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SC H 5653

enacted

Lee County School District Board of Trustees

South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 843 OF 1952, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE LEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO CLARIFY THE METHOD BY WHICH PERSONS FILE TO BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD, THE MANNER IN WHICH BOARD ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH VACANCIES ON THE BOARD ARE FILLED; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. - RATIFIED TITLE

Introduced
2026-05-05
Status date
Latest action
2026-06-05 — Effective date 05/19/26
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Scottprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-05-05

    Introduced and read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  2. 2026-05-05

    Referred to Lee Delegation

  3. 2026-05-06

    Committee report: Favorable Lee Delegation

    committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2026-05-07

    Read second time

    reading-2

  5. 2026-05-07

    Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0

  6. 2026-05-07

    Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day

  7. 2026-05-08

    Read third time and sent to Senate

    passage,reading-3

  8. 2026-05-12

    Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar

    introduction,reading-1

  9. 2026-05-13

    Read second time

    reading-2

  10. 2026-05-14

    Read third time and enrolled

    passage,reading-3

  11. 2026-05-15

    Ratified R 263

  12. 2026-05-19

    Signed By Governor

    executive-signature

  13. 2026-06-05

    Effective date 05/19/26

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Passage of Bill

    2026-05-07 · pass · 105-0

    Member-level votes (123)
    • Alexander, Terry: yes
    • Anderson, Carl L.: yes
    • Atkinson, Lucas: yes
    • Bailey, William H.: yes
    • Bamberg, Justin T.: yes
    • Bannister, Bruce W.: yes
    • Beach, Thomas: yes
    • Bernstein, Beth E.: yes
    • Bowers, Phillip: yes
    • Bradley, Jeff: yes
    • Brewer, Gary S., Jr.: yes
    • Brittain, Thomas C., Jr.: yes
    • Burns, James Mikell: yes
    • Bustos, Joseph M.: 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
    • 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
    • Ford, Greg: yes
    • Forrest, Cally R., Jr.: yes
    • Frank, Stephen: yes
    • Gagnon, Craig A.: yes
    • Garvin, Kambrell H.: yes
    • Gibson, Daniel: yes
    • Gilliam, Leon D.: 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
    • Harris, Robert J.: 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
    • Huff, William C.: yes
    • Johnson, Jeffrey E.: yes
    • Jones, Wendell K.: yes
    • Kilmartin, John Gregory: yes
    • Kirby, Roger K.: yes
    • Landing, Kathy: yes
    • Lastinger, John T., Jr.: yes
    • Lawson, M. Brian: yes
    • Ligon, Thomas R.: yes
    • Long, Steven Wayne: yes
    • Luck, Jason S.: yes
    • Magnuson, Josiah: yes
    • Martin, David: yes
    • McCravy, John R., III: yes
    • McGinnis, Timothy A.: yes
    • Mitchell, Cody T.: yes
    • Mitchell, Dianne: yes
    • Moore, JA: 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
    • 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
    • Scott, Keishan M.: yes
    • Sessions, Heath: yes
    • Smith, G. Murrell, Jr.: yes
    • Smith, Marvin: yes
    • Stavrinakis, Leonidas E.: 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
    • Bauer, Heather: excused
    • Crawford, Heather Ammons: excused
    • Gatch, Gil: excused
    • Govan, Jerry N., Jr.: excused
    • Guffey, Brandon: excused
    • Hardee, Kevin: excused
    • Howard, Leon: excused
    • Jordan, Wallace H., Jr.: excused
    • McCabe, Donald Ryan, Jr.: excused
    • Montgomery, W. Scott, IV: excused
    • Newton, Wm. Weston J.: excused
    • Spann-Wilder, Tiffany: excused
    • Ballentine, Nathan: excused
    • Hart, Christopher R.: excused
    • Johnson, Jermaine L., Sr.: excused
    • King, John Richard C.: excused
    • Lowe, Phillip D.: excused
    • McDaniel, Annie E.: excused
    • Taylor, Bill: excused

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