South Carolina House Bill 4762

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 47)
Status: Engrossed on March 3 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-03-04 - Referred to Committee on Education
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-1-335 So As To Authorize School Districts And Charter Schools To Implement Certain Volunteer School Chaplain Policies; And By Adding Section 59-1-485 So As To Provide For The Display Of The Ten Commandments And Other Historical Documents In Public School And Postsecondary Classrooms.

School volunteer chaplains and historical displays

Rep. Steven Long [R]	Rep. William Bailey [R]	Rep. Gary Brewer [R]	Rep. Micajah Caskey [R]
Rep. Don Chapman [R]	Rep. Heather Crawford [R]	Rep. Sylleste Davis [R]	Rep. Cally Forrest [R]
Rep. Gil Gatch [R]	Rep. Doug Gilliam [R]	Rep. Val Guest [R]	Rep. Patrick Haddon [R]
Rep. Davey Hiott [R]	Rep. William Hixon [R]	Rep. Harriet Holman [R]	Rep. Brian Lawson [R]
Rep. Randy Ligon [R]	Rep. Phillip Lowe [R]	Rep. John Mccravy [R]	Rep. Cody Mitchell [R]
Rep. Travis Moore [R]	Rep. Weston Newton [R]	Rep. Melissa Oremus [R]	Rep. Fawn Pedalino [R]
Rep. Thomas Pope [R]	Rep. Luke Rankin [R]	Rep. Robby Robbins [R]	Rep. Blake Sanders [R]
Rep. Carla Schuessler [R]	Rep. Heath Sessions [R]	Rep. Murrell Smith [R]	Rep. Marvin Smith [R]
Rep. Bill Taylor [R]	Rep. David Vaughan [R]	Rep. William Whitmire [R]	Rep. Mark Willis [R]
Rep. Christopher Wooten [R]	Rep. Richard Yow [R]	Rep. Brandon Newton [R]	Rep. William Chumley [R]
Rep. Sarita Edgerton [R]	Rep. Josiah Magnuson [R]	Rep. Joe White [R]	Rep. John Lastinger [R]
Rep. Dianne Mitchell [R]	Rep. April Cromer [R]	Rep. Lee Gilreath [R]

2026-02-25 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 84 N: 31 NV: 2 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Adopt Amendment 27 Amendment Number 27 (Y: 84 N: 28 NV: 7 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 27 Amendment Number 27 (Y: 28 N: 82 NV: 9 Abs: 5) [FAIL]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 26 Amendment Number 26 (Y: 83 N: 32 NV: 5 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 25 Amendment Number 25 (Y: 83 N: 31 NV: 5 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 24 Amendment Number 24 (Y: 86 N: 30 NV: 4 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 23 Amendment Number 23 (Y: 77 N: 36 NV: 6 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 21 Amendment Number 21 (Y: 81 N: 33 NV: 5 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 20 Amendment Number 20 (Y: 86 N: 24 NV: 9 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 19 Amendment Number 19sub (Y: 84 N: 27 NV: 8 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 18 Amendment Number 18 (Y: 85 N: 30 NV: 4 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 16 Amendment Number 16 (Y: 82 N: 28 NV: 9 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 15 Amendment Number 15 (Y: 85 N: 31 NV: 3 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Adopt Amendment 13 Amendment Number 13sub (Y: 81 N: 23 NV: 15 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 13 Amendment Number 13sub (Y: 28 N: 81 NV: 10 Abs: 5) [FAIL]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 12 Amendment Number 12 (Y: 81 N: 30 NV: 8 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 11 Amendment Number 11 (Y: 83 N: 30 NV: 6 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 10 Amendment Number 10 (Y: 79 N: 31 NV: 8 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 9 Amendment Number 9 (Y: 80 N: 31 NV: 8 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 8 Amendment Number 8 (Y: 76 N: 31 NV: 11 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 7 Amendment Number 7 (Y: 73 N: 33 NV: 13 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Cloture (Y: 23 N: 73 NV: 22 Abs: 6) [FAIL]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 6 Amendment Number 6 (Y: 79 N: 33 NV: 7 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 3 Amendment Number 3 (Y: 79 N: 35 NV: 6 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Adopt Amendment 1 Amendment Number 1 (Y: 76 N: 38 NV: 6 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Table Amendment 1 Amendment Number 1 (Y: 35 N: 78 NV: 7 Abs: 4) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2026-03-04	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2026-03-03	House	Read third time and sent to Senate
2026-02-26		Scrivener's error corrected
2026-02-26		Scrivener's error corrected
2026-02-25	House	Roll call Yeas-84 Nays-31
2026-02-25	House	Read second time
2026-02-25	House	Amended
2026-02-25	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer, Gilreath
2026-02-19	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: D.Mitchell
2026-02-17	House	Requests for debate-Rep
2026-02-17		Scrivener's error corrected
2026-02-17	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Lastinger
2026-02-12	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2026-01-20	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White
2026-01-13	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2026-01-13	House	Introduced and read first time
2025-12-16	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2025-12-16	House	Prefiled

H3217 (Similar To) 2026-01-22 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pope

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	335	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	485	(n/a)	See Bill Text

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Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4762_20251217.htm
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Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/4762_20260226A.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/fiscalimpactstatements/H4762%202026-01-13%20introduced.pdf
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