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2025-2026 Bill 1020: Lexington County School Board Partisan Elections - South Carolina Legislature Online
South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 1020
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Kennedy
Document Path: SR-0111CEM26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on March 17, 2026
Introduced in the House on March 24, 2026
Currently residing in the House Committee on
Lexington Delegation
Summary: Lexington County School Board Partisan Elections
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date
Body
Action Description with journal page number
3/17/2026
Senate
Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
uncontested calendar (
Senate Journal-page 10
)
3/18/2026
Senate
Read second time (
Senate Journal-page 9
)
3/19/2026
Senate
Read third time and sent to House (
Senate Journal-page 10
)
3/24/2026
House
Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 43
)
3/24/2026
House
Referred to
Lexington Delegation
(
House Journal-page 43
)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
03/17/2026
03/17/2026-A
Introduced
March 17, 2026
S. 1020
Introduced
by Senator Kennedy
L. Printed 3/17/26--S.
Read the first time March 17, 2026
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A bill
TO PROVIDE THAT THE ELECTION OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES IN
LEXINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS 1, 2, AND 4 BE ON A PARTISAN BASIS BEGINNING
IN 2028.
B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
S
ECTION 1.
(
A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, the
election of members of the boards of trustees for Lexington County School
Districts 1, 2, and 4, must be by partisan election beginning in 2028.
Successors to members of the boards whose terms expire in 2028 and thereafter
shall be elected on a partisan basis as provided herein for terms of four years
each. Beginning in 2028, candidates may be nominated for office in the manner
provided by law, and candidates must be elected in the primary election and the
general election, respectively, according to the provisions of Title 7 of the
S.C. Code, mutatis mutandis.
(
B) All other
provisions of law relating to the election of these school trustees, including
areas from which members must be elected by the qualified electors of the
county, shall continue to apply except for provisions of law relating to the
nonpartisan election of such trustees. Present members of the boards elected on
a nonpartisan basis whose terms expire after 2028 shall continue to serve in
office but shall declare their political affiliation by affidavit filed with
the Lexington County Board of Voter Registration and Elections. Nothing herein
prevents a current trustee elected on a nonpartisan basis from offering and
being elected as a partisan candidate.
S
ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.
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