South Carolina H 3581: Primaries

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2025-2026 Bill 3581 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 12, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3581

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 59-101-290, RELATING TO THE REQUIRED NOTIFICATION OF INCOMING STUDENTS 
AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING ABOUT MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE A AND B 
AND HEPATITIS B CONTRACTION RISKS, SO AS TO PROVIDE EVERY STUDENT WHO ATTENDS A 
PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THIS STATE MUST BE VACCINATED FOR 
THOSE DISEASES AND DOCUMENT COMPLIANCE WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO 
ENROLLMENT AND THEREAFTER AS NEEDED TO DEMONSTRATE ONGOING COMPLIANCE, TO 
IMPOSE RELATED REQUIREMENTS ON PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, TO 
PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS WHEN MEDICALLY NECESSARY, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY 
TERMINOLOGY.

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

SECTION 1. Section 59-101-290 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
59-101-290. (A) A public 
institution of higher learning shall notify incoming students, or the parent or 
guardian of an incoming student under the age of eighteen, of the risk of 
contracting meningococcal disease A and B, and 
Hepatitis B, if living in on-campus student 
housing.

 (B) 
Every student who attends a public 
institution of higher learning in this State must be vaccinated for 
meningococcal disease A and B, and Hepatitis B, during the entirety of their 
enrollment at the institution and furnish evidence of compliance with this 
requirement prior to enrollment and thereafter as requested by the institution 
to demonstrate ongoing compliance. A public institution of higher 
learning shall includerequire 
proof of current vaccination against meningococcal disease A and B, and Hepatitis B, as recommended immunization in health and medical information 
provided to students or prospective students and parents or guardians a requirement for enrollment and may not enroll a student who 
fails to receive such vaccinations unless excused by a physician for medical 
reasons.

 (C) 
A private institution of higher learning may elect to be governed by this 
section and at any time may, in its sole discretion, remove itself from such 
governance.

 (D) "Public institution of higher 
learning" means any state-supported, post-secondary educational institution and 
also must include technical and comprehensive educational institutions.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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