South Carolina Senate Bill 39

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 5 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-05 - Act No. 8
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #12) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Chapter 8 To Title 59 So As To The Establish The "education Scholarship Trust Fund Program", To Define Necessary Terms, To Provide Requirements For Students And Schools Seeking To Participate In The Program, To Provide Requirements For The Administration And Oversight Of The Program, To Establish And Provide For The Administration Of An Education Scholarship Trust Fund Consisting Of Funds Appropriated To Provide These Scholarships, To Provide Limitations On The Number Of Scholarships That May Be Awarded, To Provide Measures For Evaluating The Performance Of Program Participants, To Establish A Review Panel And Provide For Its Composition And Purposes, And To Clarify Student Transfer Requirements, Among Other Things. - Ratified Title

Educational Scholarship Trust Fund

Sen. Lawrence Grooms [R]

2023-04-27 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 74 N: 36 NV: 8 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 79 N: 35 NV: 4 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 26 Amendment Number 26 (Y: 77 N: 30 NV: 4 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 25 Amendment Number 25 (Y: 79 N: 32 NV: 4 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 24 Amendment Number 24 (Y: 81 N: 31 NV: 4 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 22 Amendment Number 22 (Y: 77 N: 30 NV: 4 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 21 Amendment Number 21 (Y: 79 N: 25 NV: 4 Abs: 16) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 20 Amendment Number 20 (Y: 79 N: 29 NV: 4 Abs: 12) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 19 Amendment Number 19 (Y: 76 N: 30 NV: 4 Abs: 14) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 18 Amendment Number 18 (Y: 80 N: 26 NV: 4 Abs: 14) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 17 Amendment Number 17 (Y: 78 N: 27 NV: 4 Abs: 15) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 16 Amendment Number 16 (Y: 80 N: 31 NV: 4 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 15 Amendment Number 15 (Y: 77 N: 32 NV: 4 Abs: 11) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 14 Amendment Number 14 (Y: 78 N: 25 NV: 4 Abs: 17) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 13 Amendment Number 13 (Y: 78 N: 28 NV: 4 Abs: 14) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 12 Amendment Number 12 (Y: 79 N: 31 NV: 4 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 9 Amendment Number 9 (Y: 78 N: 27 NV: 4 Abs: 15) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 8 Amendment Number 8 (Y: 80 N: 28 NV: 4 Abs: 12) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 7 Amendment Number 7 (Y: 82 N: 29 NV: 4 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 6 Amendment Number 6 (Y: 74 N: 29 NV: 4 Abs: 17) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 5 Amendment Number 5 (Y: 73 N: 29 NV: 4 Abs: 18) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 4 Amendment Number 4 (Y: 75 N: 27 NV: 4 Abs: 18) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 3 Amendment Number 3 (Y: 79 N: 27 NV: 4 Abs: 14) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 2 Amendment Number 2 (Y: 76 N: 26 NV: 4 Abs: 18) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 28 N: 15 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: To Adopt Amendment Number 61 (Y: 18 N: 25 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: To Adopt Amendment Number 58 (Y: 21 N: 20 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: To Adopt Amendment Number 54 (Y: 28 N: 15 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: To Adopt Amendment Number 52 (Y: 16 N: 27 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: To Adopt Amendment Number 50 (Y: 24 N: 18 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: To Adopt Amendment Number 48 (Y: 28 N: 14 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table (Y: 29 N: 13 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - Senate - Senate: To Carry Over Amendment Number 17 (Y: 39 N: 3 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table The Motion To Carry Over S. 39 (Y: 14 N: 29 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2023-01-24 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment Number 15 (Y: 29 N: 9 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-24 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment Number 11 (Y: 29 N: 12 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-19 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table (Y: 24 N: 14 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-05		Act No. 8
2023-05-05		Effective date 06/03/23
2023-05-04		Signed By Governor
2023-05-02		Ratified R 16
2023-04-27	House	Roll call Yeas-74 Nays-36
2023-04-27	House	Read third time and enrolled
2023-04-26	House	Roll call Yeas-79 Nays-35
2023-04-26	House	Read second time
2023-04-18	House	Requests for debate-Rep
2023-04-12		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-04-06	House	Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works
2023-02-02	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
2023-02-02	House	Introduced and read first time
2023-02-01		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-02-01	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2023-01-31	Senate	Roll call Ayes-28 Nays-15
2023-01-31	Senate	Read second time
2023-01-31	Senate	Amended
2023-01-27		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-01-26	Senate	Debate interrupted
2023-01-26	Senate	Amended
2023-01-25	Senate	Debate interrupted
2023-01-25	Senate	Amended
2023-01-24	Senate	Debate interrupted
2023-01-19	Senate	Debate interrupted
2023-01-19		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-01-18	Senate	Debate interrupted
2023-01-18	Senate	Amended
2023-01-18	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2023-01-17	Senate	Debate interrupted
2023-01-13		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-01-12	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-10	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2022-11-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2022-11-30	Senate	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	8	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	120	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	130	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	140	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	150	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	160	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	170	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	180	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	190	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	200	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	210	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	220	(n/a)	See Bill Text

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Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/S0039%202023-01-12%20amended.pdf
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Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/S0039%202023-01-31%20amended.pdf
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