2023-2024 Regular Session • South Carolina Legislature
H3908: Paid family leave
Legislative Summary
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 8-11-151 So As To Define Terms And To Provide Paid Parental Leave Upon A Qualifying Event For Eligible School District Employees; And By Adding Section 8-11-156 So As To Define Terms And To Provide Paid Parental Leave Upon The Initial Placement Of A Child By Adoption For Eligible School District Employees. - Ratified Title
Bill History
2/8/2023
Introduced and read first time
House of Representatives
2/8/2023
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
House of Representatives
2/9/2023
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wetmore, Stavrinakis
House of Representatives
2/28/2023
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Mitchell, Yow
House of Representatives
3/7/2023
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith
House of Representatives
3/13/2023
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Willis
House of Representatives
3/15/2023
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Vaughan
House of Representatives
3/29/2023
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cobb-Hunter, Oremus, McGinnis, Trantham
House of Representatives
3/30/2023
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Calhoon, Gatch, Weeks, Rose, Alexander, Tedder, Garvin
House of Representatives
3/30/2023
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and Means
House of Representatives
4/4/2023
Scrivener's error corrected
4/4/2023
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Murphy, Sandifer, Hartnett, Robbins, Brewer, Pope, Pace, Henegan, Williams, Wheeler
House of Representatives
4/5/2023
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wooten, T.Moore, Hyde, Lawson
House of Representatives
4/5/2023
Amended
House of Representatives
4/5/2023
Read second time
House of Representatives
4/5/2023
Roll call Yeas-113 Nays-0
House of Representatives
4/6/2023
Read third time and sent to Senate
House of Representatives
4/6/2023
Introduced and read first time
Senate
4/6/2023
Referred to Committee on Finance
Senate
4/26/2023
Committee report: Favorable Finance
Senate
5/2/2023
Special order, set for May 2, 2023
Senate
5/2/2023
Roll call Ayes-xxx Nays-xxx
Senate
5/4/2023
Committee Amendment Adopted
Senate
5/4/2023
Amended
Senate
5/4/2023
Read second time
Senate
5/4/2023
Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0
Senate
5/9/2023
Read third time and returned to House with amendments
Senate
5/10/2023
Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
House of Representatives
5/10/2023
Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-0
House of Representatives
5/11/2023
Ratified R 53
5/12/2023
Signed By Governor
5/12/2023
Effective date 06/26/23
5/12/2023
Act No. 17
Roll Call Votes
House: Concur In Senate Amendments
5/10/2023
114
Yea
0
Nay
5
Not Voting
5
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: 2nd Reading
5/4/2023
38
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
7
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Passage Of Bill
4/5/2023
113
Yea
0
Nay
7
Not Voting
4
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(5/12/2023)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Republican: 34
Democrat: 13
Primary Sponsor

Neal Collins
Republican
Co-Sponsors (46)
Murrell Smith
Republican
Bruce Bannister
Republican
Shannon Erickson
Republican
William Whitmire
Republican
Raye Felder
Republican
Beth Bernstein
Democrat
Russell Ott
Democrat
Patrick Haddon
Republican
Weston Newton
Republican
Jerry Carter
Republican
Jason Elliott
Republican
Heather Crawford
Republican
Nathan Ballentine
Republican
Micajah Caskey
Republican
Elizabeth Wetmore
Democrat
Leonidas Stavrinakis
Democrat
Cody Mitchell
Republican
Richard Yow
Republican
Marvin Smith
Republican
Mark Willis
Republican
David Vaughan
Republican
Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Democrat
Melissa Oremus
Republican
Timothy McGinnis
Republican
Ashley Trantham
Republican
Paula Rawl Calhoon
Republican
Gil Gatch
Republican
David Weeks
Democrat
Seth Rose
Democrat
Terry Alexander
Democrat
Deon Tedder
Democrat
Kambrell Garvin
Democrat
Christopher Murphy
Republican
William Sandifer
Republican
Tom Hartnett
Republican
Robby Robbins
Republican
Gary Brewer
Republican
Thomas Pope
Republican
Jordan Pace
Republican
Patricia Henegan
Democrat
Robert Williams
Democrat
William Wheeler
Democrat
Christopher Wooten
Republican
Travis Moore
Republican
Max Hyde
Republican
Brian Lawson
Republican