SC H 3578
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South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did SC H 3578 pass?
Not yet. SC H 3578 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-04-09): Referred to Committee on Education
What is SC H 3578 about?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-29-15, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT CURSIVE WRITING BE TAUGHT IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SO AS TO SPECIFY THAT THE CURSIVE WRITING INSTRUCTION MUST BEGIN IN SECOND GRADE AND CONTINUE IN EACH GRADE THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
Who sponsors SC H 3578?
Rivers, Spann-Wilder, Pedalino and 11 others are the primary sponsors of SC H 3578.
Description
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-29-15, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT CURSIVE WRITING BE TAUGHT IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SO AS TO SPECIFY THAT THE CURSIVE WRITING INSTRUCTION MUST BEGIN IN SECOND GRADE AND CONTINUE IN EACH GRADE THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-14
- Latest action
- 2025-04-09 — Referred to Committee on Education
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Riversprimary
- Spann-Wilderprimary
- Pedalinoprimary
- Cobb-Hunterprimary
- Atkinsonprimary
- McDanielprimary
- M.M. Smithprimary
- Schuesslerprimary
- Henderson-Myersprimary
- Gilliardprimary
- Watersprimary
- Garvinprimary
- Williamsprimary
- Reeseprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-04-09
Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee
2025-04-09
Introduced and read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-09
Read third time and sent to Senate
passage,reading-3
2025-04-08
Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
2025-04-08
Read second time
reading-2
2025-04-08
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-08
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard, Waters, Garvin, Williams, Reese
2025-04-03
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers
2025-04-02
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-26
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler
2025-03-25
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McDaniel, M.M.Smith
2025-02-19
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson
2025-01-14
Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
referral-committee
2025-01-14
Introduced and read first time
introduction,reading-1
2024-12-12
Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
referral-committee
2024-12-12
Prefiled
filing
Versions
Documents
Votes
Passage of Bill
2025-04-08 · pass · 103-0
Member-level votes (122)
- Alexander, Terry: yes
- Anderson, Carl L.: yes
- Atkinson, Lucas: yes
- Bailey, William H.: yes
- Ballentine, Nathan: yes
- Bamberg, Justin T.: yes
- Bannister, Bruce W.: yes
- Bauer, Heather: yes
- Beach, Thomas: yes
- Bernstein, Beth E.: yes
- Bowers, Phillip: yes
- Brewer, Gary S., Jr.: yes
- Brittain, T. Case, Jr.: yes
- Burns, James Mikell: yes
- Bustos, Joseph M.: yes
- Calhoon, Paula Rawl: yes
- Chapman, Donald G.: yes
- Chumley, William M.: yes
- Cobb-Hunter, Gilda: yes
- Collins, Neal A.: yes
- Cox, Brandon L.: yes
- Cromer, April: yes
- Davis, Sylleste H.: yes
- Dillard, Chandra E.: yes
- Duncan, Adam L.: yes
- Edgerton, Sarita L.: yes
- Erickson, Shannon S.: yes
- Forrest, Cally R., Jr.: yes
- Frank, Stephen D.: yes
- Gagnon, Craig A.: yes
- Garvin, Kambrell H.: yes
- Gibson, Daniel: yes
- Gilliard, Wendell G.: yes
- Gilreath, Thomas Lee: yes
- Grant, Hamilton R.: yes
- Guest, Thomas Duval, Jr.: yes
- Haddon, Patrick B.: yes
- Hager, William: yes
- Hardee, Kevin: yes
- Hart, Christopher R.: yes
- Hartnett, Thomas F., Jr.: yes
- Hayes, Jackie E.: yes
- Henderson-Myers,, Rosalyn D., Ph.D. Herbkersman, William G.: yes
- Hewitt, Lee: yes
- Hiott, David R.: yes
- Hixon, William M.: yes
- Holman, Harriet A.: yes
- Hosey, Lonnie: yes
- Howard, Leon: yes
- Huff, William C.: yes
- Johnson, Jeffrey E.: yes
- Jones, Wendell K.: yes
- Jordan, Wallace H., Jr.: yes
- Kilmartin, John Gregory: yes
- King, John Richard C.: yes
- Kirby, Roger K.: yes
- Landing, Kathy: yes
- Lawson, M. Brian: yes
- Ligon, Thomas R.: yes
- Long, Steven Wayne: yes
- Luck, Jason: yes
- Magnuson, Josiah: yes
- May, Robert J., III: yes
- McCabe, Donald Ryan, Jr.: yes
- McCravy, John R., III: yes
- McDaniel, Annie E.: yes
- McGinnis, Timothy A.: yes
- Mitchell, Cody T.: yes
- Montgomery, W. Scott, IV: yes
- Moore, JA: yes
- Morgan, T. Alan, Jr.: yes
- Moss, Dennis C.: yes
- Neese, Mike M.: yes
- Newton, Brandon: yes
- Oremus, Melissa Lackey: yes
- Pace, Jordan S.: yes
- Pedalino, Fawn M.: yes
- Pope, Thomas E.: yes
- Rankin, Luke S.: yes
- Reese, Robert T.: yes
- Rivers, Michael F., Sr.: yes
- Robbins, Robby: yes
- Rose, Seth: yes
- Rutherford, J. Todd: yes
- Sanders, Richard Blake: yes
- Schuessler, Carla: yes
- Sessions, Heath: yes
- Smith, G. Murrell, Jr.: yes
- Smith, Marvin: yes
- Spann-Wilder, Tiffany: yes
- Taylor, Bill: yes
- Teeple, James E.: yes
- Terribile, Jackie R.: yes
- Vaughan, David: yes
- Waters, Courtney S.: yes
- Weeks, J. David: yes
- Wetmore, Elizabeth: yes
- White, Joseph S.: yes
- Whitmire, William R.: yes
- Wickensimer, Paul B.: yes
- Willis, Mark N.: yes
- Yow, Richard L.: yes
- Cox, Bobby J.: excused
- Crawford, Heather Ammons: excused
- Gatch, Gil: excused
- Guffey, Brandon: excused
- Johnson, Jermaine L., Sr.: excused
- Martin, David: excused
- Moore, Travis A.: excused
- Murphy, Chris: excused
- Wooten, Chris: excused
- Bradley, Jeff: excused
- Caskey, Micajah P., IV: excused
- Clyburn, William: excused
- Gilliam, Leon D.: excused
- Govan, Jerry N., Jr.: excused
- Harris, Robert J.: excused
- Hartz, Charles V.: excused
- Lowe, Phillip D.: excused
- Newton, Wm. Weston J.: excused
- Stavrinakis, Leonidas E.: excused
- Williams, Robert Q.: excused
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