South Carolina Senate Bill 237 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-08 - Scrivener's error corrected
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "school Guardian Act" By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 66, Title 59 So As To Provide That Beginning With The 2024-2025 School Year, The Governing Boards Of Public K-12 Schools May Designate Employees As School Guardians To Provide Armed Protection And Other Related Public Safety Functions On Their Campuses, To Define Related Terminology, And To Provide Related Requirements; By Adding Section 23-23-112 So As To Provide The Law Enforcement Council Must Develop Guidelines For School Guardians That Must Be Offered By The Criminal Justice Academy, To Provide Specific Requirements For This Training, And To Provide Necessary Definitions; To Amend Section 16-23-420, Relating To The Exemptions From The Prohibition Of Possessing Firearms On Public School Property, So As To Exempt School Guardians; And To Redesignate Chapter 66, Title 59 As "school Safety", And To Redesignate Sections 59-66-20, 59-66-30, And 59-66-40 As "general Provisions".

School Safety

Sen. Brian Adams [R]

Sen. Danny Verdin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-08		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-10	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2022-11-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2022-11-30	Senate	Prefiled

H4708 (Similar To) 2024-01-09 - Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	23	420	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	23	112	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	66	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	66	30	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	66	40	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0237&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/237_20220112.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/237_20221201.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/237_20230208.htm