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South Carolina / State / 126th General Assembly, 2025-2026

2026 Act No. 135 (H.3453) Rewrote the war veteran’s child tuition waiver and opened it to a child resident since birth

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Signed Takes effect

Expands benefits Opens the war veteran's child tuition waiver to a child who has lived in South Carolina since birth.

Amended S.C. Code 59-111-20 to read in three subsections. Subsection (A) keeps the grant and turns the veteran residency test into four alternatives, adding a child who has been a resident of South Carolina since birth, whatever the veteran’s residence. Subsection (B) re-enacts the wartime service requirement and the nine qualifying events unchanged, including the "items (4) and (5)" wording of item (8). Subsection (C) re-enacts the Chapter 112 residency, age twenty-six and undergraduate limits. Signed May 15, 2026 and effective on approval. The published Code of Laws still prints the 2025 text, and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs page cites it as "Section 59-11-20".

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, Prefiled
  2. In committee Done, House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate passed it amended on 2026-04-30; final concurrence by the House
  5. Signed by the governor Done, Act No. 135
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Seth RoseSponsor, Democratic, House, District 72
  • Thomas E. "Tommy" PopeCo-sponsor, Republican, House, District 47
  • Tiffany R. Spann-WilderCo-sponsor, Democratic, House, District 109
  • JA MooreCo-sponsor, Democratic, House, District 15

What it touches

  • S.C. Code Ann. § 59-111-20

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Official record

Read 2026 Act No. 135 (H.3453) on the jurisdiction's own record