South Carolina

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Designate Article 11, Chapter 3, Title 47 As "teasing, Maltreating, And Injuring Police Dogs Or Horses Prohibited"; By Amending Section 47-3-610, Relating To Unlawful To Taunt, Torment, Tease, Beat, Strike, Or Administer Desensitizing Drug To Police Dog Or Horse, So As To Provide That A Violation Of This Section Is A Misdemeanor And, Upon Conviction, A Person Must Be Fined Not Less Than Two Thousand Dollars Nor More Than Five Thousand Dollars Or Imprisoned Not Less Than Thirty Days Nor More Than Five Years Or Both; By Amending Section 47-3-620, Relating To Unlawful To Torture, Mutilate, Injure, Disable, Poison, Or Kill Police Dog Or Horse, So As To Include Shooting Into A Vehicle Or Trailer While A Dog Or Horse Is Inside, And Shooting And Hitting A Police Dog Or Horse While Running In Pursuit, And To Provide That A Violation Is A Felony And, Upon Conviction, The Penalty Is Not Less Than Two Thousand Dollars Nor More Than Twenty Thousand Dollars And Imprisonment For Not Less Than Two Years Nor More Than Ten Years, And To Require Restitution To The Law Enforcement Department Or Agency; And By Amending Section 47-3-630, Relating To Penalties, So As To Establish Nothing In This Section Denies A Right To Assert A Legal Defense Of Self-defense.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 14-5-610, Relating To The Division Of The State Into Sixteen Judicial Circuits, The Number Of Judges To Be Elected From Each Circuit, And The Election Of At-large Judges Without Regard To County Or Circuit Of Residence, So As To Convert Three At-large Circuit Court Seats To Resident Seats In The First, Third, And Eighth Circuits; And By Amending Section 63-3-40, Relating To The Number Of Family Court Judges To Be Elected From Each Circuit, So As To Convert Four At-large Family Court Seats To Resident Seats In The Fifth, Tenth, And Twelfth Circuits.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 11-1-130 So As To Provide That State Departments, Agencies, Institutions, And Political Subdivisions May Not Use Public Funds To Purchase Certain Flags Unless The Flags Are Made In The United States. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 1-1-687 So As To Designate "carolina Until I Die" By Patrick Davis As An Official State Song.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 38-75-485, Relating To The South Carolina Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program, So As To Provide The Program Must Be Known As The "sc Safe Home Program," To Establish The Purpose Of The Program, To Revise Grant Eligibility And Award Amounts, To Authorize Annual Bulletin-based Allocations, To Establish Needs-based Prioritization Of Grants, To Clarify Use And Distribution Of Tax Revenues, And To Make Conforming And Technical Changes.

Recognize And Honor The Pastors And Congregation Of Right Direction Church International Of Columbia For Three Decades Of Ministry And Service And To Congratulate Them On The Occasion Of The Church's Thirtieth Anniversary.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-101-700 So As To Define Terms Related To An Employee Of An Institution Of Higher Education And An Employee's Business; To Require That Every Public Institution Of Higher Learning Establish And Maintain A Secure Electronic Reporting System For Each Employee To Annually Disclose Any Business With Which He Is Associated; And To Require The Institution To Adopt Policies And Procedures Necessary To Implement And Enforce These Requirements.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "senator Roger A. Nutt Act" By Amending Section 44-81-40, Relating To Rights Of Residents Of Long-term Care Facilities, So As To Provide That Residents May Designate Up To Three People Who Are Permitted To Visit The Resident In The Event That Access To The Facility Is Limited Or Prohibited Due To A Declared State Of Emergency Arising From A Disaster Or Public Health Emergency. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-1-80, Relating To Applications For Licenses Or Permits, So As To Delete The Term "blood Type" And Replace It With The Term "information"; By Amending Section 56-1-3350, Relating To Issuance Of Special Identification Cards And Veteran Designations On Drivers' Licenses, So As To Provide Documentation That Must Be Submitted On Applications For A Person's Blood Type To Appear On A Special Identification Card, And To Provide A Cause Of Action Based On Inaccurate Information Contained On Identification Cards Or Drivers' Records; By Amending Section 56-3-20, Relating To Definitions, So As To Define The Term "rental Trailer"; By Amending Section 56-3-785, Relating To Issuance Of Permanent License Plates To Certain Owners Of Trailers And Semitrailers, So As To Provide For The Issuance Of License Plates To Owners Of Rental Trailers, And To Make Technical Changes; By Amending Section 56-3-2320, Relating To Dealer And Wholesaler License Plates, So As To Revise The Number Of Motor Vehicle Sales That Must Be Made Before Dealer Plates May Be Issued; By Amending Section 56-15-560, Relating To Applications For Wholesale Motor Vehicle Auction Licenses And Fees, So As To Revise Expiration Dates For The Licenses And Increase The License Fees; By Amending Section 56-19-10, Relating To Definitions, So As To Revise The Definition Of The Term "bus"; By Amending Section 56-23-85, Relating To Driver Instructor Permits, So As To Revise The Expiration Dates For The Permits And Provide A Schedule Of Fees; By Amending Section 56-37-30, Relating To Establishment Of The Points System For Evaluating Performance Records Of Dealers, So As To Eliminate Certain Conduct That Results In Point Violations And Add Additional Conduct That Results In Point Violations; By Amending Section 56-37-70, Relating To Suspensions Of Licenses, So As To Provide The Department Of Motor Vehicles May Notify Certain Persons By Certified Mail Or Electronic Tracking; By Amending Section 56-3-1010, Relating To Terms And Their Definitions Associated With Corporate-owned Fleet Motor Vehicles, So As To Revise The Definition Of The Term "fleet"; By Amending Section 56-1-40, Relating To Persons Who May Not Be Licensed Or Have Their Licenses Renewed, So As To Make Technical Changes, To Provide This Provision Applies To The Issuance Of Identification Cards, To Establish The Maximum Period Drivers' Licenses And Identification Cards Are Valid, To Provide A Fee For Identification Cards, And To Provide The Department Of Motor Vehicles Certain Discretion When Granting Extensions To Drivers' Licenses And Identification Cards; By Amending Section 56-3-210, Relating To The Issuance Of Temporary License Plates, So As To Increase The Maximum Period The License Plates Are Valid; By Repealing Section 56-5-2585 Relating To Exempting Purple Heart Recipients From Paying Parking Meter Fees; By Amending Section 56-19-10, Relating To Protection Of Titles To And Interests In Motor Vehicles, So As To Provide Additional Terms And Their Definitions; By Amending Section 56-19-265, Relating To Liens Or Encumbrances Recorded On Motor Vehicles Or Mobile Homes, So As To Require Certain Entities To Utilize The Department Of Motor Vehicle's Electronic Title System, And To Revise The Provisions That Establish The Procedures To Transfer Vehicle Ownership, Apply For And The Release Of Liens, And Perform Other Activities Necessary To Title Certain Vehicles; To Amend Section 56-19-370, Relating To Procedures For The Voluntary Transfer Of Certain Vehicles By Dealers, So As To Revise The Conditions That Allow The Prosecution Of Dealers For Improperly Titling Or Registering Vehicles; And By Amending Section 56-19-680, Relating To The Satisfaction Of Security Interests In Vehicles For Which Certificates Of Titles Are In The Possession Of Lienholders, So As To Revise The Procedures Whereby Lienholders' Interests Are Released, And To Provide A Penalty For The Failure Of Lienholders To Forward Certain Certificates Of Title To The Department Of Motor Vehicles. - Ratified Title

Celebrate The Rich Cultural Heritage, History, And Enduring Contributions Of Cambodian Americans And To Declare April 2026 Cambodian Heritage Month In The State Of South Carolina.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 7-7-40, Relating To Designation Of Voting Precincts In Aiken County, So As To Provide That If The Board Of Voter Registration And Elections Determines That A Precinct Contains No Suitable Location For A Polling Place, The Board, Upon Approval Of A Majority Of The County Legislative Delegation, May Locate The Polling Place Inside The County And Within Five Miles Of The Precinct's Boundaries; And By Amending Section 5-15-60, Relating To Municipalities Adopting Methods Of Nominating Candidates For And Determining Results Of Nonpartisan Elections, So As To Provide That Any Municipality Which Elects To Hold Partisan Municipal Elections Must Pay All Costs And Expenses Associated With The Conduct Of A Municipal Primary Election. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 7-7-110, Relating To Designation Of Voting Precincts In Beaufort County, So As To Redesignate The Map Number On Which These Precincts Are Delineated. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "insurance Rate Reduction And Policyholder Protection Act;" By Amending Section 38-3-110, Relating To Duties Of The Director Of The Department Of Insurance, So As To Expand Those Duties; By Adding Section 38-55-172 So As To Prohibit Residential Builders And Registered Residential Specialty Contractors From Certain Actions Made On Behalf Of Owners Or Possessors Of Residential Real Estate On Insurance Claims In Connection With Roofing System Repairs Or Replacements To Prohibit Residential Builders And Registered Residential Specialty Contractors From Advertising Or Promising To Pay Or Rebate An Insurance Deductible As An Inducement To The Sale Of Goods Or Services, To Provide Penalties For Violations, To Provide The Insurance Fraud Division Of The Department Of Insurance May Investigate Claims Of Fraudulent Activity Relating To The Performance Of Goods Or Services For A Roofing System Pursuant To A Written Contract And Refer Certain Findings To The Department Of Labor, Licensing And Regulation; By Amending Section 38-55-520, Relating To The Purpose Of The Article, So As To Make A Technical Change; By Amending Section 38-55-530, Relating To Definitions, So As To Amend The Definitions Of "authorized Agency" And "false Statement Or Misrepresentations"; By Amending Section 38-55-550, Relating To Civil Penalties, So As To Prescribe Duties Of The Director Of The Department Of Insurance; By Amending Section 38-55-560, Relating To The Insurance Fraud Division, So As To Establish The Insurance Fraud Division In The Department Of Insurance And To Provide The Duties For The Division, The Attorney General, And The State Law Enforcement Division; By Amending Section 38-55-570, Relating To Notification Of False Statements Or Misrepresentations And Ability To Share Information, So As To Require The Insurance Fraud Division To Prosecute Criminal Violations Of Title 38 And Any Other Crimes Related To Insurance, As Well As Division Staff Requirements, And To Provide For Investigative Duties Of The Attorney General And The State Law Enforcement Division; By Amending Section 38-55-590, Relating To Annual Reports By The Director Of The Insurance Fraud Division, So As To Make A Conforming Change; By Amending Section 38-73-1095, Relating To Essential Property Insurance And Rating Plan Factors, So As To Provide Additional Requirements For Any Insurer Required To Submit Rates And Rating Plans To The Department Of Insurance Related To Adjustments To Reduce Premiums And For Owners Of Insurable Property Claiming A Credit Or Discount; By Amending Section 38-75-470, Relating To Membership Of The Advisory Committee For The Director Of Insurance, So As To Provide Mitigation Of Property Losses Due To Wildfire Among The Issues To Be Considered And To Provide For Terms Of Service For Advisory Committee Members; By Amending Section 38-75-480, Relating To The Loss Mitigation Grant Program, So As To Provide For When Grants May Be Given To Local Governments; By Amending Section 38-75-485, Relating To The South Carolina Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program, So As Establish The "sc Safe Home Program" And To Establish Requirements; By Amending Section 38-77-122, Relating To Prohibited Factors For Issuing Automobile Insurance Policies Or Premium Rates, So As To Add Uninsured And Underinsured Motorist Claims; By Amending Section 38-77-123, Relating To Prohibited Factors For Automobile Insurance Policy Renewals Or Cancellations, So As To Add Uninsured And Underinsured Motorist Claims; By Adding Section 38-77-145 So As To Prohibit Noneconomic Damages For Persons Operating A Motor Vehicle While Knowingly Not In Compliance With Automobile Insurance Requirements And To Provide Exceptions; By Amending Section 38-77-280, Relating To Automobile Collision And Comprehensive Insurance, So As To Require Insurers To Offer A Zero Dollar Deductible For Automobile Safety Glass And To Prohibit Insurers From Considering Uninsured Or Underinsured Motorists Claims For Certain Insurance Policy Decisions; By Amending Section 12-6-1620, Related To Catastrophe Savings Accounts, So As To Include Certain Approved Retrofits To Primary Residences For Hurricane Or Wind Damage Resilience, And For The Department Of Revenue To Provide An Annual Report To The General Assembly; By Amending Section 12-6-3660, Relating To Tax Credits For Hurricane Resistant Retrofits To Residences, So As To Increase The Tax Credit Option From One Thousand To Two Thousand Dollars; By Adding Section 12-6-3662 So As To Establish A "disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday" And To Provide For Its Requirements; By Amending Section 12-6-3670, Related To Tax Credits For Excess Paid For Property And Casualty Insurance, So As To Increase The Credit Amount To Three Thousand Dollars; By Amending Section 42-9-440, Relating To Suspected False Statements Or Misrepresentations Required To Be Reported To The Insurance Fraud Division, So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Adding Section 40-11-125 So As To Provide The Department Of Insurance Has The Exclusive Authority To Enforce Any Violations Related To Insurance Or Insurance Fraud Arising From Roofing Systems Contracts Or The Delivery Of Goods Or Services Related To Roofing Systems Involving Licensees Of The South Carolina Contractor's Licensing Board; By Amending Section 40-59-25, Relating To Roofing Contract Cancellations For Insurance Coverage Denials, So As To Remove Certain Provisions Transferred To The Department Of Insurance And To Revise The Provisions; By Adding Section 40-59-27 So As To Provide The Department Of Insurance As The Exclusive Authority To Enforce Any Violations Related To Insurance Or Insurance Fraud Arising From Roofing Systems Contracts Or The Delivery Of Goods Or Services Related To Roofing Systems Involving Licensees And Registrants Of The South Carolina Residential Builders Commission; To Require The Director Of The Department Of Insurance To Submit An Annual Report To The General Assembly Regarding The Impact On Insurance Rates And Require Annual Testimony Before The House Labor, Commerce And Industry Committee And The Senate Banking And Insurance Committee; And To Make Conforming Or Technical Changes.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 48-39-150, Relating To Approval Or Denial Of Permits, So As To Establish Timelines For The Department To Take Action On A Permit Application; By Amending Section 48-39-80, Relating To The Development Of A Coastal Management Program, So As To Deem A Coastal Zone Consistency Certification Approved If, For All Other State Permits, Certification Review Is Not Completed Within Ninety Days Of The Public Comment Closing; By Adding Section 48-6-35 So As To Permit The Department Of Environmental Services To Hire Third-party, Independent Engineers To Assist The Department With Its Duties And To Require The Department To Establish Regulations For Contractor Qualifications To Bid On The Department's Work; And By Repealing A Portion Of Section 48-39-130 As Of September 30, 2032, And To Establish Requirements For Certain Maintenance Dredging After That Date. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Student Physical Privacy Act" By Adding Article 5 To Chapter 23, Title 59 So As To Provide Various Measures To Promote And Ensure Privacy Among Sexes Using Certain Restrooms And Changing Facilities In Public Schools And Public Institutions Of Higher Learning, And To Provide Penalties For Noncompliance, Among Other Things.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting "egypt's Law" By Amending Section 16-3-5, Relating To The Prohibition Against Prosecuting Persons For Homicide Who Cause Injuries Which Result In Death At Least Three Years Later, So As To Remove This Limitation And Allow Prosecution Regardless Of The Amount Of Time Between Injury And Death.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 5 To Chapter 1, Title 40, So As To Provide Definitions Related To Artificial Intelligence And Therapy Or Psychotherapy; To Provide That A Licensed Professional Shall Not Be Permitted To Use Artificial Intelligence To Assist In Providing Supplementary Support In Therapy Or Psychotherapy Where The Client's Therapeutic Session Is Recorded Unless The Patient Is Informed That Artificial Intelligence Will Be Used And For What Purpose And The Patient Consents To This Use; To Provide That An Individual, Corporation, Or Entity May Not Offer Therapy Or Psychotherapy Services, Including Through The Use Of Internet-based Artificial Intelligence, Unless The Therapy Or Psychotherapy Services Are Conducted By A Licensed Professional; To Provide That A Licensed Professional May Not Allow Artificial Intelligence To Make Independent Therapeutic Decisions; To Require That All Records Kept By A Licensed Professional Be Kept Confidential; To Provide Exceptions; And To Provide Penalties For Violations.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-25-65, Relating To The Reduction Of A Sentence For Substantial Assistance To The State, So As To Require Notice To The Arresting Law Enforcement Agency And Any Victims, To Require A Hearing With Findings Of Fact In A Written Order, To Require Verification Of Substantial Assistance By Law Enforcement Or The Correctional Facility, And To Allow Reduction Of Mandatory Minimum Sentences In The Discretion Of The Judge.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "heirs' Property Tax Relief Act" By Amending Section 12-37-3150, Relating To Determining When An Assessible Transfer Of Interest Occurs, So As To Exclude Transfers Made Among Family Members To Clear The Title Of Heirs' Property.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 40-19-250, Relating To Continuing Education Hours Required For Licensees Of The Board Of Funeral Examiners, So As To Revise Physical Attendance Requirements For Continuing Education Instruction, To Provide An Exception, And To Define "physical Attendance." - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-6-510, Relating To Income Tax Rates For Individuals, Estates, And Trusts, So As To Reduce The Top Marginal Income Tax Rate To 5.21 Percent, To Create Another Income Tax Bracket To Which A 1.99 Percent Rate Applies, And To Set Forth Standards For Additional Reductions; By Amending Section 12-6-50, Relating To Internal Revenue Code Sections Specifically Not Adopted By The State, So As To Not Adopt The Federal Standard Deduction And Itemized Deduction; By Amending Section 12-6-1140, Relating To Income Tax Deductions, So As To Allow For A South Carolina Income Adjusted Deduction (sciad); By Amending Section 12-6-4910, Relating To Persons Required To File A Tax Return, So As To Make A Conforming Change To The Calculation; By Amending Section 12-6-1720, Relating To Adjustments To The Taxable Income Of Nonresident Individuals, So As To Make A Conforming Change; And By Amending Section 12-6-3632, Relating To The Earned Income Tax Credit, So As To Establish A Maximum Credit Amount. - Ratified Title

Reject The Supreme Court Of The United States Obergefell Decision And To Call On The Supreme Court To Reverse Obergefell And Restore The Natural Law Definition Of Marriage, A Union Of One Man And One Woman And To Insist On Restoring The Issue Of Marriage And Enforcement Of All Laws Pertaining To Marriage Back To The Several States And The People.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 1-1-1210, Relating To Annual Salaries Of Certain State Officers, So As To Provide That Salaries Of The Governor And The Lieutenant Governor Must Be Based On Recommendations By The Agency Head Salary Commission To The General Assembly; By Amending Section 8-11-160, Relating To The Agency Head Salary Commission And Salary Increases For Agency Heads, So As To Provide That Salaries Of The Governor And The Lieutenant Governor Must Be Based On Recommendations By The Agency Head Salary Commission To The General Assembly, And To Require The Commission To Authorize A Study Every Four Years To Recommend Salary Ranges For The Governor And Lieutenant Governor; And By Amending Section 8-11-165, Relating To The Agency Head Salary Commission And Its Duties And Responsibilities, So As To Make Conforming Changes.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-6-3830 So As To Allow An Income Tax Credit For A Timber Casualty Loss In A Federally Declared Disaster Area Resulting From Hurricane Helene; And By Amending Section 12-6-1140, Relating To Deductions From Individual Taxable Income, So As To Allow A Deduction For Payments Received From Certain Disaster Relief Agencies Resulting From Hurricane Helene.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 50-13-640, Relating To The Possession Of Blue Catfish, So As To Provide For A Daily Limit Of Seventy-five Blue Catfish In State Waterways Other Than In Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, And The Upper Reach Of The Santee River.