South Carolina Senate Bill 368

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 12)
Status: Introduced on February 20 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-20 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-based Opportunity Act" By Adding Article 29 To Chapter 1, Title 1 So As To Prohibit Every Office, Division, Or Other Unit By Any Name Of Every Office Or Department Of This State, And All Of Its Political Subdivisions, Including All Institutions Of Higher Learning And School Districts, From Promoting Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion, And To Provide Exceptions; To Promote Individual Initiative, Excellence, And Hard Work; And To Specify Applicability.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Sen. Billy Garrett [R]	Sen. Joshua Kimbrell [R]	Sen. Richard Cash [R]	Sen. Tom Fernandez [R]
Sen. Michael Johnson [R]	Sen. Brian Adams [R]	Sen. Thomas Corbin [R]	Sen. Rex Rice [R]
Sen. Jeff Zell [R]	Sen. Matthew Leber [R]	Sen. Jason Elliott [R]	Sen. Allen Blackmon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-20	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2025-02-20	Senate	Introduced and read first time

H3927 (Similar To) 2025-04-10 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0368&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/368_20250220.htm