The bill would let voters decide in November whether to change the state Constitution and eliminate elections for the education superintendent, secretary of state, agriculture commissioner, adjutant general and comptroller general.
The restructuring panel also agreed to require minimum qualifications for an appointed adjutant general, including adequate service time and a minimum rank of full colonel. South Carolina is the only state in the nation to elect a National Guard chief.
If the referendum passed, voters would only see candidates for a jointly elected governor and lieutenant governor, the treasurer and attorney general on ballots in 2006.
The panel also headed off efforts in a second restructuring bill to end autonomy for the John de la Howe School, Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School and School for the Deaf and Blind by putting them under control of another agency.
Sen. Tom Moore, D-Clearwater, said he was concerned about an agency head deciding to move money away from a program like John de la Howe without the Legislature approving that.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Glenn McConnell said the panel should wrap up its work by Thursday and could have the bill ready for his committee by Tuesday.