A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 7 TO CHAPTER 31, TITLE 59 SO AS TO PROVIDE A TEXTBOOK POLICY FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT IS INTENDED TO HELP MINIMIZE COLLEGE TEXTBOOK COSTS, TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMINOLOGY, AND TO PROVIDE RELATED OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTBOOK POLICIES, AMONG OTHER THINGS.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 19, 2017
Last action Mar 21, 2017
Floor votes · Senate Mar 15, 2017
How they voted
21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Mar 15, 2017
D
Democratic6
100% Yea
R
Republican15
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Mar 21, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
lower
Mar 21, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
lower
Mar 16, 2017
Upper · Passed
Read third time and sent to House
upper
Mar 15, 2017
Upper · Passed
Committee Amendment Adopted
upper
Mar 15, 2017
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (21-0)
senate
Feb 23, 2017
Upper · Passed
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education
upper
Jan 19, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
upper
Jan 19, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and read first time
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Nikki Setzler
DDemocratic
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