South Carolina H 3459: Teacher contracts

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2025-2026 Bill 3459 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3459

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 
7-5-290 SO AS TO REQUIRE ORGANIZATIONS THAT INTEND TO CONDUCT VOTER 
REGISTRATION DRIVES TO REGISTER WITH THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION AND COMPLY 
WITH CERTAIN OTHER REQUIREMENTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 7-1-25, RELATING TO THE 
MEANING OF "DOMICILE" FOR VOTING PURPOSES, SO AS TO REMOVE CERTAIN FACTORS FROM 
CONSIDERATION IN DETERMINING A PERSON'S DOMICILE, AND TO CLARIFY THAT A PERSON 
IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE CHANGED HIS DOMICILE IF HE REGISTERS TO VOTE OR VOTES IN 
ANOTHER JURISDICTION; BY AMENDING SECTION 7-3-20, RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF THE 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, SO AS TO INCLUDE 
OVERSEEING THE REGISTRATION OF THIRD-PARTY VOTER REGISTRATION ORGANIZATIONS; BY 
AMENDING SECTION 7-3-60, RELATING TO REPORTS OF PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN 
OFFENSES FURNISHED BY CLERKS AND MAGISTRATES TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 
STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, SO AS TO ALSO REQUIRE QUARTERLY REPORTS OF PERSONS 
WHO HAVE INDICATED IN RESPONSE TO JUROR SUMMONSES THAT THEY ARE NOT UNITED 
STATES CITIZENS; BY AMENDING SECTION 7-5-170, RELATING TO INFORMATION CONTAINED 
ON VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS, SO AS TO REQUIRE AN APPLICANT TO PROVIDE 
HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE OR STATE IDENTIFICATION CARD NUMBER OR, IF NONE, HIS 
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER; BY AMENDING SECTION 7-5-185, RELATING TO ELECTRONIC 
APPLICATIONS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION, SO AS TO REQUIRE AN APPLICANT'S DRIVER'S 
LICENSE OR STATE IDENTIFICATION CARD NUMBER, OR THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF HIS 
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER; BY AMENDING SECTION 7-25-10, RELATING TO FALSE SWEARING 
IN APPLYING FOR REGISTRATION, SO AS TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF 
THIS SECTION; AND BY ADDING SECTION 7-25-25 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS 
UNLAWFUL TO KNOWINGLY FILL OUT INFORMATION ON ANOTHER PERSON'S VOTER 
REGISTRATION APPLICATION WITHOUT THAT PERSON'S KNOWLEDGE, AND TO PROVIDE 
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.

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

SECTION 
1.A. Article 3, Chapter 5, Title 7 of the S.C. Code 
is amended by adding:

 Section 
7-5-290. (A) As used in this section:

 (1) 
"Third-party voter registration drive" means the solicitation, distribution, or 
collection of voter registration applications by a third-party voter 
registration organization.

 (2) 
"Third-party voter registration organization" means any individual or entity 
that solicits, distributes, or collects voter registration applications and 
that is not required by law to do so. "Third-party voter registration 
organization" does not include:

 (a) 
an individual encouraging or assisting a member of his immediate family in 
registering to vote;

 (b) 
an individual assisting a person who requires assistance in registering to vote 
because of blindness, disability, or the inability to read or write, and who is 
chosen by the person to provide such assistance; and

 (c) 
an individual or entity required by law to perform voter registration 
activities.

 (B) 
Each third-party voter registration organization that intends to conduct a 
voter registration drive must first register with the State Election Commission 
either directly or through a county board of voter registration and elections 
in a manner prescribed by the executive director.

 (C) A 
completed voter registration application collected through a third-party voter registration 
drive shall be submitted to the county board of voter registration and 
elections within ten days of receipt of the completed application from the 
applicant.

 (D) The 
registration required by this section must require the applicant to acknowledge 
the requirements applicable to voter registration activities as well as the 
election offenses applicable to voter registration and voter registration 
activities.

 (E)(1) A third-party voter registration 
organization that fails to register in violation of subsection (B), or 
otherwise conducts an unauthorized voter registration drive, must be punished 
by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars for each instance.

 (2) 
A third-party voter registration that fails to timely submit a completed 
application in violation of subsection (C) may be punished by a fine not to 
exceed one thousand dollars in the discretion of the State Election Commission. 
The State Election Commission may revoke a third-party voter registration 
organization's registration under this section if it determines that the 
failure to timely submit an completed application also resulted in applications 
being submitted after the thirty-day voter registration deadline for an 
election.

B. The 
provisions of this SECTION take