H*3632 (Rat #0063, Act #0044 of 2025) General Bill, By Erickson, Spann-Wilder and Bauer
Summary: STEM scholarship stipends
    AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-149-15, RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL LIFE SCHOLARSHIP STIPENDS, AND SECTION 59-104-25, RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP STIPENDS, BOTH SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN COURSEWORK IN ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS STATISTICS MUST COUNT TOWARDS CERTAIN REQUIRED FRESHMAN YEAR COURSEWORK IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE, AND TO CLARIFY THESE PROVISIONS APPLY BEGINNING WITH ACCOUNTING MAJORS WHO COMPLETED SUCH COURSEWORK AS FRESHMEN IN THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR. - RATIFIED TITLE
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12/12/24	House	Prefiled
12/12/24	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
01/14/25	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 272)
01/14/25	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works (House Journal-page 272)
02/05/25		Scrivener's error corrected
04/08/25	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bauer
04/24/25	House	Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works (House Journal-page 46)
04/29/25	House	Read second time (House Journal-page 27)
04/29/25	House	Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 27)
04/29/25		Scrivener's error corrected
04/30/25	House	Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 34)
04/30/25	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 6)
04/30/25	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education (Senate Journal-page 6)
04/30/25	Senate	Polled out of committee Education (Senate Journal-page 11)
04/30/25	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Education (Senate Journal-page 11)
05/06/25	Senate	Read second time (Senate Journal-page 62)
05/06/25	Senate	Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 62)
05/07/25	Senate	Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 39)
05/08/25		Ratified R 63
05/12/25		Signed By Governor
05/19/25		Effective date 05/12/25
05/19/25		Act No. 44