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South CarolinaH 5205126th General Assembly (2025-2026)House
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 4 TO CHAPTER 101, TITLE 59 SO AS TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN THIS STATE TO IMPLEMENT A SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ALL NEW STUDENTS, TO PROVIDE EXCLUSIONS FROM THE PROGRAMS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAMS, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, AMONG OTHER THINGS; AND BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-440 SO AS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THIS STATE SHALL MAKE OPIOID AND FENTANYL PREVENTION EDUCATION AND AWARENESS INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ENROLLED STUDENTS, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED REQUIREMENTS AND DEFINITIONS.
Sponsored By: Timothy A. "Tim" McGinnis (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Summary
College Safety Training Programs for Students
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Opioid education and naloxone on campus
Starting in the 2027-2028 school year, public colleges must give students opioid and fentanyl prevention information and post it on a public webpage. It explains how to spot an overdose, what to do, and legal protections for people who seek help or give aid. Colleges must train residence-hall staff to give naloxone or another overdose-reversal drug. Schools may stock and make naloxone available under a standing order or statewide protocol. People who give naloxone in good faith and as trained have legal protections under state law.
Required safety training for new students
Starting in the 2027-2028 school year, every public college must give safety training to new students who attend classes on campus. Training happens at orientation or within 30 days of arrival. It applies to undergraduates and graduates, full- or part-time. It does not cover adult education, dual enrollment, certificate-only, continuing education, or transient students. Topics include personal safety, evacuation, lockdown, shelter-in-place, campus alerts, sexual and dating violence prevention and reporting, stalking, bystander skills, threat team contacts, and campus mental health and crisis help. Each school’s public safety director designs the program with the president and governing board. Technical colleges without a public safety department must work with their campus security, and the University of South Carolina system president coordinates system-wide compliance.
Public campus safety plans and crime reports
Colleges must post their campus safety plans online and review and update them at least once each academic year, with issue and update dates. By January 31 each academic year, schools send a report on their student safety training to the state education boards. By October 31 each year, schools send their federal annual security report and a short analysis to the state boards and to SLED, covering the prior calendar year (January 1–December 31). The analysis lists counts of homicide, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle larceny, and arson on property the school owns, leases, or controls, and when possible whether victims or offenders were affiliated with the school. Institutions, the state boards, and SLED post these reports online and send a summary to the House and Senate education committees by December 1. Schools must not release personally identifying details or information that would harm an active investigation. The state boards decide by December 1 if each school complied and notify committee chairs by January 1 about any that did not. If the House Speaker, Senate President, or the House or Senate education chair asks, a school must provide interim data within 30 days.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Timothy A. "Tim" McGinnis
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Shannon S. Erickson
Republican • House
Jerry N. Govan, Jr.
Democrat • House
Hamilton R. Grant
Democrat • House
Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder
Democrat • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/6/2026
(College Safety Training Programs for Students)Concur in Senate Amendments
Yes: 116 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/29/2026
(College Safety Training Programs for Students)2nd Reading
Yes: 43 • No: 0
House vote • 2/24/2026
(College Safety Training Programs for Students)Passage of Bill
Yes: 106 • No: 0
House vote • 2/24/2026
(College Safety Training Programs for Students)Passage of Bill
Yes: 106 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Act No. 161
6/2/2026legislatureEffective date 05/15/26
6/2/2026legislatureSigned By Governor
5/15/2026GovernorRatified R 215
5/14/2026legislatureRoll call Yeas-116 Nays-0
5/6/2026HouseConcurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
5/6/2026HouseRead third time and returned to House with amendments
4/30/2026SenateRoll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
4/29/2026SenateRead second time
4/29/2026SenateCommittee Amendment Adopted
4/29/2026SenateCommittee report: Favorable with amendment Education
4/16/2026SenateReferred to Committee on Education
2/25/2026SenateIntroduced and read first time
2/25/2026SenateRead third time and sent to Senate
2/25/2026HouseRoll call Yeas-106 Nays-0
2/24/2026HouseRead second time
2/24/2026HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan
2/24/2026HouseScrivener's error corrected
2/24/2026legislatureCommittee report: Favorable Education and Public Works
2/19/2026HouseScrivener's error corrected
2/18/2026legislatureReferred to Committee on Education and Public Works
2/18/2026HouseIntroduced and read first time
2/18/2026House
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