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H5049 • 2026

SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA

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Reps. Hiott, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Ford, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hixon, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lastinger, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, Martin, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, C. Mitchell, D. Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan, Moss, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Schuessler, Scott, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
Last action
2026-01-29
Official status
Introduced and adopted ( House Journal-page 8 )
Effective date
Not listed

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SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA

What This Bill Does

  • SkillsUSA

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-29 House

    Introduced and adopted ( House Journal-page 8 )

Official Summary Text

SkillsUSA

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2025-2026 Bill 5049: SkillsUSA - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5049
STATUS INFORMATION
House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Hiott, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Ford, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hixon, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lastinger, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, Martin, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, C. Mitchell, D. Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan, Moss, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Schuessler, Scott, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
Document Path: LC-0618WAB-EB26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 29, 2026
Adopted by the House on January 29, 2026
Summary: SkillsUSA
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

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Action Description with journal page number

1/29/2026

House

Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 8
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
01/29/2026

A
house
RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR SKILLSUSA FOR ITS EFFORTS TO
ENSURE THAT AMERICA HAS A SKILLED WORKFORCE.

W
hereas, the South
Carolina House of Representatives is deeply grateful for the work of SkillsUSA
in partnership with students, teachers, and industry to ensure a skilled
workforce across America; and

W
hereas, a national
nonprofit educational association, SkillsUSA serves students in middle and high
schools and in college and postsecondary schools to help them each excel by
preparing them for careers in trade, technical, and skilled-service
occupations, including health occupations; and

W
hereas, SkillsUSA
serves more than three hundred thousand students and instructors annually,
including over twenty thousand instructors who join as professional members,
and with alumni, membership totals over four hundred thousand; and

W
hereas, SkillsUSA has served
over thirteen million annual members cumulatively since 1965 and is recognized
by the United States Department of Education and the United States Department
of Labor as a successful model of employer-driven workforce development; and

W
hereas, the South
Carolina House of Representatives values the work of SkillsUSA to prepare a
skilled workforce and urges all South Carolinians to learn about this
significant organization. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
House of Representatives
:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
House of Representatives
,
by this resolution, recognize and honor SkillsUSA for its efforts to ensure
that America has a skilled workforce.

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