South Carolina Senate Bill 298 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-9)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-02-26 - Scrivener's error corrected
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, By Adding Article 7 To Chapter 11, Title 11 So As To Provide Increased Funding To Public Institutions Of Higher Learning In The Same Percentage As General Fund Revenues Increase, To Provide Additional Funding For Certain Scholarships And To Provide Eligibility Criteria For The Funding, And To Establish The Higher Education Facilities Repair And Renovation Fund To Provide Infrastructure Funding For Institutions Of Higher Learning; By Adding Sections 59-149-170, 59-149-180, 59-104-50, And 59-104-60 So As To Normalize The Ten-point Grading Scale For Purposes Of Eligibility For Certain Scholarships; To Amend Section 59-150-370, Relating To The Hope Scholarship, So As To Normalize The Ten-point Grading Scale For Purposes Of Eligibility; By Adding Sections 59-142-80 And 59-143-40 So As To Appropriate Additional Funding For The Need-based Grant Program And To Provide Eligibility Criteria For Future Funding; To Amend Sections 59-104-25 And 59-149-15, Relating To Certain Stem Stipends, So As To Provide That The Stipend Is Available When The Student Becomes A Junior Instead Of A Sophomore; By Adding Section 59-142-90 So As To Require That The Funding To The Need-based Tuition Grants Program Must Be The Same As The Funding To The Need-based Grants; To Amend Section 2-47-40, Relating To The Joint Bond Review Committee, So As To Provide That Certain Information Be Given To The Committee Through The Executive Budget Office; By Adding Section 2-47-65 So As To Index For Inflation Project Costs For Purposes Of Determining If Certain Improvement Projects Are Permanent Improvement Projects; To Amend Section 2-47-55, Relating To A Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan, So As To Make A Conforming Change; To Amend Section 59-103-110, Relating To Approval For Construction Projects, So As To Make A Conforming Change; And By Adding Section 59-103-175 So As To Require The Commission On Higher Education Submit Policy Statements And Rules As Regulations.

Higher Ed. funding

Sen. Vincent Sheheen [D]	Sen. Harvey Peeler [R]	Sen. Darrell Jackson [D]	Sen. Kent Williams [D]
Sen. Scott Talley [R]	Sen. Nikki Setzler [D]	Sen. Chauncey Gregory [R]	Sen. Paul Campbell [R]
Sen. Michael Fanning [D]	Sen. John Scott [D]	Sen. Karl Allen [D]	Sen. Floyd Nicholson [D]
Sen. Glenn Reese [D]	Sen. Kevin Johnson [D]	Sen. Ross Turner [R]	Sen. Thomas Alexander [R]
Sen. Thomas Davis [R]	Sen. Michael Gambrell [R]	Sen. Thomas McElveen [D]	Sen. John Matthews [D]
Sen. Luke Rankin [R]	Sen. Maymia McLeod [D]	Sen. Margie Matthews [D]	Sen. Bradley Hutto [D]
Sen. Richard Harpootlian [D]	Sen. Ronnie Sabb [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-26		Scrivener's error corrected
2019-02-21	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance
2019-01-08	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2018-12-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance
2018-12-12	Senate	Prefiled

S0283 (Similar To) 2019-03-15 - Scrivener's error corrected
H4576 (Similar To) 2019-05-08 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	47	40	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	47	55	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	47	65	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	103	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	103	175	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	104	25	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	104	50	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	104	60	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	142	80	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	142	90	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	143	40	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	149	15	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	149	170	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	149	180	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	150	370	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0298&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/298_20181212.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/298_20190221.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/298_20190226.htm