Bill Commons

SC H 3578

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South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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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
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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

  1. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Committee on Education

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-04-09

    Introduced and read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-04-09

    Read third time and sent to Senate

    passage,reading-3

  4. 2025-04-08

    Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0

  5. 2025-04-08

    Read second time

    reading-2

  6. 2025-04-08

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  7. 2025-04-08

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard, Waters, Garvin, Williams, Reese

  8. 2025-04-03

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers

  9. 2025-04-02

    Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-03-26

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler

  11. 2025-03-25

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McDaniel, M.M.Smith

  12. 2025-02-19

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson

  13. 2025-01-14

    Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works

    referral-committee

  14. 2025-01-14

    Introduced and read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  15. 2024-12-12

    Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works

    referral-committee

  16. 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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