Committee advances bill to create statewide campus mapping program for emergencies
Feb 25, 2026
The Education and Public Works full committee voted to report H.5179 favorably as amended, creating a SLED-managed campus mapping program for state-supported colleges and universities to improve first-responder coordination; members adopted a requirement for biennial updates and tabled a procurement amendment.
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At a meeting of the Education and Public Works full committee, members voted to report H.5179 favorably as amended, a bill that would create a statewide campus mapping data program within the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to improve emergency responses at state-supported colleges, universities and technical institutions. The committee approved the measure by a roll-call vote of 17 to 0 with one member absent.
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