South Carolina

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "eliminate The Marriage Tax Penalty Act" By Adding Section 12-6-525 So As To Allow Married Taxpayers Who File A Joint Federal Return To Calculate Their Amount Of South Carolina Income Tax Owed For The Tax Year As Though Each Taxpayer Filed A Return As A Single Taxpayer If The Taxpayers' Cumulative Tax Owed Would Be Less Than The Amount They Would Owe Had They Filed A Joint Return.

A Senate Resolution To Congratulate The South Florence High School Boys Football Team, Coaches, And School Officials On An Outstanding Season And To Honor Them For Winning The South Carolina Class Aaa 2024 State Championship.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 27-40-435 So As To Impose Upon Landlords A Duty To Provide Certain Security To Protect Tenants From Criminal Activities Of Third Parties, To Provide Landlords Who Are Negligent In The Performance Of This Duty May Be Liable For Damages Proximately Caused To The Tenant By Such Criminal Activities, To Impose Related Duties Concerning Security Measures That Must Be Provided, And To Provide A Necessary Definition.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Street Gang And Criminal Enterprise Prevention And Anti-racketeering Act"; By Amending Article 3 Of Chapter 8, Title 16, Relating To The Criminal Gang Prevention Act, So As To Retitle The Article, Revise The Definitions For Purposes Of The Article, And Restructure The Article And The Offenses And Penalties Contained Within It; And By Adding Article 5 To Chapter 8, Title 16 So As To Create Anti-racketeering Provisions To Compliment The Revised Street Gang And Criminal Enterprise Prevention Article, Define Necessary Terms, Create Various Racketeering Offenses And Establish Penalties For Violations, And Provide For Forfeiture Of Assets Used In A Violation Of Racketeering Provisions.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 36-1-201, Relating To Definitions, So As To Amend The Definition Of "conspicuous," "delivery," "holder," "money," "person," "send," "signed," And To Add The Definition Of "electronic"; By Amending Section 36-2-102, Relating To The Scope Of The Chapter, So As To Include Hybrid Transactions; By Amending Section 36-2-106, Relating To Definitions, So As To Add The Definition Of "hybrid Transaction"; By Amending Section 36-2a-102, Relating To The Scope Of Chapter 2a, So As To Include Provisions For A Hybrid Lease; By Amending Section 36-2a-103, Relating To Definitions, So As To Add The Definition Of "hybrid Lease"; By Amending Section 36-3-104, Relating To Negotiable Instruments, So As To Provide Additional Factors For What Constitutes A Negotiable Instrument; By Amending Section 36-3-105, Relating To The Definition Of "issue," So As To Amend That Definition; By Amending Section 36-3-401, Relating To Liability On An Instrument, So As To Eliminate The Standards Regarding A Signature; By Amending Section 36-3-604, Relating To The Obligation Of A Party To Pay A Check, So As To Provide When The Obligation To Pay A Check Is Not Discharged; By Amending Section 36-4a-103, Relating To Definitions, So As To Amend The Definition Of "payment Order"; By Amending Section 36-4a-201, Relating To "security Procedure," So As To Provide That A Security Procedure May Impose An Obligation On The Receiving Bank Or Customer; By Amending Section 36-5-104, Relating To Formal Requirements, So As To Provide A Letter Of Credit, Confirmation, Advice, Transfer, Amendment, Or Cancellation May Be Issued In Any Form That Is A Signed Record; By Amending Section 36-5-116, Relating To Choice Of Law And Forum, So As To Provide For The Branch Of A Bank's Address; By Amending Section 36-7-102, Relating To Amendments, So As To Eliminate The Definition Of "sign"; By Amending Section 36-7-106, Relating To Control Of Electronic Document Of Title, So As To Provide When A Person Has Control Of An Electronic Document Of Title; By Amending Section 36-8-102, Relating To Definitions, So As To Amend The Definition Of "communicate"; By Amending Section 36-8-103, Relating To Rules For Determining Whether Certain Obligations And Interests Are Securities Or Financial Interests, So As To Provide When A Controllable Account, Controllable Electronic Record, Or Controllable Payment Intangible Is Not A Financial Asset; By Amending Section 36-8-106, Relating To When A Purchaser Has Control Of A Security Entitlement, So As To Provide When A Person, Other Than The Transferor To The Purchaser Of An Interest In The Security Entitlement, Has Control Of The Security Entitlement, And To Provide For Acknowledgement Of Control For Security Entitlement; By Amending Section 36-8-110, Relating To Applicability And Choice Of Law, So As To Provide When The Local Law Of The Issuer's Or Security Intermediary's Jurisdiction Governs; By Amending Section 36-8-303, Relating To A Protected Purchaser, So As To Provide That A Protected Purchaser Also Acquires Its Interest In The Security Free Of Any Adverse Claim; By Amending Section 36-9-102, Relating To Definitions, So As To Amend The Definition Of "account," "account Debtor," "accounting," "authenticate," "assignee," "assignor," "chattel Paper," "controllable Account," "controllable Payment Intangible," "electronic Chattel Paper," "general Intangible," "instrument," "payment Intangible," "send," And "tangible Chattel Paper," And To Add References To "controllable Electronic Record," "protected Purchaser," And "qualifying Purchaser"; By Amending Section 36-9-104, Relating To Control Of Deposit Account, So As To Provide When A Secured Party Has Control Of A Deposit Account; By Amending Section 36-9-105, Relating To Control Of Electronic Chattel Paper, So As To Provide When A Purchaser Has Control Of An Authoritative Electronic Copy Of A Record Evidencing Chattel Paper; By Adding Section 36-9-107a So As To Provide When A Secured Party Has Control Of A Controllable Electronic Record, Controllable Account, Or Controllable Payment Intangible; By Adding Section 36-9-107b So As To Provide A Person That Has Control Of Certain Items Is Not Required To Acknowledge Control On Behalf Of Another Person; By Amending Section 36-9-204, Relating To After-acquired Property And Future Advances, So As To Provide Circumstances That Would Not Prevent A Security Interest From Attaching; By Amending Section 36-9-208, Relating To Additional Duties Of A Secured Party Having Control Of Collateral, So As To Provide When A Secured Party That Has Control Of An Authoritative Electronic Copy Of A Record Evidencing Chattel Paper Or Controllable Electronic Record Shall Transfer Control; By Amending Section 36-9-304, Relating To Law Governing Perfection And Priority Of Security Interests, So As To Provide That The Local Law Of A Bank's Jurisdiction Governs Perfection And Priority Of A Security Interest In A Deposit Account Maintained With That Bank, Even If The Transaction Does Not Bear Any Relation To The Bank's Jurisdiction; By Amending Section 36-9-305, Relating To Law Governing Perfection And Priority Of Security Interests In Investment Property, So As To Provide Local Law Governs, Even If The Transaction Does Not Bear Any Relation To The Jurisdiction; By Adding Section 36-9-306a So As To Provide For Jurisdiction Of Chattel Paper; By Adding Section 36-9-306b So As To Provide For Jurisdiction Of A Controllable Electronic Record; By Amending Section 36-9-310, Relating To Filing To Perfect A Security Interest Or Agricultural Lien, So As To Provide Provisions For Controllable Accounts, Controllable Electronic Records, Controllable Payment Intangibles, And Chattel Paper; By Amending Section 36-9-312, Relating To Perfection Of Security Interests, So As To Include Controllable Accounts, Controllable Electronic Records, Controllable Payment Intangibles, And Negotiable Instruments; By Amending Section 36-9-314, Relating To Perfection By Control, So As To Include Provisions For Controllable Accounts, Controllable Electronic Records, And Controllable Payment Intangibles; By Adding Section 36-9-314a So As To Provide For Perfecting A Security Interest In Chattel Paper; By Amending Section 36-9-316, Relating To Continued Perfection Of A Security Interest Following Change In Governing Law, So As To Include Provisions For Chattel Paper, Controllable Accounts, Controllable Electronic Records, And Controllable Payment Intangibles; By Amending Section 36-9-317, Relating To Interests That Take Priority Over Or Take Free Of Security Interest Or Agricultural Lien, So As To Provide For Chattel Paper, Electronic Document, Controllable Electronic Record, Controllable Account, Or Controllable Payment Intangible; By Amending Section 36-9-323, Relating To A Lessee Of Goods Taking The Leasehold Interest, So As To Delete The Reference To A Buyer Or A Lessee In The Ordinary Course Of Business; By Adding Section 36-9-326a So As To Provide For The Priority Of A Security Interest In A Controllable Account, Controllable Electronic Record, Or Controllable Payment Intangible; By Amending Section 36-9-332, Relating To Transfer Of Money And Transfer Of Funds From A Deposit Account, So As To Provide For Tangible Money And Electronic Money; By Amending Section 36-9-408, Relating To Restrictions On Assignment Of Promissory Note, So As To Provide A Provision For A Promissory Note; By Amending Section 36-9-605, Relating To An Unknown Debtor Or Secondary Obligor, So As To Provide When A Secured Party Owes A Duty Based On Its Status As A Secured Party; By Amending Section 36-9-613, Relating To The Notification Of Disposition Of Collateral, So As To Update The Notification Of Disposition Of Collateral Form And Related Instructions; By Amending Section 36-9-614, Relating To The Contents And Form Of Notification Before Disposition Of Collateral For A Consumer-goods Transaction, So As To Update The Notice Of Plan To Sell Property Form And Related Instructions; By Amending Section 36-9-628, Relating To Nonliability And Limitation On Liability Of A Secured Party And Liability Of Secondary Obligor, So As To Provide For The Liability Of A Secured Party Under Certain Circumstances; By Adding Chapter 12 To Title 36 So As To Provide For Controllable Electronic Records; By Adding Chapter 12a To Title 36 So As To Provide For Transitional Provisions For Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022); And By Amending Sections 36-1-204, 36-1-301, 36-1-306, 36-2-201, 36-2-202, 36-2-203, 36-2-205, 36-2-209, 36-2a-107, 36-2a-201, 36-2a-202, 36-2a-203, 36-2a-205, 36-2a-208, 36-4a-202, 36-4a-203, 36-4a-207, 36-4a-208, 36-4a-210, 36-4a-211, 36-4a-305, 36-9-203, 36-9-207, 36-9-209, 36-9-210, 36-9-301, 36-9-313, 36-9-324, 36-9-330, 36-9-331, 36-9-334, 36-9-341, 36-9-404, 36-9-406, 36-9-509, 36-9-513, 36-9-601, 36-9-608, 36-9-611, 36-9-615, 36-9-616, 36-9-619, 36-9-620, 36-9-621, And 36-9-624, All Relating To The Uniform Commercial Code, All So As To Make Various Conforming Changes.

Amend Rules 6.3 14. And 15., And 8.9 Of The Rules Of The House Of Representatives, All Relating To The Motion Period, So As To Delete The Motion Period And All References To It, And To Further Amend 15. To Make A Technical Change To Matters Regarding Setting Special Order; To Amend Rule 4.2 10., Relating To Standing Committees And Their Memberships, So As To Rename The Committee On Legislative Oversight The Committee On Government Efficiency And Legislative Oversight; To Amend Rule 5.20, Relating To Resolutions Memorializing Congress, An Agency, Or An Official, So As To Provide These May Be Referred To The Committee On Invitations And Memorial Resolutions Or To The Appropriate Committee With Subject Matter Jurisdiction Concerning The Resolution; To Amend Rule 4.13, Relating To Invitations, So As To Allow The Committee On Invitations And Memorial Resolutions To Accept Invitations As Early As 5:00 P.m.; To Delete Rule 5.12 Relating To The April Tenth Crossover Deadline For Legislation; To Amend Rule 4.4, Relating To Committee Operations, So As To Require Streaming Of Committee And Subcommittee Meetings When Feasible And Provide A Caveat; To Add Rule 2.17 So As To Provide That The Clerk, Reading Clerk, Chaplain, And Sergeant At Arms Must Perform Their Duties In A Fair And Professional Manner That Does Not Openly Reflect Their Personal Political Beliefs Or Opinions Concerning Issues, Campaigns, Or Other Matters Before The General Assembly; And To Delete Rules 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, And 4.12, All Relating To The Committee Of The Whole And Its Operation.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 1, Title 59, So As To Establish The "south Carolina Service Year Program" In The State Department Of Education, To Provide For The Purposes And Functions Of The Program, To Establish The Office Of Service And Civic Innovation In The Office Of The Governor And To Provide The Purposes And Functions Of The Office, To Establish The "south Carolina Service Year Program Fund" And To Provide The Purposes Of The Fund, To Provide Definitions, And To Provide Certain Privacy And Related Measures.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 6-1-35, Relating To Preservation And Protection Of Cemeteries, So As To Authorize The Governing Body Of A County Or Municipality To Adopt By Ordinance The Requirement That Cemetery Owners And Operators Shall Maintain, Preserve, And Protect The Cemetery, And To Provide Enforcement Procedures.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "ban The Box Act" By Adding Section 41-1-23 So As To Provide That No Job Application May Include Questions Related To Criminal Convictions Unless The Conviction Directly Relates To The Employment Or Licensure Sought, To Provide A Related Policy Statement, And To Provide Necessary Definitions, Exclusions, And Related Requirements.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "accessory Dwelling Unit Affordable Housing Incentive Act" By Amending Section 12-37-220, Relating To Property Tax Exemptions, So As To Provide A Property Tax Exemption For Certain Accessory Dwelling Units.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 23-3-557 So As To Provide The Circumstances In Which Sex Offenders May Have Contact Or Custody With Their Or Any Other Minor Children, To Provide Offenders Must Report The Names And Addresses Of Their Minor Children To The Court, And To Provide The Solicitor Must Provide Nonoffending Parents Information About Safeguarding Minors From Offending Parents.

Create The "weapons Detectors In Schools Study Committee" To Evaluate Whether It Is In The Public Interest To Require The Installation And Use Of Weapons Detectors At Public Schools In This State And To Provide For The Membership And Duties Of The Study Committee.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 48-14-40, Relating To Certain Land-disturbing Activities Exempt From Provisions Of Chapter 14, Title 48, So As To Include Agricultural Structures Used To House Livestock, Poultry, Crops, Or Other Agricultural Products, Material, Or Equipment, As Well As Other Types Of Agricultural Structures Of One Or More Acres Under Certain Circumstances.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-7-268 So As To Prohibit Healthcare Facilities From Initiating Discussions About "do Not Resuscitate Orders" With Patients And Patients' Family Members, With Exceptions.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 56-5-2937 So As To Provide Persons Convicted Of Reckless Vehicular Homicide While Under The Influence Of Alcohol Or Any Other Drug Or Combination Of Drugs, Or Convicted Of Reckless Vehicular Homicide And Had At Least One Prior Conviction For Driving Motor Vehicles Under The Influence Of Alcohol, Any Other Drug, Or A Combination Of Other Drugs Or Substances, Or Driving Motor Vehicles With An Unlawful Alcohol Concentration And Whose Victims Were Parents Of Minor Children, Must Pay Restitution In The Form Of Child Maintenance To Each Of The Victims' Children Until Each Child Reaches Eighteen Years Of Age And Has Graduated From High School; And By Adding Section 50-21-118 So As To Provide Persons Convicted Of Operating Moving Water Devices While Under The Influence Of Alcohol Or Drugs When Death Results, Or Reckless Homicide While Under The Influence Of Alcohol Or Drugs And Whose Victims Were Parents Of Minor Children, Must Pay Restitution In The Form Of Child Maintenance To Each Of The Victims' Children Until Each Child Reaches Eighteen Years Of Age And Has Graduated From High School.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-13-200 So As To Establish The Instant Runoff Method Of Conducting Certain Local Elections; By Amending Section 5-15-20, Relating To Methods Of Election For Municipal Councils, So As To Allow For Multiple Member Election Districts; By Amending Section 5-15-60, Relating To Methods For Nominating Candidates For And Determining Results Of Nonpartisan Municipal Elections, So As To Add The Instant Runoff Method; And By Amending Section 7-17-610, Relating To The Method For Determining Which Candidates Have Received A Majority Vote For A Particular Office, So As To Clarify Its Application To Elections Under The Instant Runoff Voting Method.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "secure, Accurate, And Verifiable Elections Act" Or The "save Act"; By Amending Section 7-3-20, Relating To The Duties Of The State Election Commission Executive Director, So As To Require Separate Lists For Active, Inactive, And Archived Voter Registrations And Provide A List To Qualified Electors For Free; By Amending Section 7-5-160, Relating To Voter Registration, So As To Provide For A Voter Registration Period Of Ten Years, Require Valid Identification To Register To Vote, And For The County Board Of Voter Registration And Elections To Issue A Voter Identification Card For Each Registration; By Adding Section 7-5-200 So As To Permit Only Paper Poll Books At Voting Locations; By Adding Section 7-7-715 So As To Provide For The Maximum Population Of Each Precinct, Require A New Precinct Within One Year Of Population Exceeding The Maximum Amount And Provide For A Penalty For Violation; By Amending Section 7-13-72, Relating To Managers Of Elections, So As To Require Four Election Managers For Each Two Hundred Fifty Registered Voters; By Adding Section 7-13-700 So As To Require Only Qualified Electors Who Comply With All Constitutional And Statutory Requirements To Vote In An Election; By Amending Section 7-13-730, Relating To The Delivery, Marking, And Deposit Of Ballots, So As To Require The Initials Of Two Poll Managers On Each Ballot; By Adding Section 7-13-870 So As To Provide Requirements For Paper Ballots And Hand Count Of Those Ballots; By Adding Section 7-13-880 So As To Require Chain Of Custody Requirements For All Voting System Components; By Amending Section 7-13-1110, Relating To Counting Ballots And Results Declarations, So As To Provide The Public Has Access To View The Ballot Count Process Provided There Is No Interference With The Process; By Amending Section 7-13-1160, Relating To County Reporting Of Election Results To The State Election Commission, So As To Require Each County Board Of Voter Registration And Elections To Post Its Election Results Before Notification Of Unofficial Results To The State Election Commission; By Amending Section 7-15-320, Relating To Persons Qualified To Vote By Absentee Ballot, So As To Require Only U.s. Citizens With A Current And Valid Voter Registration Be Permitted To Vote And Amend Circumstances For Which A Person May Vote Absentee; By Amending Section 7-15-330, Relating To Absentee Ballot Applications, So As To Require An Application Request To Include The Signature Of The Requestor And A Witness; By Amending Section 7-15-420, Relating To Receipt, Tabulation, And Reporting Of Absentee Ballots, So As To Require Absentee Ballots Be Transported To The Precinct On Election Day, Permit Absentee Ballot Counts After The Polls Close, And Render An Absentee Ballot Null And Void If The Voter Voted In-person For That Election; And By Amending Section 53-5-10, Relating To Legal Holidays, So As To Add General Election Day As A Legal Holiday.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 14-17-325, Relating To Requiring Clerks Of Court To Report The Disposition Of Each Case In General Sessions Court, So As To Require That Clerks Of Court Report The Disposition Of Cases To The State Law Enforcement Division Within Forty-eight Hours Of The Issuance Of Certain Orders; By Amending Section 22-1-200, Relating To Requiring Magistrates To Report The Disposition Of Each Case To State Law Enforcement, So As To Require That Magistrates Report The Disposition Of Cases To The State Law Enforcement Division Within Forty-eight Hours Of The Issuance Of Certain Orders; By Amending Section 14-25-250, Relating To Requiring Municipal Judges To Report The Disposition Of Each Criminal Case, So As To Require That Municipal Judges Report The Disposition Of Cases To The State Law Enforcement Division Within Forty-eight Hours Of The Issuance Of Certain Orders; By Adding Section 23-1-260 So As To Require Each Law Enforcement Agency To Report To The State Law Enforcement Division Within Twenty-four Hours Of The Filings Of Certain Incident Reports; And By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 23, Title 16 So As To Define Necessary Terms, To Require That No Gun Transfer Preceded By A Criminal Background Check May Proceed, Unless The Criminal Background Check Has Concluded That The Sale May Proceed, Or Until At Least Five Days Have Passed From The Initiation Of The Background Check And The National Instant Criminal Background Check System Has Not Reported That The Sale Would Violate State Or Federal Law, And To Provide For Criminal Penalties For Violations Of This Article.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Hands-free And Distracted Driving Act" By Adding Section 56-5-3995 So As To Provide The Circumstances Upon Which It Is Unlawful To Use Wireless Telecommunications Devices, To Create The Offense Of Distracted Driving, And To Provide Penalties; By Amending Section 56-1-720, Relating To The Point System Established And A Schedule Of Points For Violations, So As To Provide A Second Or Subsequent Offense Of Distracted Driving Is A Two-point Violation; To Provide The Department Of Transportation Shall Erect Signs Advising Motorists Of The Provisions Of This Act; By Repealing Section 56-5-3890 Relating To Unlawful Use Of A Wireless Electronic Communication Device While Operating A Motor Vehicle; To Provide Law Enforcement Officers Shall Issue Warnings For Certain Violations Of This Act During The Ninety-day Period Following Its Effective Date; And To Provide At The End Of Each Fiscal Year, The Department Of Public Safety Shall Issue A Report Containing The Age, Gender, And Race Of Every Driver Issued A Citation.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "fair Claims Accountability Act" By Adding Section 37-4-305 So As To Establish The Healthcare Claims Consumer Assistance Program ("h-cap") And To Provide That A Health Plan Or Insurer In This State May Not Wrongfully Deny Or Insufficiently Cover A Valid Consumer Insurance Claim.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-67-520, Relating To The Transportation Of Handicapped School-age Persons On Public School Buses, So As To Provide A Public School Bus That Transports One Or More Certain Handicapped Persons Must Have An Adult Attendant To Accompany The Person Or Persons On The Bus While Being Transported, To Provide The School Bus Driver May Not Simultaneously Serve As An Attendant, And To Provide Buses May Have Multiple Attendants But Are Only Required To Have One Attendant.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-150-380, Relating To The Educational Lottery Teaching Scholarship Grants Program, So As To Revise The Purposes And Funding Of The Program To Include Scholarships And Grants For Teachers To Obtain A Master's Degree In Their Content Area, Full Scholarships To Undergraduates Who Choose To Major In Education, And Grants To Teachers And Certified Prospective Teachers To Repay Student Loans, And To Establish The Terms, Conditions, And Procedures For These Grants And Scholarship Programs; By Adding Section 59-149-170 So As To Provide That A Student Is Not Qualified For A Life Scholarship Until After The Completion Of His Freshman Year; And By Amending Section 59-150-370, Relating To The Hope Scholarship, So As To Provide That A Student Is Not Qualified For The Hope Scholarship Until After The Completion Of His Freshman Year.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-1-440, Relating To Penalties For Driving Without A License And Summary Court Jurisdiction For This Offense, So As To Provide Penalties For Persons Who Violate This Provision And Also Are Found To Be Undocumented Illegal Aliens.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 17-13-180 So As To Provide That A South Carolina Business Must Treat A Subpoena, Court Order, Or Warrant Issued By Another State As If The Subpoena, Court Order, Or Warrant Were Issued By A South Carolina Court; And By Adding Section 17-13-190 So As To Provide For The Issuance, Execution, And Return Of Search Warrants For Electronic Data Or Information.

Recognize And Honor Captain John Mcmahan, Supervisor Of The Firearms And Driving Range At The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, For His Exceptional Performance While Representing The Palmetto State At Numerous Shooting Events.