2025-2026 Regular SessionSouth Carolina Legislature

H3011: Parental Rights in Education Act

Legislative Summary

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "parental Rights In Education Act"; By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 28, Title 59 So As To Provide Necessary Definitions, To Recognize That Parents Have The Ultimate Responsibility To Direct The Upbringing, Education, Healthcare, And Mental Health Of Their Children, To Prohibit The State From Substantially Burdening Those Parental Rights And To Require The State To Obtain Parental Consent In Certain Circumstances, And To Create A Cause Of Action For Violation Of The Chapter, Among Other Things; And To Designate The Existing Provisions Of Chapter 28, Title 59, As Article 1 Entitled "general Provisions."

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Bill History

12/5/2024
Prefiled
House of Representatives
12/5/2024
Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
House of Representatives
1/14/2025
Introduced and read first time
House of Representatives
1/14/2025
Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
House of Representatives
1/15/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hewitt
House of Representatives
1/16/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Vaughan
House of Representatives
1/28/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Mitchell, Rankin, Long, Oremus, Terribile, Gibson, Huff, Lawson, Burns, Edgerton
House of Representatives
2/19/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ligon
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guffey
House of Representatives