South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee

H 3207 — Teacher certification renewals

Last action — Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 05, 2024. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Stalled 18% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    3 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-25-112 SO AS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ARE PERMANENT UNLESS REVOKED OR SUSPENDED AND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO RENEWAL, AND TO PROVIDE NO TEACHER MAY BE REQUIRED TO RENEW A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE BOARD, AND TO MAKE THESE PROVISIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

20 added · 8 removed

20 line(s) added, 8 removed.

→
Previous
Latest
PK !h•\ ]> – customXml/item4.xmlíWQs›8~¿_¡ñCóbÀCÎqƒœÐ`ðH/Óé0Dâ)ÆCšvnúßoƒ1qz}º§›‰Ãh÷û>­¤ÕJš¾ÿ¶IÑW¶Ë×ÛìêL¸àÏË¢m¼Î®Î|²à”3”4‹iºÍØÕY¶={?ûmš¾„#™_²‚Æ´ D²üjðXO—Ãa=² Í/¶O,O²ÝmhÍÝÃð‰F_èŠ7{ú°Vãšö`65Ý_b›ä~…góušN‡Ç¶é´°­-ñì]Zü^þ’uÊ2ºaï  ¿é°…LMc¦†²"&Q…J¨p¥*ŽF1'«c²XðL™85½`îטM—³MsÞמÿÒo4û+Dz´¹…;ø×¾) æ¦eóàFó<⚷X³¬†rÚyà˜ž¦“WàÚÚC}Ðô[üvï;bÀxŒrLÄÑÛ#&ñ‰éاøo »jº³\š„`ìâ•ãžŠ¢8fÛ°ÛúÏè=ÈßwÝruÈî¹ÇÚ;º`[D;ÑCm?BºÚâíiíz»,Ó&®cø:6^ÇÓñu)Kͽņ¿:ÑKë:Âc÷$N kG»rq¹1NÓzºpW1Âj­4ût>¼‚tù/ay4÷þñàk î°ë•""/Ž9^à‰ðüeõÇñcøßJtÀ-?¸q|¯ŽÇÐî¨h}́ü/¼S”fÒö$‰D³Cêš]Ja×Ö¬ý l9ÇîLhyo! öª¡¢Üa5ÖîíÞR¾Çš[M@[و‹ÿô±GšïLRÅDT‘“(«R¤ò 'c.VEU‘UQäe¥Õê“[ÑÀqÍkF\m$ RFŠ’p?bP°å£âDæT™ŽyšjD{äFÔ[ArÜæ;ㅐ'’Âñ²*pÒhB¹…ÜDaKBE•¥I+Ú'7¢õ§:Y>D~ò¹et<=p=Ç%º>žýú%N â ªÔ"rƒ‘çøäéšëX0L¤;FÎYÚGÍï‘f¦}<¬—¥UòWDà!ÍC µr;Hð]ÔI¢Yª'1¦Éé!Óó|l”jU‡Œhîh®Qv5P¥¶æ‚v—š •ù¶jÈÅwÔ%ä¸Èó½D b/ѶCÀ:ÿ Á•‘@Æ5ë¼òw"³D°¦ß`-µ{4ǨÌÓÅFËBڛñ÷¯o»Xj·¸4{¸î­¤{/å|ÝaôÁ·î‘pŽ ëå‹Þ ՋqX 8Ы%{Ü>wêÙÁ~@¶Ôn%­ÉÂ×Õ¥&„‹N ×­‚½¬ã®t8P\Ô™S^ìëٍ ÷³£ï?0÷)âÍ>ý=ðXTÀÍÏ÷Mcp9ˆU& c)‚}¡ð°í˜ÊÑXT8y"/)‰HãÁyC²á®$¸,² ¯Mçó&d»Á¥ÐZÈ÷§pš{@>¸„ˆ:†ùvûeCw_öey@ƪ.ŽmHë b JL㈙ë@/ÖÅsIÛ³—Iyހ7fø¾ƒD»+*’Í^—‚ãs؉âóù€¬‹”¹,…¥ˆÉ¨ƒ½ÍÛjyeø;ýâv‚™3XÊ`"÷Kò£™_¾õÔ뜆)ƒe,vÛ4o×î˜x>pÙ£©Y°Í~N§J˜Ùó&q4šˆ‰0~œ÷³]IøQDÕ1§$”rR,8ªF"§Ð$’T…ŸŒÃ×Ù^¿…vqÀ’$€ÇÊOR_ì§~¼£I« J)TŽ×Ùÿ_͋¤4/šÀt¯¶8têEi3Â(<ìv(b»b¬#Z²ÑŽeì‚èjì „ïÕ¡¥&ï{ÈX¾ÍþÈ£ªÐUEôâaûµèÀû PÈàU÷F ®ð4Ëèî9,~Eìˆ9¿_gÿ PK !h•\Ùî!å Y customXml/itemProps4.xml±NÃ0†wžÂÊâɵJÚTI*“©+‰Õ8—Ô"¶#Û$Ä»ã¨b ã'}ÿwW?õ„ÞÁyeM…Ó Ì´½2c…ŸŸ:²ÇÈaz1Y6뛲÷‡^áƒup  QĘ8óUra>Pêå´ð;ƒ‰ËÁ:-BŒn¤v”„ÖÊEƒ 4c,§r‰,ý¢§E¶ŠÈS[%_|Çx“uiº»‚ls^¾ç;’Í}ËÚmš²ï¤^}.…0ø¿qå-NýGlòMŒp1ÒÄz#>^osF~sBë’^õÑëÔ?PK !h•\Š}™½ ' customXml/_rels/item4.xml.relsÏ1K1†áÞ_Ò¤r³Ê!"›½F„ëDV° ÙÙÝ`f&dædïßVXØ~ÅóñNjù‚&™)¸»®w(ñœi î}z¹}tF4ÒwqÇñfxƒ53ɖ«˜I°›j}ò^ҥ㠴cY¸aT鸭¾ÆôWð÷}ÿàÛoÎW¦9ÍÁ¶Ó|°fºTøÍ˒
2025-2026 Bill 3207 Text of Previous Version (Dec.
06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly126th Session, 2025-2026Bill 3207Indicates Matter StrickenIndicates New Matter(Text matches printed bills.
Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A bill   TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-25-112 SO AS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ARE PERMANENT UNLESS REVOKED OR SUSPENDED AND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO RENEWAL, AND TO PROVIDE NO TEACHER MAY BE REQUIRED TO RENEW A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE BOARD, AND TO MAKE THESE PROVISIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
  Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
  SECTION 1.  Article 3, Chapter 25, Title 59 of the S.C.
Code is amended by adding:
      Section 59-25-112.
A professional certificate issued by the State Board of Education is permanent unless revoked or suspended and is not subject to renewal.
No teacher may be required to renew a professional certificate issued by the board.
  SECTION 2.  This act takes effect on July 1, 2026.
----XX---- This web page was last updated on December 06, 2024 at 11:02 AM
⬇ Download PDF
View plain text versions (2)
  • 12/05/2024 View text Current html
  • Introduced Filed vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

Action History

  1. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson

  2. Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works

  3. Introduced and read first time

  4. Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works

  5. Prefiled

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

3 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 167 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (167)

167 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 167 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

education
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does H 3207 do?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 59-25-112 SO AS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ARE PERMANENT UNLESS REVOKED OR SUSPENDED AND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO RENEWAL, AND TO PROVIDE NO TEACHER MAY BE REQUIRED TO RENEW A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE BOARD, AND TO MAKE THESE PROVISIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
Who sponsors H 3207?
H 3207 is sponsored by Representative Neal A. Collins, Representative John R. McCravy III, and Representative Lucas Atkinson.
What is the current status of H 3207?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 05, 2024. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Where can I track H 3207?
Track H 3207 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on H 3207

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of H 3207

Last checked for changes 2 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →