South Carolina Senate Bill 62

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: Passed on May 12 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-05-12 - Act No. 11
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-8-110, Relating To Definitions Concerning The Education Scholarship Trust Fund, So As To Revise Definitions; By Amending Section 59-8-115, Relating To Scholarship Application Criteria And Procedures, So As Provide Requirements Concerning Priority And General Applications, To Provide Certain Exemption Acknowledgement Requirements For Nonpublic Education Service Providers, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-8-120, Relating To The Establishment Of The South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund, So As To Recharacterize Its Corpus And Revise Its Usages, To Establish A Trustee Appointment For The Fund And To Provide The Qualifications And Duties Of The Trustee, And To Establish Scholarship Allocation Amounts And Accountability Measures; By Amending Section 59-8-125, Relating To Scholarship Fund Payments, So As To Provide For The Role Of The Trustee In Making Such Payments, To Provide For Trustee Payments, And To Provide Terms For A Contractual Relationship For The Performance Of The Trustee's Duties, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-8-130, Relating To Scholarship Eligibility Termination Notice Requirements, So As To Restate The Section; By Amending Section 59-8-135, Relating To Scholarship Participant Number Limitations, So As To Revise The Limitations, Enable Increases, And Remove A Periodic Program Eligibility And Use Review Requirement; By Amending Section 59-8-140, Relating To Education Service Provider Program Participation Requirements, So As To Include Eligible Schools, And To Remove Certain Administrative Requirements Of The State Department Of Education; By Amending Section 58-8-145, Relating To Miscellaneous Department Administrative Requirements, So As To Remove A Provision Allowing The Department To Contract With Qualified Organizations For Related Assistance; By Adding Section 59-8-147 So As To Provide The Department Shall Post Certain Information About The Program On Its Internet Website, To Provide Requirements Of The Department Concerning The Application Process, And To Provide A Grace Period For Applicants To Correct Minor Errors; By Amending Section 59-8-150, Relating To Education Service Provider Requirements, So As To Expand Employee Criminal Background Checks, To Revise Employee Surety Bond Requirements, To Revise Assessment Requirements, And To Remove A Provision Authorizing The Department To Promulgate Related Regulations, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-8-160, Relating To The Education Scholarship Trust Fund Review Panel, So As To Restate The Section; By Amending Section 59-8-165, Relating To District-level Student Transfer Policies, So As To Replace The Existing Language With Provisions Concerning Interdistrict Transfers; By Amending Section 59-8-170, Relating To An Exemption From High School League Transfer Eligibility Rules For Interdistrict Transfer Scholarship Students, So As To Make The Provision Applicable To Scholarship And Nonscholarship Students, And To Provide Subsequent Transfers Are Subject To High School League Eligibility Rules; And By Amending Section 59-150-350, Relating To Scholarships Designated To Receive Lottery Funding, So As To Include The South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund. - Ratified Title

Education Scholarship Trust Fund

Sen. Greg Hembree [R]

Sen. Rex Rice [R]

Sen. Lawrence Grooms [R]

2025-05-01 - House - House: Concur In Senate Amendments (Y: 73 N: 32 NV: 12 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2025-04-29 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment No. 13 (Y: 31 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-04-29 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment No. 12 (Y: 29 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-04-29 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment No. 11 (Y: 31 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-04-29 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment No. 9 (Y: 29 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-04-29 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment No. 8 (Y: 28 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-04-29 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment No. 7 (Y: 29 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-04-24 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment Number Rfh-2 (Y: 21 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2025-04-16 - Senate - Senate: To Adopt Amendment Number Rfh-1 (Y: 29 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-02-27 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 80 N: 32 NV: 6 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-02-26 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 79 N: 38 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-02-26 - House - House: Table Motion To Invoke Rule 3.9 (Y: 90 N: 9 NV: 20 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-02-26 - House - House: Adopt Amendment 15 Amendment Number 15 (Y: 109 N: 0 NV: 11 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-02-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 14 Amendment Number 14 (Y: 77 N: 37 NV: 6 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-02-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 13 Amendment Number 13 (Y: 57 N: 44 NV: 19 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-02-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 12 Amendment Number 12 (Y: 76 N: 36 NV: 8 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-02-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 11 Amendment Number 11 (Y: 75 N: 37 NV: 8 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-02-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 8 Amendment Number 8 (Y: 77 N: 35 NV: 8 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-02-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 7 Amendment Number 7 (Y: 76 N: 34 NV: 10 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-02-26 - House - House: Table Amendment 6 Amendment Number 6 (Y: 78 N: 37 NV: 5 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-02-26 - House - House: Adopt Amendment 1 Amendment Number 1 (Y: 82 N: 32 NV: 6 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-02-04 - Senate - Senate: 3rd Reading (Y: 31 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 32 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment Number 42 (Y: 26 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 43 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment Number 41 (Y: 32 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment Number 39 (Y: 31 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment Number 27 (Y: 30 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - Senate - Senate: To Adopt Amendment Number 14 (Y: 30 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - Senate - Senate: To Lay On The Table Amendment Number 10 (Y: 26 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2025-01-16 - Senate - Senate: To Adopt Amendment Number 1 (Y: 37 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-05-12		Act No. 11
2025-05-12		Effective date See Act for Effective Date
2025-05-07		Signed By Governor
2025-05-06		Ratified R 27
2025-05-01	House	Roll call Yeas-73 Nays-32
2025-05-01	House	Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
2025-04-29		Scrivener's error corrected
2025-04-29	Senate	Returned to House with amendments
2025-04-29	Senate	House amendment amended
2025-04-23		Scrivener's error corrected
2025-04-22		Scrivener's error corrected
2025-04-16	Senate	Roll call Ayes-29 Nays-13
2025-04-16	Senate	House amendment amended
2025-02-27	House	Roll call Yeas-80 Nays-32
2025-02-27	House	Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments
2025-02-26	House	Roll call Yeas-79 Nays-38
2025-02-26	House	Read second time
2025-02-26	House	Amended
2025-02-25	House	Requests for debate-Rep
2025-02-20	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works
2025-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
2025-02-06	House	Introduced and read first time
2025-02-04		Scrivener's error corrected
2025-02-04	Senate	Roll call Ayes-31 Nays-9
2025-02-04	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2025-01-31		Scrivener's error corrected
2025-01-30	Senate	Roll call Ayes-32 Nays-12
2025-01-30	Senate	Read second time
2025-01-30	Senate	Amended
2025-01-30		Scrivener's error corrected
2025-01-29	Senate	Debate interrupted
2025-01-29	Senate	Amended
2025-01-28	Senate	Debate interrupted
2025-01-28	Senate	Amended
2025-01-16	Senate	Roll call Ayes-37 Nays-2
2025-01-16	Senate	Amended
2025-01-15	Senate	Debate interrupted
2025-01-14	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Education
2025-01-14	Senate	Polled out of committee Education
2025-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2025-01-14	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2024-12-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2024-12-11	Senate	Prefiled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	8	145	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	150	350	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	115	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	120	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	125	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	130	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	135	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	140	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	147	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	150	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	160	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	165	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	8	170	(n/a)	See Bill Text

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