South Carolina Senate Bill 243

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-28 - Scrivener's error corrected
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "parental Rights In Education Act"; By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 28, Title 59, So As To Recognize That Parents Have The Ultimate Responsibility To Direct The Upbringing, Education, Healthcare, And Mental Health Of Their Children, To Prohibit The State From Substantially Burdening Those Parental Rights, To Require The State To Obtain Parental Consent In Certain Circumstances, To Create A Cause Of Action For Violation Of The Chapter, And To Provide Necessary Definitions; And To Designate The Existing Provisions Of Chapter 28, Title 59, As Article 1 Entitled "general Provisions."

Parental Rights in Education

Sen. Richard Cash [R]

Sen. Matthew Leber [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-28		Scrivener's error corrected
2025-01-16	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2025-01-16	Senate	Introduced and read first time

H3011 (Similar To) 2025-01-28 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Mitchell, Rankin, Long, Oremus, Terribile, Gibson, Huff, Lawson, Burns, Edgerton
H3118 (Similar To) 2025-01-28 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Mitchell, Rankin, Long, Oremus, Gibson, Huff, Lawson, Edgerton

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0243&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/243_20250116.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/243_20250128.htm