South Carolina Senate Bill 425

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 16 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-05-16 - Act No. 23
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-63-795 So As To Provide Each Public School District Annually Shall Identify The Number Of Its Students Who Live In Poverty And Increase Access To Free School Breakfasts And Lunches For These Students, To Provide Criteria For Determining Eligibility, To Provide Related Requirements Of School Districts, Schools, And School Boards, And To Provide The Requirements Of This Act Shall Be Suspended If Certain Federal Funding Is Suspended Or Discontinued. - Ratified Title

School meals for students in poverty

Sen. Thomas Davis [R]	Sen. Greg Hembree [R]	Sen. Russell Ott [D]	Sen. Jason Elliott [R]
Sen. Darrell Jackson [D]	Sen. Luke Rankin [R]	Sen. Tameika Devine [D]

2025-04-30 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 94 N: 15 NV: 13 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-01 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-05-16		Act No. 23
2025-05-16		Effective date 05/08/25
2025-05-08		Signed By Governor
2025-05-06		Ratified R 39
2025-05-01	House	Read third time and enrolled
2025-04-30	House	Roll call Yeas-94 Nays-15
2025-04-30	House	Read second time
2025-04-29	House	Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
2025-04-03	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
2025-04-03	House	Introduced and read first time
2025-04-02	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2025-04-01	Senate	Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
2025-04-01	Senate	Read second time
2025-04-01	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2025-03-26	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education
2025-03-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2025-03-05	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	63	795	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0425&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/425_20250305.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/425_20250326.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/425_20250401.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/425_20250429.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/fiscalimpactstatements/S0425%202025-03-05%20introduced.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=25697
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=26036