SC Legislation
AHA Legislative Priorities
The American Heritage Association endorses the following pieces of legislation in South Carolina which seek to restore real history education and protect historical monuments.
House Bill 3912 is sponsored by South Carolina State Representative James Teeple.
This bill requires a majority of the individuals appointed to craft South Carolina's academic history standards for K-12 public schools to be actual historians. Furthermore, the bill prohibits those which subscribe to Critical Race Theory and its tenets from being appointed.
To view the bill and the current list of co-sponsors, click here.
Senate Bill 508 is sponsored by State Senator Danny Verdin and is co-sponsored by 85% of Senate Republicans including the entire leadership team.
This bill will strengthen South Carolina's Heritage Act and make clarifications so activist judges cannot find ways to avoid enforcement.
To view the bill text and the current list of co-sponsors click here
House Bill 4260 is sponsored by State Representative Bill Taylor and co-sponsored by House Judiciary Chairman Weston Newton
This bill will strengthen South Carolina's Heritage Act and make clarifications so activist judges cannot find ways to avoid enforcement.
To view the bill text and the current list of co-sponsors click here.