Bill Commons

SC H 4740

in committee

School Mapping Data Program

South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did SC H 4740 pass?

Not yet. SC H 4740 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-20): Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wooten

What is SC H 4740 about?

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-440 SO AS TO CREATE THE SCHOOL MAPPING DATA PROGRAM WITHIN THE STATE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING EFFICIENT EMERGENCY RESPONSES IN CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING BY PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAM AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION BY THE COMMISSION, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED REQUIREMENTS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

Who sponsors SC H 4740?

McGinnis, Garvin, Grant and 3 others are the primary sponsors of SC H 4740.

Description

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-440 SO AS TO CREATE THE SCHOOL MAPPING DATA PROGRAM WITHIN THE STATE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING EFFICIENT EMERGENCY RESPONSES IN CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING BY PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAM AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION BY THE COMMISSION, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED REQUIREMENTS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Latest action
2026-01-20 — Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wooten
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • McGinnisprimary
  • Garvinprimary
  • Grantprimary
  • Yowprimary
  • C. Mitchellprimary
  • Wootenprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-20

    Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wooten

  2. 2026-01-13

    Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-13

    Introduced and read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-12-16

    Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-12-16

    Prefiled

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4740&session=126&summary=B

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:32:06.227230Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=SC&identifier=H 4740. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.