South Carolina House Bill 5571

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: Introduced on April 23 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-04-23 - Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
Pending: House Education and Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-101-700 So As To Define Terms Related To An Employee Of A Public Institution Of Higher Learning And An Employee's Business, To Require That Every Public Institution Of Higher Learning Establish And Maintain A Secure Electronic Reporting System For Each Employee To Annually Disclose Any Business With Which He Is Associated, And To Require The Institution To Adopt Policies And Procedures Necessary To Implement And Enforce These Requirements.

Public Institutions of Higher Learning disclosures

Rep. Adam Duncan [R]	Rep. Shannon Erickson [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Bradley [R]	Rep. Phillip Bowers [R]
Rep. William Whitmire [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-23	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
2026-04-23	House	Introduced and read first time

S1106 (Similar To) 2026-04-07 - Referred to Committee on Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	101	700	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5571&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/5571_20260423.htm