South Carolina H 5653 — Lee County School District Board of Trustees
South Carolina, 2025-2026. H 5653: Lee County School District Board of Trustees
Latest action
August 19, 2026 — Act No. 272
Summary
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 843 OF 1952, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE LEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO AS TO CLARIFY THE METHOD BY WHICH PERSONS FILE TO BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD, THE MANNER IN WHICH BOARD ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH VACANCIES ON THE BOARD ARE FILLED; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. - RATIFIED TITLE
Sponsors
- Scott — primary sponsor
Bill text
05/05/2026 Read version ↗
05/06/2026 Read version ↗
05/06/2026-A Read version ↗
05/12/2026 Read version ↗
Filed Read version ↗ Read version ↗
Recorded votes
Passage of Bill
May 7, 2026 · House · pass
yes: 105 · no: 0 · other: 19
Official vote source ↗ Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (124)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Alexander, Terry | yes |
| Anderson, Carl L. | yes |
| Atkinson, Lucas | yes |
| Bailey, William H. | yes |
| Bamberg, Justin T. | yes |
| Bannister, Bruce W. | yes |
| Beach, Thomas | yes |
| Bernstein, Beth E. | yes |
| Bowers, Phillip | yes |
| Bradley, Jeff | yes |
| Brewer, Gary S., Jr. | yes |
| Brittain, T. Case, Jr. | yes |
| Burns, James Mikell | yes |
| Bustos, Joseph M. | yes |
| Calhoon, Paula Rawl | yes |
| Caskey, Micajah P., IV | yes |
| Chapman, Donald G. | yes |
| Chumley, William M. | yes |
| Clyburn, William | yes |
| Cobb-Hunter, Gilda | yes |
| Collins, Neal A. | yes |
| Cox, Brandon L. | yes |
| Cromer, April | yes |
| Davis, Sylleste H. | yes |
| Dillard, Chandra E. | yes |
| Duncan, Adam L. | yes |
| Edgerton, Sarita L. | yes |
| Erickson, Shannon S. | yes |
| Ford, Greg | yes |
| Forrest, Cally R., Jr. | yes |
| Frank, Stephen D. | yes |
| Gagnon, Craig A. | yes |
| Garvin, Kambrell H. | yes |
| Gibson, Daniel | yes |
| Gilliam, Leon D. | yes |
| Gilliard, Wendell G. | yes |
| Gilreath, Thomas Lee | yes |
| Grant, Hamilton R. | yes |
| Guest, Thomas Duval, Jr. | yes |
| Haddon, Patrick B. | yes |
| Hager, William | yes |
| Harris, Robert J. | yes |
| Hartnett, Thomas F., Jr. | yes |
| Hartz, Charles V. | yes |
| Hayes, Jackie E. | yes |
| Henderson-Myers,, Rosalyn D., Ph.D. | yes |
| Herbkersman, William G. | yes |
| Hewitt, Lee | yes |
| Hiott, David R. | yes |
| Hixon, William M. | yes |
| Holman, Harriet A. | yes |
| Hosey, Lonnie | yes |
| Huff, William C. | yes |
| Johnson, Jeffrey E. | yes |
| Jones, Wendell K. | yes |
| Kilmartin, John Gregory | yes |
| Kirby, Roger K. | yes |
| Landing, Kathy | yes |
| Lastinger, John T., Jr. | yes |
| Lawson, M. Brian | yes |
| Ligon, Thomas R. | yes |
| Long, Steven Wayne | yes |
| Luck, Jason | yes |
| Magnuson, Josiah | yes |
| Martin, David | yes |
| McCravy, John R., III | yes |
| McGinnis, Timothy A. | yes |
| Mitchell, Cody T. | yes |
| Mitchell, Dianne | yes |
| Moore, JA | yes |
| Moore, Travis A. | yes |
| Morgan, T. Alan, Jr. | yes |
| Moss, Dennis C. | yes |
| Neese, Mike M. | yes |
| Newton, Brandon | yes |
| Oremus, Melissa Lackey | yes |
| Pace, Jordan S. | yes |
| Pedalino, Fawn M. | yes |
| Pope, Thomas E. | yes |
| Rankin, Luke S. | yes |
| Reese, Robert T. | yes |
| Rivers, Michael F., Sr. | yes |
| Robbins, Robby | yes |
| Rose, Seth | yes |
| Rutherford, J. Todd | yes |
| Sanders, Richard Blake | yes |
| Schuessler, Carla M. | yes |
| Scott, Keishan M. | yes |
| Sessions, Heath | yes |
| Smith, G. Murrell, Jr. | yes |
| Smith, Marvin | yes |
| Stavrinakis, Leonidas E. | yes |
| Teeple, James E. | yes |
| Terribile, Jackie R. | yes |
| Vaughan, David | yes |
| Waters, Courtney S. | yes |
| Weeks, J. David | yes |
| Wetmore, Elizabeth | yes |
| White, Joseph S. | yes |
| Whitmire, William R. | yes |
| Wickensimer, Paul B. | yes |
| Williams, Robert Q. | yes |
| Willis, Mark N. | yes |
| Wooten, Chris | yes |
| Yow, Richard L. | yes |
| Ballentine, Nathan | excused |
| Bauer, Heather | excused |
| Crawford, Heather Ammons | excused |
| Gatch, Gil | excused |
| Govan, Jerry N., Jr. | excused |
| Guffey, Brandon | excused |
| Hardee, Kevin | excused |
| Howard, Leon | excused |
| Jordan, Wallace H., Jr. | excused |
| McCabe, Donald Ryan, Jr. | excused |
| Montgomery, W. Scott, IV | excused |
| Newton, Wm. Weston J. | excused |
| Spann-Wilder, Tiffany R. | excused |
| Hart, Christopher R. | not voting |
| Johnson, Jermaine L., Sr. | not voting |
| King, John Richard C. | not voting |
| Lowe, Phillip D. | not voting |
| McDaniel, Annie E. | not voting |
| Taylor, Bill | not voting |
Legislative history
- Act No. 272
- Effective date 05/19/26
- Signed By Governor
- Ratified R 263
- Read third time and enrolled
- Read second time
- Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar
- Read third time and sent to Senate
- Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
- Read second time
- Committee report: Favorable Lee Delegation
- Referred to Lee Delegation
- Introduced and read first time
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