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SC H 3778

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Hurricane Helene school closure waivers

South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did SC H 3778 pass?

Not yet. SC H 3778 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-04-23): Referred to Committee on Education

What is SC H 3778 about?

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNING BODY OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY WAIVE THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAKE UP FULL DAYS MISSED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICTS CLOSED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE HELENE DURING THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, AND TO EXTEND SUCH WAIVERS TO HOME SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

Who sponsors SC H 3778?

Bannister, Burns, Long and 9 others are the primary sponsors of SC H 3778.

Description

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNING BODY OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY WAIVE THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAKE UP FULL DAYS MISSED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICTS CLOSED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE HELENE DURING THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, AND TO EXTEND SUCH WAIVERS TO HOME SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

Introduced
2025-01-16
Latest action
2025-04-23 — Referred to Committee on Education
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Bannisterprimary
  • Burnsprimary
  • Longprimary
  • Willisprimary
  • Vaughanprimary
  • Haddonprimary
  • Jonesprimary
  • Bowersprimary
  • Hiottprimary
  • Wickensimerprimary
  • Sandersprimary
  • Kilmartinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-23

    Referred to Committee on Education

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-04-23

    Introduced and read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-04-23

    Scrivener's error corrected

  4. 2025-04-23

    Read third time and sent to Senate

    passage,reading-3

  5. 2025-04-22

    Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0

  6. 2025-04-22

    Read second time

    reading-2

  7. 2025-04-14

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  8. 2025-04-09

    Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-03-26

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kilmartin

  10. 2025-03-25

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sanders

  11. 2025-02-13

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wickensimer

  12. 2025-02-06

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hiott

  13. 2025-01-28

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers

  14. 2025-01-16

    Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-01-16

    Introduced and read first time

    introduction,reading-1

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Passage of Joint Resolution

    2025-04-22 · pass · 109-0

    Member-level votes (122)
    • Anderson, Carl L.: yes
    • Atkinson, Lucas: yes
    • Bailey, William H.: yes
    • Ballentine, Nathan: yes
    • Bannister, Bruce W.: yes
    • Bauer, Heather: yes
    • Beach, Thomas: yes
    • Bernstein, Beth E.: yes
    • Bowers, Phillip: yes
    • Bradley, Jeff: yes
    • Brewer, Gary S., Jr.: yes
    • Burns, James Mikell: yes
    • Calhoon, Paula Rawl: yes
    • Caskey, Micajah P., IV: yes
    • Chapman, Donald G.: yes
    • Chumley, William M.: yes
    • Clyburn, William: yes
    • Cobb-Hunter, Gilda: yes
    • Cox, Bobby J.: 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
    • Gatch, Gil: yes
    • Gibson, Daniel: yes
    • Gilliam, Leon D.: yes
    • Gilliard, Wendell G.: yes
    • Gilreath, Thomas Lee: yes
    • Govan, Jerry N., Jr.: yes
    • Grant, Hamilton R.: yes
    • Guest, Thomas Duval, Jr.: yes
    • Guffey, Brandon: yes
    • Hager, William: yes
    • Hardee, Kevin: yes
    • Harris, Robert J.: yes
    • Hart, Christopher R.: yes
    • Hartnett, Thomas F., Jr.: yes
    • Hartz, Charles V.: 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, Jermaine L., Sr.: yes
    • Jones, Wendell K.: 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
    • Lowe, Phillip D.: yes
    • Luck, Jason: yes
    • Magnuson, Josiah: yes
    • Martin, David: 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, Travis A.: yes
    • Morgan, T. Alan, Jr.: yes
    • Moss, Dennis C.: yes
    • Neese, Mike M.: yes
    • Newton, Brandon: yes
    • Oremus, Melissa Lackey: yes
    • Pedalino, Fawn M.: yes
    • Pope, Thomas E.: yes
    • Rankin, Luke S.: 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
    • Stavrinakis, Leonidas E.: 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
    • Williams, Robert Q.: yes
    • Willis, Mark N.: yes
    • Wooten, Chris: yes
    • Yow, Richard L.: yes
    • Haddon, Patrick B.: excused
    • Johnson, Jeffrey E.: excused
    • Murphy, Chris: excused
    • Pace, Jordan S.: excused
    • Alexander, Terry: excused
    • Bamberg, Justin T.: excused
    • Brittain, T. Case, Jr.: excused
    • Bustos, Joseph M.: excused
    • Collins, Neal A.: excused
    • Crawford, Heather Ammons: excused
    • Jordan, Wallace H., Jr.: excused
    • Moore, JA: excused
    • Newton, Wm. Weston J.: excused
    • Reese, Robert T.: excused

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