South Carolina
126th General Assembly·3,889 bills·Adjourned May 7, 2026
Track legislation moving through South Carolina. Browse 3,889 bills and resolutions during the 126th General Assembly, each with a plain-language summary, current status from introduction to enactment, sponsors, and voting history.
Bills
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 14-7-840, Relating To Age Exemption From Jury Service, So As To Increase The Age For Exemption From Sixty-five Years To Seventy Years.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 14-7-840, Relating To Age Exemption From Jury Service, So As To Increase The Age For Exemption From Sixty-five Years To Seventy Years.
Honor Cancer Patients, Survivors, And Their Families, To Remember Those Who Have Been Lost To Cancer, And To Recognize February 26, 2025, As "suits And Sneakers Day" In South Carolina.
Honor Cancer Patients, Survivors, And Their Families, To Remember Those Who Have Been Lost To Cancer, And To Recognize February 26, 2025, As "suits And Sneakers Day" In South Carolina.
Recognize And Commend Charleston Native Linda Jean Harvey For Her Achievements And A Lifetime Of Service To Her Community.
Recognize And Commend Charleston Native Linda Jean Harvey For Her Achievements And A Lifetime Of Service To Her Community.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 12 To Chapter 17, Title 58 Entitled "utility Facilities Crossing Or Paralleling Railroads" So As To Define Terms; To Establish Applicability Of The Act; To Require A Utility To Submit An Application; To Provide Standardized Fees; To Allow For The Continuation Of Existing Agreements; And To Provide A Dispute Resolution Mechanism Through The Public Service Commission.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 12 To Chapter 17, Title 58 Entitled "utility Facilities Crossing Or Paralleling Railroads" So As To Define Terms; To Establish Applicability Of The Act; To Require A Utility To Submit An Application; To Provide Standardized Fees; To Allow For The Continuation Of Existing Agreements; And To Provide A Dispute Resolution Mechanism Through The Public Service Commission.
Recognize And Honor The Heathwood Hall Middle School Boys Basketball Team, Coaches, And School Officials For A Remarkable 2024-2025 Season And Congratulate Them For Winning The Regional Championship.
Recognize And Honor The Heathwood Hall Middle School Boys Basketball Team, Coaches, And School Officials For A Remarkable 2024-2025 Season And Congratulate Them For Winning The Regional Championship.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-10-95, Relating To Credit Against Withholding For Retraining, So As To Provide An Increase In The Credit Amount.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-10-95, Relating To Credit Against Withholding For Retraining, So As To Provide An Increase In The Credit Amount.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 2 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Require National Instant Criminal Background Checks Before Any Sale, Exchange, Or Transfer Of Firearms In This State And To Provide Procedures For The Background Checks; To Require National Instant Criminal Background Checks At Gun Shows And To Provide Procedures For The Background Checks; And To Exempt Records Kept From Disclosure As Public Records Under The Freedom Of Information Act And To Provide A Penalty For Violations Of The Article.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 2 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Require National Instant Criminal Background Checks Before Any Sale, Exchange, Or Transfer Of Firearms In This State And To Provide Procedures For The Background Checks; To Require National Instant Criminal Background Checks At Gun Shows And To Provide Procedures For The Background Checks; And To Exempt Records Kept From Disclosure As Public Records Under The Freedom Of Information Act And To Provide A Penalty For Violations Of The Article.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "forming Open And Robust University Minds (forum) Act" By Adding Chapter 148 To Title 59 So As To Define Necessary Terms, To Provide Measures To Protect Expressions By Students And Student Organizations In Certain Places On The Campuses Of Public Institutions Of Higher Learning In This State, To Provide Related Requirements For Policies And Procedures, To Provide Specific Responsibilities Of Public Institutions Of Higher Learning, And To Provide Means Of Redress For Violations Of This Act, Among Other Things.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "forming Open And Robust University Minds (forum) Act" By Adding Chapter 148 To Title 59 So As To Define Necessary Terms, To Provide Measures To Protect Expressions By Students And Student Organizations In Certain Places On The Campuses Of Public Institutions Of Higher Learning In This State, To Provide Related Requirements For Policies And Procedures, To Provide Specific Responsibilities Of Public Institutions Of Higher Learning, And To Provide Means Of Redress For Violations Of This Act, Among Other Things.
A Senate Resolution To Congratulate A. Foster Mckissick Iii For Being Nominated For The 2025 Time Dealer Of The Year Award.
A Senate Resolution To Congratulate A. Foster Mckissick Iii For Being Nominated For The 2025 Time Dealer Of The Year Award.
Recognize And Honor Darryl Ray Griffin Sr., Ceo Of Neal Brothers North America, And To Commend Him For His Business Achievements And For The Beneficial Impact He Has Had On The Charleston Community.
Recognize And Honor Darryl Ray Griffin Sr., Ceo Of Neal Brothers North America, And To Commend Him For His Business Achievements And For The Beneficial Impact He Has Had On The Charleston Community.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 29 To Chapter 1, Title 1 So As To Provide For Definitions And To Require The Sc Emergency Management Division To Add Detailed Plans Regarding Hardening All Critical Infrastructure Against Electromagnetic Pulses Or Geomagnetic Disturbances, To Require Electrical Utility Distributors In This State To Offer Programs To Residential Customers Who Choose To Receive Electromagnetic Pulse/geomagnetic Disturbance Protection From The Utility And To Provide For Payment Plans Through The Customers' Monthly Bills, And To Provide For Grants; And To Establish That The General Assembly Shall Make Certain Appropriations.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 29 To Chapter 1, Title 1 So As To Provide For Definitions And To Require The Sc Emergency Management Division To Add Detailed Plans Regarding Hardening All Critical Infrastructure Against Electromagnetic Pulses Or Geomagnetic Disturbances, To Require Electrical Utility Distributors In This State To Offer Programs To Residential Customers Who Choose To Receive Electromagnetic Pulse/geomagnetic Disturbance Protection From The Utility And To Provide For Payment Plans Through The Customers' Monthly Bills, And To Provide For Grants; And To Establish That The General Assembly Shall Make Certain Appropriations.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-7-1990, Relating To Confidentiality And Release Of Records And Information, So As To Authorize Disclosure Of Case Records To County And State Guardian Ad Litem Staff And The State Child Advocate's Divisions; By Amending Section 63-11-550, Relating To Confidentiality Of Records And Information, So As To Provide That The Appointed Guardian Ad Litem Can Share Case Records To County And State Guardian Ad Litem Staff And The State Child Advocate's Divisions; By Amending Section 63-11-700, Relating To The Division For Review Of The Foster Care Of Children, So As To Update Statutes Related To The State Child Advocate's Division; By Amending Section 63-11-1340, Relating To The Director And Other Staff, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And By Amending Section 63-11-1360, Relating To The Annual Report, So As To Make Conforming Changes.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-7-1990, Relating To Confidentiality And Release Of Records And Information, So As To Authorize Disclosure Of Case Records To County And State Guardian Ad Litem Staff And The State Child Advocate's Divisions; By Amending Section 63-11-550, Relating To Confidentiality Of Records And Information, So As To Provide That The Appointed Guardian Ad Litem Can Share Case Records To County And State Guardian Ad Litem Staff And The State Child Advocate's Divisions; By Amending Section 63-11-700, Relating To The Division For Review Of The Foster Care Of Children, So As To Update Statutes Related To The State Child Advocate's Division; By Amending Section 63-11-1340, Relating To The Director And Other Staff, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And By Amending Section 63-11-1360, Relating To The Annual Report, So As To Make Conforming Changes.
Express The Profound Sorrow Of The Members Of The South Carolina House Of Representatives Upon The Passing Of Peggy Hill Of Anderson, To Celebrate Her Life, And To Extend The Deepest Sympathy To Her Family And Many Friends.
Express The Profound Sorrow Of The Members Of The South Carolina House Of Representatives Upon The Passing Of Peggy Hill Of Anderson, To Celebrate Her Life, And To Extend The Deepest Sympathy To Her Family And Many Friends.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Kratom Consumer Protection Act" By Adding Article 20 To Chapter 53, Title 44 So As To Provide For The Regulation Of The Sale Of Kratom Products By Retailers And Processors And To Create Penalties For Violation Of The Provisions Of The Article.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Kratom Consumer Protection Act" By Adding Article 20 To Chapter 53, Title 44 So As To Provide For The Regulation Of The Sale Of Kratom Products By Retailers And Processors And To Create Penalties For Violation Of The Provisions Of The Article.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "university Housing Development And Incentive Act" By Adding Section 59-103-163 So As To Encourage The Construction Of Affordable Housing For Public Universities In South Carolina By Providing Financial Incentives And Establishing A Transparent Approval Process.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "university Housing Development And Incentive Act" By Adding Section 59-103-163 So As To Encourage The Construction Of Affordable Housing For Public Universities In South Carolina By Providing Financial Incentives And Establishing A Transparent Approval Process.
A Senate Resolution To Recognize June 15-21, 2025, As Waste And Recycling Workers Week In South Carolina.
A Senate Resolution To Recognize June 15-21, 2025, As Waste And Recycling Workers Week In South Carolina.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-101-620, Relating To Educational Fee Waivers, So As To Provide That Higher Institutions May Offer Up To An Additional Four Percent Of Educational Fee Waivers.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-101-620, Relating To Educational Fee Waivers, So As To Provide That Higher Institutions May Offer Up To An Additional Four Percent Of Educational Fee Waivers.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 6-1-320, Relating To The Limitation On Millage Increases So As To Allow The Governing Body Of A Rural County To Suspend The Limitation For The Purpose Of Supporting A Fire Protection District.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 6-1-320, Relating To The Limitation On Millage Increases So As To Allow The Governing Body Of A Rural County To Suspend The Limitation For The Purpose Of Supporting A Fire Protection District.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 1-11-10, Relating To The Department Of Administration, So As To Move The Procurement Services Division To The Department; By Amending Section 1-11-20, Relating To The Transfer Of Offices, Divisions, And Other Agencies From The State Budget And Control Board To Appropriate Entities, So As To Remove The Procurement Services Division From The State Fiscal Affairs Authority; And By Amending Section 11-35-310, Relating To The South Carolina Procurement Code, So As To Make Conforming Changes.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 1-11-10, Relating To The Department Of Administration, So As To Move The Procurement Services Division To The Department; By Amending Section 1-11-20, Relating To The Transfer Of Offices, Divisions, And Other Agencies From The State Budget And Control Board To Appropriate Entities, So As To Remove The Procurement Services Division From The State Fiscal Affairs Authority; And By Amending Section 11-35-310, Relating To The South Carolina Procurement Code, So As To Make Conforming Changes.
Request The Department Of Transportation Name The Portion Of Main Street In The Town Of Easley In Pickens County From Wilbur Street To North Pendleton Street "officer Matthew Logan Hare Memorial Avenue" And Erect Appropriate Signs Or Markers Along This Portion Of Highway Containing These Words.
Request The Department Of Transportation Name The Portion Of Main Street In The Town Of Easley In Pickens County From Wilbur Street To North Pendleton Street "officer Matthew Logan Hare Memorial Avenue" And Erect Appropriate Signs Or Markers Along This Portion Of Highway Containing These Words.
Recognize The Historical Significance Of The Bunyon Thompson Family To Fairfield County And Acknowledge The Contributions Of Tommie Lee And Eunice Shelton Thompson, Gethsemane School, And Gethsemane Baptist Church.
Recognize The Historical Significance Of The Bunyon Thompson Family To Fairfield County And Acknowledge The Contributions Of Tommie Lee And Eunice Shelton Thompson, Gethsemane School, And Gethsemane Baptist Church.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact "the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act"; By Adding Article 11 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Define "ammunition," "firearm," "payment Card," And Other Terms Pertaining To Firearms; To Provide That, Under Certain Circumstances, No Government Entity Shall Knowingly Keep A Record Of Privately Owned Firearms Or Their Owners; And To Provide Penalties For Violations.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact "the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act"; By Adding Article 11 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Define "ammunition," "firearm," "payment Card," And Other Terms Pertaining To Firearms; To Provide That, Under Certain Circumstances, No Government Entity Shall Knowingly Keep A Record Of Privately Owned Firearms Or Their Owners; And To Provide Penalties For Violations.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 57-11-30 So As To Credit Certain Fines And Fees To The State Highway Fund Without Any Reductions For Transfers To The State Transportation Infrastructure Bank; And By Repealing Chapter 43 Of Title 11 Relating To The State Transportation Infrastructure Bank.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 57-11-30 So As To Credit Certain Fines And Fees To The State Highway Fund Without Any Reductions For Transfers To The State Transportation Infrastructure Bank; And By Repealing Chapter 43 Of Title 11 Relating To The State Transportation Infrastructure Bank.
Enact The "commission On Fiscal Restraint And Government Efficiency"; To Provide For The Membership Of The Commission; To Provide For The Commission's Duties And Obligations; To Prioritize Spending Cuts And Establish A Date That The Spending Cuts Must Be Reported To The General Assembly And The Governor; To Provide For The Report On The Commission's Other Duties And Obligations; And To Sunset The Commission.
Enact The "commission On Fiscal Restraint And Government Efficiency"; To Provide For The Membership Of The Commission; To Provide For The Commission's Duties And Obligations; To Prioritize Spending Cuts And Establish A Date That The Spending Cuts Must Be Reported To The General Assembly And The Governor; To Provide For The Report On The Commission's Other Duties And Obligations; And To Sunset The Commission.
Recognize And Honor Bishop Dr. Floyd A. Knowlin, Of Georgetown County, And To Congratulate Him For Fifty Years Of Meaningful Ministry And Service To His Congregation And Community.
Recognize And Honor Bishop Dr. Floyd A. Knowlin, Of Georgetown County, And To Congratulate Him For Fifty Years Of Meaningful Ministry And Service To His Congregation And Community.