SC S 77
enactedStreaming of School Board Meetings
South Carolina · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did SC S 77 pass?
Yes. SC S 77 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Act No. 28
What is SC S 77 about?
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-19-85 SO AS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC ACCESS TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS BY REQUIRING SCHOOL BOARDS TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT PROVIDE LIVESTREAM OR ALTERNATE ELECTRONIC MEANS TRANSMISSION OF SUCH MEETINGS, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; AND TO REQUIRE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT MUST BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2026. - RATIFIED TITLE
Who sponsors SC S 77?
Hembree, Grooms, Zell are the primary sponsors of SC S 77.
Description
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-19-85 SO AS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC ACCESS TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS BY REQUIRING SCHOOL BOARDS TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT PROVIDE LIVESTREAM OR ALTERNATE ELECTRONIC MEANS TRANSMISSION OF SUCH MEETINGS, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; AND TO REQUIRE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT MUST BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2026. - RATIFIED TITLE
- Introduced
- 2025-01-14
- Latest action
- 2025-05-19 — Act No. 28
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Hembreeprimary
- Groomsprimary
- Zellprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-05-19
Act No. 28
2025-05-19
Effective date 05/12/25
2025-05-12
Signed By Governor
executive-signature
2025-05-08
Ratified R 46
2025-05-07
Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
2025-05-07
Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments
passage,reading-3
2025-05-06
Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0
2025-05-06
Read second time
reading-2
2025-05-06
Requests for debate-Rep(s). Hayes, Wooten
2025-05-06
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-01
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-25
Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
referral-committee
2025-02-25
Introduced and read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-20
Read third time and sent to House
passage,reading-3
2025-02-19
Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
2025-02-19
Read second time
reading-2
2025-02-19
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-02-19
Committee Amendment Adopted
amendment-passage
2025-02-12
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-14
Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee
2025-01-14
Introduced and read first time
introduction,reading-1
2024-12-11
Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee
2024-12-11
Prefiled
filing
Versions
Documents
Votes
2nd Reading
2025-02-19 · pass · 41-0
Member-level votes (45)
- Adams, Brian: yes
- Alexander, Thomas C.: yes
- Allen, Karl B.: yes
- Bennett, Sean M.: yes
- Blackmon, Allen: yes
- Campsen, George E., III: yes
- Cash, Richard J.: yes
- Climer, Wes: yes
- Corbin, Thomas D.: yes
- Cromer, Ronnie W.: yes
- Davis, Tom: yes
- Devine, Tameika Isaac: yes
- Elliott, Jason: yes
- Fernandez, Tom: yes
- Gambrell, Michael W.: yes
- Garrett, Billy: yes
- Goldfinch, Stephen L.: yes
- Grooms, Lawrence K.: yes
- Hembree, Greg: yes
- Jackson, Darrell: yes
- Johnson, Michael: yes
- Kennedy, Carlisle: yes
- Kimbrell, Josh: yes
- Leber, Matthew W.: yes
- Martin, Shane R.: yes
- Massey, A. Shane: yes
- Matthews, Margie Bright: yes
- Nutt, Roger A.: yes
- Ott, Russell L.: yes
- Rankin, Luke A.: yes
- Reichenbach, Mike: yes
- Rice, Rex F.: yes
- Sabb, Ronnie A.: yes
- Stubbs, Everett: yes
- Sutton, Ed: yes
- Tedder, Deon T.: yes
- Turner, Ross: yes
- Verdin, Daniel B., III: yes
- Williams, Kent M.: yes
- Young, Tom, Jr.: yes
- Zell, Jeff: yes
- Chaplin, JD: excused
- Graham, Jeffrey R.: excused
- Hutto, Brad: excused
- Peeler, Harvey S., Jr.: excused
Passage of Bill
2025-05-06 · pass · 110-0
Member-level votes (122)
- Alexander, Terry: yes
- Anderson, Carl L.: 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
- 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
- Crawford, Heather Ammons: 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: yes
- Gagnon, Craig A.: yes
- Garvin, Kambrell H.: 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
- Haddon, Patrick B.: yes
- Hager, William: yes
- Hardee, Kevin: yes
- Harris, Robert J.: yes
- Hartnett, Thomas F., Jr.: yes
- Hartz, Charles V.: yes
- 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
- 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
- Lowe, Phillip D.: yes
- Luck, Jason S.: 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, JA: yes
- Moore, Travis A.: yes
- Morgan, T. Alan, Jr.: yes
- Moss, Dennis C.: yes
- Neese, Mike M.: yes
- Newton, Brandon: yes
- Newton, Wm. Weston J.: 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
- Rose, Seth: 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
- Cox, Bobby J.: excused
- Murphy, Chris: excused
- Atkinson, Lucas: excused
- Bamberg, Justin T.: excused
- Gatch, Gil: excused
- Guffey, Brandon: excused
- Hart, Christopher R.: excused
- Hayes, Jackie E.: excused
- Henderson-Myers,, Rosalyn D., Ph.D. Howard, Leon: excused
- Johnson, Jermaine L., Sr.: excused
- Robbins, Robby: excused
- Rutherford, J. Todd: excused
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