Culinary Arts Management Degree

2025-2026 Bill 863: Culinary Arts Management Degree

South Carolina General Assembly

126th Session, 2025-2026

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A179, R158, S863

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill

Sponsors: Senators Grooms, Cromer, Martin, Bennett, Rankin, Tedder, Sutton and Matthews

Companion/Similar bill(s): 5177

Document Path: SR-0511KM26.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 28, 2026

Introduced in the House on April 2, 2026

Governor's Action: May 18, 2026, Signed

Summary: Culinary Arts Management Degree

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

1/28/2026

Senate

Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 9
)

1/28/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Education
(
Senate Journal-page 9
)

1/28/2026

Scrivener's error corrected

3/25/2026

Senate

Committee report: Favorable
Education
(
Senate Journal-page 9
)

4/1/2026

Senate

Read second time (
Senate Journal-page 45
)

4/1/2026

Senate

Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-2 (
Senate Journal-page 45
)

4/1/2026

Senate

Unanimous consent for third reading on next
legislative day (
Senate Journal-page 45
)

4/2/2026

Senate

Read third time and sent to House (
Senate Journal-page 9
)

4/2/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 33
)

4/2/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Ways and Means
(
House Journal-page 33
)

4/28/2026

House

Committee report: Favorable
Ways and Means
(
House Journal-page 6
)

4/29/2026

Scrivener's error corrected

4/29/2026

House

Debate adjourned (
House Journal-page 27
)

4/30/2026

House

Debate adjourned until Tues., 5-5-26 (
House Journal-page 87
)

5/6/2026

House

Debate adjourned until Wed., 5-6-26 (
House Journal-page 27
)

5/6/2026

House

Read second time (
House Journal-page 38
)

5/6/2026

House

Roll call Yeas-119 Nays-0 (
House Journal-page 38
)

5/7/2026

House

Read third time and enrolled (
House Journal-page 18
)

5/14/2026

Ratified R 158

5/18/2026

Signed By Governor

6/5/2026

Effective date 05/18/26

6/2/2026

Act No. 179

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

01/28/2026
01/28/2026-A
03/25/2026
04/28/2026
04/29/2026

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

NOTE: THIS IS A TEMPORARY VERSION. THIS DOCUMENT WILL REMAIN IN THIS VERSION UNTIL FINAL APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

(A179, R158, S863)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 59-103-15, RELATING TO THE STATE'S MISSION AND GOALS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR AN APPLIED BACCALAUREATE IN CULINARY ARTS MANAGEMENT DEGREE FROM INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE STATE TECHNICAL AND COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION SYSTEM; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 59-103-15, RELATING TO FUNDING FOR CERTAIN DEGREES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT APPLIED BACCALAUREATE IN CULINARY ARTS MANAGEMENT DEGREE PROGRAMS ARE ONLY ALLOWED IF STATE FUNDS ARE NOT APPROPRIATED TO FUND THE PROGRAMS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Applied Baccalaureate in Culinary Arts Management degree authorized

SECTION 1. Section 59-103-15(B)(5)(e) and (f) of the S.C. Code are amended to read:

(e) continue to remain technical, vocational, or occupational colleges with a mission as stated in item (4) and primarily focused on technical education and the economic development of the State;

(f) subject to subsection (C), an Applied Baccalaureate in Advanced Manufacturing Technology degree approved first by the Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and then the Commission on Higher Education; and

(g) subject to subsection (C), an Applied Baccalaureate in Culinary Arts Management degree approved first by the Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and then the Commission on Higher Education.

Prohibition on use of new state funds

SECTION 2. Section 59-103-15(C) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

(C) Notwithstanding subsection (B), the degrees set forth in subsection (B)(3)(e), (f), (g), and (h), and subsection (B)(5)(f) and (g) are only allowed so long as new state general funds are not appropriated for the operations of the degree program.

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 14th day of May, 2026.

Approved the 18th day of May, 2026.

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