2025-2026 Regular Session • South Carolina Legislature
H3578: Cursive writing coursework
Legislative Summary
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-29-15, Relating To The Requirement That Cursive Writing Be Taught In Public Elementary Schools, So As To Specify That The Cursive Writing Instruction Must Begin In Second Grade And Continue In Each Grade Through Fifth Grade.
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Bill History
12/12/2024
Prefiled
House of Representatives
12/12/2024
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
2/19/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson
House of Representatives
3/25/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McDaniel, M.M.Smith
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works
House of Representatives
4/3/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers
House of Representatives
4/8/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard, Waters, Garvin, Williams, Reese
House of Representatives
4/8/2025
Amended
House of Representatives
4/8/2025
Read second time
House of Representatives
4/8/2025
Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Read third time and sent to Senate
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Introduced and read first time
Senate
4/9/2025
Referred to Committee on Education
Senate
Roll Call Votes
House: Passage Of Bill
4/8/2025
103
Yea
0
Nay
11
Not Voting
9
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(4/9/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Education(Senate)
Sponsors
Democrat: 11
Republican: 3
Primary Sponsor
Michael Rivers
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (13)
Tiffany Spann-Wilder
Democrat
Fawn Pedalino
Republican
Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Democrat
Frank Atkinson
Democrat
Annie McDaniel
Democrat
Marvin Smith
Republican
Carla Schuessler
Republican
Rosalyn Henderson-Myers
Democrat
Wendell Gilliard
Democrat
Courtney Waters
Democrat
Kambrell Garvin
Democrat
Robert Williams
Democrat
Robert Reese
Democrat