A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "PARENTAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION ACT"; BY ADDING ARTICLE 3 TO CHAPTER 28, TITLE 59 SO AS TO PROVIDE NECESSARY DEFINITIONS, 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 AND TO REQUIRE THE STATE TO OBTAIN PARENTAL CONSENT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO CREATE A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR VIOLATION OF THE CHAPTER, AMONG OTHER THINGS; AND TO DESIGNATE THE EXISTING PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 28, TITLE 59, AS ARTICLE 1 ENTITLED "GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Sponsored By: Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope (Republican)
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Summary
Parental Rights in Education Act
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Thomas Beach
Republican • House
James Mikell "Mike" Burns
Republican • House
Cody T. Mitchell
Republican • House
William M. "Bill" Chumley
Republican • House
Sarita L. Edgerton
Republican • House
Daniel Gibson
Republican • House
Brandon Guffey
Republican • House
Lee Hewitt
Republican • House
William C. "Chris" Huff
Republican • House
M. Brian Lawson
Republican • House
Thomas R. "Randy" Ligon
Republican • House
Steven Wayne Long
Republican • House
Josiah Magnuson
Republican • House
John R. McCravy III
Republican • House
Melissa Lackey Oremus
Republican • House
Fawn M. Pedalino
Republican • House
Luke S. Rankin
Republican • House
Bill Taylor
Republican • House
Jackie R. Terribile
Republican • House
David Vaughan
Republican • House
Wm. Weston J. Newton
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
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Actions Timeline
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guffey
4/9/2025HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Ligon
2/19/2025HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: C.Mitchell, Rankin, Long, Oremus, Terribile, Gibson, Huff, Lawson, Burns, Edgerton
1/28/2025HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Vaughan
1/16/2025HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Hewitt
1/15/2025HouseReferred to Committee on Education and Public Works
1/14/2025HouseIntroduced and read first time
1/14/2025HouseReferred to Committee on Education and Public Works
12/5/2024HousePrefiled
12/5/2024House
Bill Text
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