2026	H 4756	South Carolina H 4756 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	B. Newton Bailey Ballentine Bowers Brewer Brittain Bustos C. Mitchell Caskey Chapman Chumley Crawford Cromer D. Mitchell Davis Duncan Edgerton Forrest G.M. Smith Gagnon Gatch Gibson Gilliam Gilreath Guest Guffey Hardee Hartz Herbkersman Hewitt Hiott Hixon Holman Huff J.E. Johnson Landing Lastinger Lawson Ligon Long Lowe M.M. Smith Magnuson Martin McCabe McCravy McGinnis Oremus Pedalino Pope Rankin Robbins Sanders Schuessler Sessions T. Moore Taylor Teeple Terribile Vaughan W. Newton White Whitmire Wickensimer Willis Wooten Yow	9	35	12	2025-12-16	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/5fd2c983-8a9e-4349-8991-58f6555e1dac	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4756&session=126&summary=B	5e484ad80bf5ec08409033f897c116aac196f261527bba3594f5dc05039800b5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4756 (2025-2026) — South Carolina Student Physical Privacy Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SOUTH CAROLINA STUDENT PHYSICAL PRIVACY ACT" BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 23, TITLE 59 SO AS TO PROVIDE VARIOUS MEASURES TO PROMOTE AND ENSURE PRIVACY AMONG SEXES USING CERTAIN FACILITIES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE, 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. 01/22/2026 (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/28/2026 (committee substitute) — source
4. 01/29/2026 (committee substitute) — source
5. 02/03/2026 (committee substitute) — source
6. 03/17/2026 (committee substitute) — source
7. 03/25/2026 (committee substitute) — source
8. 04/01/2026 (committee substitute) — source
9. 12/17/2025 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 96–19 (pass) · lower
• Concur in Senate Amendments — 77–31 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 35–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 33–2 (pass) · upper
• Table Amendment 2 — 80–31 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 27 — 82–30 (pass) · lower
• Adjourn For The Day — 27–87 (fail) · lower
• Table Amendment 5 — 85–32 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 28 — 80–30 (pass) · lower
• Cloture — 83–32 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 3 — 86–30 (pass) · lower
• Table Amendment 6 — 85–30 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Newton — primary (person)
• Bailey — primary (person)
• Ballentine — primary (person)
• Bowers — primary (person)
• Brewer — primary (person)
• Brittain — primary (person)
• Bustos — primary (person)
• C. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Caskey — primary (person)
• Chapman — primary (person)
• Chumley — primary (person)
• Crawford — primary (person)
• Cromer — primary (person)
• D. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• Duncan — primary (person)
• Edgerton — primary (person)
• Forrest — primary (person)
• G.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Gagnon — primary (person)
• Gatch — primary (person)
• Gibson — primary (person)
• Gilliam — primary (person)
• Gilreath — primary (person)
• Guest — primary (person)
• Guffey — primary (person)
• Hardee — primary (person)
• Hartz — primary (person)
• Herbkersman — primary (person)
• Hewitt — primary (person)
• Hiott — primary (person)
• Hixon — primary (person)
• Holman — primary (person)
• Huff — primary (person)
• J.E. Johnson — primary (person)
• Landing — primary (person)
• Lastinger — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Ligon — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• Lowe — primary (person)
• M.M. Smith — primary (person)
• Magnuson — primary (person)
• Martin — primary (person)
• McCabe — primary (person)
• McCravy — primary (person)
• McGinnis — primary (person)
• Oremus — primary (person)
• Pedalino — primary (person)
• Pope — primary (person)
• Rankin — primary (person)
• Robbins — primary (person)
• Sanders — primary (person)
• Schuessler — primary (person)
• Sessions — primary (person)
• T. Moore — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Teeple — primary (person)
• Terribile — primary (person)
• Vaughan — primary (person)
• W. Newton — primary (person)
• White — primary (person)
• Whitmire — primary (person)
• Wickensimer — primary (person)
• Willis — primary (person)
• Wooten — primary (person)
• Yow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-16 Prefiled filing
• 2025-12-16 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White, D.Mitchell, Cromer, Gilreath, Huff
• 2026-01-15 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Landing
• 2026-01-21 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lastinger, Teeple, Guffey, McCabe
• 2026-01-22 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-28 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gibson
• 2026-01-28 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-01-28 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Hiott, Pope, Magnuson, McCravy, Edgerton, Gisbson, Terribile, Morgan, Calhoon, Cox, Ford, Cromer, Robbins, Gatch, Whitmire, Duncan
• 2026-01-28 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers
• 2026-01-29 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-29 Roll call Yeas-96 Nays-19
• 2026-02-03 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-03 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-02-04 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-03-17 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-24 Special order, set for March 24, 2026
• 2026-03-25 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2026-03-25 Amended amendment-passage
• 2026-03-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-25 Roll call Ayes-35 Nays-2
• 2026-03-26 Read third time and returned to House with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-26 Roll call Ayes-33 Nays-2
• 2026-04-01 Debate adjourned until Tues., 4-14-26
• 2026-04-01 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2026-04-15 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
• 2026-04-15 Roll call Yeas-77 Nays-31
• 2026-05-14 Ratified R 202
• 2026-05-15 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date 05/15/26
• 2026-05-26 Act No. 152

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5fd2c983-8a9e-4349-8991-58f6555e1dac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).