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2025-2026 Bill 3873: School distribution of in-home identification kits - South Carolina Legislature Online
South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 3873
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Erickson, Crawford, Bernstein, Calhoon, Teeple and Bowers
Document Path: LC-0259WAB25.docx
Introduced in the House on January 30, 2025
Introduced in the Senate on April 1, 2026
Last Amended on March 31, 2026
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on
Education
Summary: School distribution of in-home identification kits
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date
Body
Action Description with journal page number
1/30/2025
House
Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 47
)
1/30/2025
House
Referred to Committee on
Education and Public Works
(
House Journal-page 47
)
3/26/2026
House
Committee report: Favorable with amendment
Education and Public Works
(
House Journal-page 8
)
3/31/2026
House
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers
3/31/2026
House
Amended (
House Journal-page 291
)
3/31/2026
House
Read second time (
House Journal-page 2291
)
3/31/2026
House
Roll call Yeas-111 Nays-1 (
House Journal-page 292
)
4/1/2026
House
Read third time and sent to Senate (
House Journal-page 19
)
4/1/2026
Senate
Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 17
)
4/1/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on
Education
(
Senate Journal-page 17
)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
01/30/2025
03/26/2026
03/31/2026
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
Amended
March 31, 2026
H. 3873
Introduced
by Reps. Erickson, Crawford, Bernstein, Calhoon, Teeple and Bowers
S. Printed 3/31/26--H.
Read the first time January 30, 2025
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A bill
TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING
SECTION
59-3-35
, RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF FINGERPRINT AND DNA
IDENTIFICATION KITS THROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SO AS TO MAKE THE DISTRIBUTION
MANDATORY INSTEAD OF UPON REQUEST.
Amend Title To Conform
B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
S
ECTION 1.
S
ection
59-3-35
(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
(
A) The
Department
of Education shall provide
Office of the Attorney
General shall have available
to all school districts and open-enrollment
charter schools inkless, in-home fingerprint and DNA identification kits
to be distributed
for distribution
throughout the district or school
on request to the parent
or legal custodian of any kindergarten, elementary, middle, or high school
student
.
The kits must be provided to the parent or
legal custodian of any kindergarten, elementary, middle, or high school student
upon their request. The Department of Education shall provide student counts by
district to inform the number of kits needed each year.
S
ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.
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