Applaud Lifelong Learning @ Rock Hill Upon The Celebration Of Its Fifth Anniversary And To Congratulate Parks, Recreation & Tourism On Five Years Of Successful Service To The Community.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 29 To Chapter 1, Title 1 So As To Prohibit A Governmental Entity From Granting Or Recognizing Legal Personhood In Certain Items.

Express The Profound Sorrow Of The Members Of The South Carolina House Of Representatives Upon The Passing Of Civil Rights Activist John Wesley Stroman Of Orangeburg County And To Extend Their Deepest Sympathy To His Large And Loving Family And His Many Friends.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 29 To Chapter 1, Title 1 So As To Provide Definitions And Other Rules Of Construction Relating To Human Biological Sexes For Purposes Of The Laws, Administrative Regulations, And Guidelines Of South Carolina.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-101-50, Relating To Enrollment Preference Given To Residents, So As To Provide After July 1, 2026 Public Institutions Of Higher Learning In This State Shall Ensure That At Least Seventy Percent Of The Applicants It Accepts For Admission Reside In This State.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "luke Barrett Act" By Adding Section 59-17-165 So As To Provide Definitions, To Provide For The Development And Implementation Of Cardiac Emergency Response Plans In Public Schools And For School-sponsored Athletic Practices And Events, To Provide Requirements For The Development And Contents Of The Plans, To Provide Training Requirements Related To The Program, And To Provide Certain Immunity For Actions Undertaken Pursuant To This Act, Among Other Things; And By Amending Section 59-17-155, Relating To Automated External Defibrillator Programs In Public High Schools, So As To Expand The Provisions To Cover All Public Schools Including Charter Schools, To Provide Public Schools Shall Ensure Accessibility To Automatic External Defibrillators At School And Off-site Athletic Events, To Provide Testing And Maintenance Requirements For The Automatic External Defibrillators, And To Provide Related Training Requirements.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 23-9-198 So As To Provide The State Fire Marshal Shall Promulgate Regulations To Test Firefighters Annually For The Presence Of Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl In Their Bloodstreams.

A Senate Resolution To Congratulate Ernestine Bostick Brunson On The Occasion Of Her One Hundredth Birthday And To Wish Her A Joyous Birthday Celebration And Much Happiness In The Years Ahead.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Sections 44-96-295 And 48-20-45 So As To Prohibit The Department Of Environmental Services From Issuing Any Permit For The Construction Of A Solid Waste Management Facility Or For Mining Activities, Respectively, If Located Within A Certain Proximity To A Public Park Or Other Public Natural Area.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 1, Title 46 By Enacting The "farmers Protection Act" So As To Prevent Discrimination In Financing Against Farmers.

Congratulate The Blue Ridge High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps On Its Fine Record Of Achievements And To Commend The Unit On The High Standards That Have Made It The Outstanding Unit It Is.

Congratulate Master Trooper John Wayne Valdario Sr. For His Fifty-five Years Of Dedicated Service To The South Carolina Department Of Public Safety And To Wish Him Much Happiness And Fulfillment In The Years Ahead.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-6-3830 So As To Provide For An Income Tax Credit For A Grocer That Opens A New Location In A Food Desert; And By Amending Section 12-36-2120, Relating To Exemptions From Sales Tax So As To Provide A Sales Tax Exemption For Certain Purchases Made By A Grocer That Operates A New Store Located In A Food Desert.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 23-31-240, Relating To Persons Allowed To Carry Concealable Weapons Anywhere In The State, So As To Provide This Provision Includes Public Defender Investigators And Assistant Public Defender Investigators Under Certain Circumstances.

A Senate Resolution To Recognize And Honor Skillsusa For Its Efforts To Ensure That America Has A Skilled Workforce And To Declare February 2-8, 2025, As "skillsusa Week" In South Carolina.

Express The Profound Sorrow Of The South Carolina General Assembly Upon The Passing Of Dr. Lonnie Randolph Jr. Of Columbia And To Extend The Deepest Sympathy To His Family And Many Friends.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 61-6-1810, Relating To Applications And Fees, So As To Amend Certain Fees For Establishments That Are Authorized To Sell Alcoholic Liquors By The Drink On Sundays; And By Amending Section 61-6-2010, Relating To Temporary Permits, So As To Amend A Certain Fee And Remove The Requirement That The Department Offer Certain Annual Fifty-two Week Temporary Permits.

A Senate Resolution To Congratulate William "donny" Brock Upon The Occasion Of His Retirement, To Commend Him For His Many Years Of Dedicated Service, And To Wish Him Much Happiness And Fulfillment In The Years Ahead.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 6-1-320, Relating To The Limit On Annual Property Tax Millage Increases Imposed By Political Subdivisions, So As To Restore The Former Method Of Overriding The Annual Cap By A Positive Majority Of The Appropriate Governing Body And Deleting The Super Majority Requirement For Overriding The Cap For Specific Circumstances; By Amending Section 11-11-150, Relating To The Trust Fund For Tax Relief, So As To Restore Funding For The Residential Property Tax Exemption And Full Funding For The School-operating Millage Portion Of The Reimbursement Paid Local Governments For The Homestead Property Tax Exemption For The Elderly Or Disabled; By Amending Section 12-37-220, Relating To Property Tax Exemptions, So As To Delete The Exemption Reimbursed From The Homestead Exemption Fund From All School-operating Millage Allowed All Owner-occupied Residential Property; By Amending Section 12-37-270, Relating To The Reimbursements Paid Local Governments For Property Tax Not Collected As A Result Of The Homestead Exemption For The Elderly Or Disabled And, Among Other Things, The Application Of Property Tax Credits In Counties Where The Use Of Local Option Sales Tax Revenues Give Rise To A Credit Against School-operating Property Tax Millage, So As To Make Conforming Amendments; By Amending Section 12-37-251, Relating To The Calculation Of "rollback Tax Millage" Applicable For Reassessment Years, So As To Restore The Former Exemption Allowed From A Portion Of School-operating Millage For All Owner-occupied Residential Property; By Repealing Article 7 Of Chapter 10, Title 4 Relating To The Local Option Sales And Use Tax For Local Property Tax Credits; By Repealing Sections 11-11-157, 11-11-155, And 11-11-156 Relating To The Homestead Exemption Trust Fund; By Repealing Article 11 Of Chapter 36, Title 12 Relating To The Statewide Additional One Percent Sales And Use Tax The Revenues Of Which Reimburse School Districts For The Homestead Exemption From All Property Tax Millage Imposed For School Operations; By Amending Sections 12-37-3130, 12-37-3140, And 12-37-3150, Relating To Definitions, Valuation, And Assessable Transfers Of Interest, For Purposes Of The "south Carolina Real Property Valuation Reform Act," So As To Eliminate The "point Of Sale" Valuation Of Real Property For Purposes Of Imposition Of The Property Tax And Return To The Former Valuation System In Which Real Property And Improvements To Real Property Are Appraised By The Assessor And Periodically Adjusted In Countywide Reappraisals, To Provide That When The Fifteen Percent Cap Over Five Years On Increases In Fair Market Value Of Real Property Results In A Value That Is Lower Than The Fair Market Value Of The Property As Determined By The Assessor That The Lower Value Becomes The Property Tax Value Of The Real Property And Is Deemed Its Fair Market Value For Purposes Of Imposition Of Property Tax, To Provide That An Assessable Transfer Of Interest Is A Transfer Of Ownership Or Other Instance Causing A "stepup" In The Property Tax Value Of Real Property To Its Fair Market Value As Determined By The Assessor, To Require The Cap On Increases In Value To Be Applied Separately To Real Property And The Improvements Thereon, And To Provide When The Stepup Value First Applies; By Amending Section 12-60-30, Relating To The Definition Of "property Tax Assessment" For Purposes Of The South Carolina Revenue Procedures Act, So As To Require The Notices To Include Property Tax Value And Provide That The Applicable Assessment Ratio Applies To The Lower Of Fair Market Value, Property Tax Value, Or Special Use Value; By Amending Section 12-60-2510, Relating To The Form Of Assessment Notices Issued By The County Assessor, So As To Provide That These Notices Must Contain The Property Tax Value Of Real Property And Improvements In Addition To Fair Market Value And Special Use Value; By Repealing Article 25 Of Chapter 37, Title 12 Relating To The South Carolina Real Property Valuation Reform Act, If Certain Constitutional Amendments Are Ratified; By Amending Section 12-43-220, Relating To Property Tax Exemptions And Sections 12-60-30 And 12-60-2510, Relating To Tax Procedures, All So As To Make Conforming Amendments, And Make These Repeals And Amendments Contingent Upon Ratification Of An Amendment To Section 6, Article X Of The Constitution Of This State Eliminating The Fifteen Percent Cap Over Five Years In Increases In The Value Of Real Property For Purposes Of Imposition Of The Property Tax And Eliminating An Assessable Transfer Of Interest As An Event That May Result In A Change In The Value Of Real Property For Purposes Of The Imposition Of The Property Tax.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 15-39-410, Relating To Property That May Be Ordered To Be Applied Toward The Satisfaction Of A Judgment, So As To Provide That, Instead Of A Complete Exemption Of The Earnings Of A Judgment Debtor For His Personal Services, Only Seventy-five Percent Of The Earnings Of The Debtor For His Personal Services Cannot Be Applied, And That The Earnings Of The Judgment Debtor For His Personal Services To Be Withheld May Not Exceed The Limits Set Forth By The Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-15-260 So As To Create The Offense Of Unlawful Dissemination Of Sexually Explicit Materials.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 23-23-60, Relating To Law Enforcement Officer Certificates Of Compliance, So As To Provide Individuals Seeking Certification Must Undergo State And Federal Criminal Background Checks, And To Provide That Individuals' Fingerprints May Be Retained By Sled And The Fbi For Certain Purposes.

Recognize 3m Greenville At The Celebration Of Its Fiftieth Anniversary Of Manufacturing In South Carolina And To Congratulate The Company On A Half-century Of Successful Business Endeavors In This Great State.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Chapter 23 To Title 63 So As To Provide That Parents Have Fundamental Rights Regarding The Upbringing, Education, And Care Of Their Children; To Define Necessary Terms; To Limit The Ability Of The Government To Infringe On Parental Rights; To Identify Certain Fundamental Rights Of Parents; To Require That School Districts Create Parental Involvement Policies; To Prohibit Healthcare Providers From Soliciting Or Providing Healthcare Services To Children Without Written Parental Consent; To Provide That The Chapter's Provisions Supersede State Of Emergency Declarations; And To Create A Cause Of Action For Violations Of This Chapter; And By Amending Section 63-5-340, Relating To The Age At Which A Minor May Consent To Health Services, So As To Raise The Age To Eighteen.

Applaud Lifelong Learning @ Rock Hill Upon The Celebration Of Its Fifth Anniversary And To Congratulate Parks, Recreation & Tourism On Five Years Of Successful Service To The Community.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 29 To Chapter 1, Title 1 So As To Prohibit A Governmental Entity From Granting Or Recognizing Legal Personhood In Certain Items.

Express The Profound Sorrow Of The Members Of The South Carolina House Of Representatives Upon The Passing Of Civil Rights Activist John Wesley Stroman Of Orangeburg County And To Extend Their Deepest Sympathy To His Large And Loving Family And His Many Friends.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 29 To Chapter 1, Title 1 So As To Provide Definitions And Other Rules Of Construction Relating To Human Biological Sexes For Purposes Of The Laws, Administrative Regulations, And Guidelines Of South Carolina.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-101-50, Relating To Enrollment Preference Given To Residents, So As To Provide After July 1, 2026 Public Institutions Of Higher Learning In This State Shall Ensure That At Least Seventy Percent Of The Applicants It Accepts For Admission Reside In This State.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "luke Barrett Act" By Adding Section 59-17-165 So As To Provide Definitions, To Provide For The Development And Implementation Of Cardiac Emergency Response Plans In Public Schools And For School-sponsored Athletic Practices And Events, To Provide Requirements For The Development And Contents Of The Plans, To Provide Training Requirements Related To The Program, And To Provide Certain Immunity For Actions Undertaken Pursuant To This Act, Among Other Things; And By Amending Section 59-17-155, Relating To Automated External Defibrillator Programs In Public High Schools, So As To Expand The Provisions To Cover All Public Schools Including Charter Schools, To Provide Public Schools Shall Ensure Accessibility To Automatic External Defibrillators At School And Off-site Athletic Events, To Provide Testing And Maintenance Requirements For The Automatic External Defibrillators, And To Provide Related Training Requirements.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 23-9-198 So As To Provide The State Fire Marshal Shall Promulgate Regulations To Test Firefighters Annually For The Presence Of Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl In Their Bloodstreams.

A Senate Resolution To Congratulate Ernestine Bostick Brunson On The Occasion Of Her One Hundredth Birthday And To Wish Her A Joyous Birthday Celebration And Much Happiness In The Years Ahead.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Sections 44-96-295 And 48-20-45 So As To Prohibit The Department Of Environmental Services From Issuing Any Permit For The Construction Of A Solid Waste Management Facility Or For Mining Activities, Respectively, If Located Within A Certain Proximity To A Public Park Or Other Public Natural Area.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 1, Title 46 By Enacting The "farmers Protection Act" So As To Prevent Discrimination In Financing Against Farmers.

Congratulate The Blue Ridge High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps On Its Fine Record Of Achievements And To Commend The Unit On The High Standards That Have Made It The Outstanding Unit It Is.

Congratulate Master Trooper John Wayne Valdario Sr. For His Fifty-five Years Of Dedicated Service To The South Carolina Department Of Public Safety And To Wish Him Much Happiness And Fulfillment In The Years Ahead.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-6-3830 So As To Provide For An Income Tax Credit For A Grocer That Opens A New Location In A Food Desert; And By Amending Section 12-36-2120, Relating To Exemptions From Sales Tax So As To Provide A Sales Tax Exemption For Certain Purchases Made By A Grocer That Operates A New Store Located In A Food Desert.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 23-31-240, Relating To Persons Allowed To Carry Concealable Weapons Anywhere In The State, So As To Provide This Provision Includes Public Defender Investigators And Assistant Public Defender Investigators Under Certain Circumstances.

A Senate Resolution To Recognize And Honor Skillsusa For Its Efforts To Ensure That America Has A Skilled Workforce And To Declare February 2-8, 2025, As "skillsusa Week" In South Carolina.

Express The Profound Sorrow Of The South Carolina General Assembly Upon The Passing Of Dr. Lonnie Randolph Jr. Of Columbia And To Extend The Deepest Sympathy To His Family And Many Friends.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 61-6-1810, Relating To Applications And Fees, So As To Amend Certain Fees For Establishments That Are Authorized To Sell Alcoholic Liquors By The Drink On Sundays; And By Amending Section 61-6-2010, Relating To Temporary Permits, So As To Amend A Certain Fee And Remove The Requirement That The Department Offer Certain Annual Fifty-two Week Temporary Permits.

A Senate Resolution To Congratulate William "donny" Brock Upon The Occasion Of His Retirement, To Commend Him For His Many Years Of Dedicated Service, And To Wish Him Much Happiness And Fulfillment In The Years Ahead.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 6-1-320, Relating To The Limit On Annual Property Tax Millage Increases Imposed By Political Subdivisions, So As To Restore The Former Method Of Overriding The Annual Cap By A Positive Majority Of The Appropriate Governing Body And Deleting The Super Majority Requirement For Overriding The Cap For Specific Circumstances; By Amending Section 11-11-150, Relating To The Trust Fund For Tax Relief, So As To Restore Funding For The Residential Property Tax Exemption And Full Funding For The School-operating Millage Portion Of The Reimbursement Paid Local Governments For The Homestead Property Tax Exemption For The Elderly Or Disabled; By Amending Section 12-37-220, Relating To Property Tax Exemptions, So As To Delete The Exemption Reimbursed From The Homestead Exemption Fund From All School-operating Millage Allowed All Owner-occupied Residential Property; By Amending Section 12-37-270, Relating To The Reimbursements Paid Local Governments For Property Tax Not Collected As A Result Of The Homestead Exemption For The Elderly Or Disabled And, Among Other Things, The Application Of Property Tax Credits In Counties Where The Use Of Local Option Sales Tax Revenues Give Rise To A Credit Against School-operating Property Tax Millage, So As To Make Conforming Amendments; By Amending Section 12-37-251, Relating To The Calculation Of "rollback Tax Millage" Applicable For Reassessment Years, So As To Restore The Former Exemption Allowed From A Portion Of School-operating Millage For All Owner-occupied Residential Property; By Repealing Article 7 Of Chapter 10, Title 4 Relating To The Local Option Sales And Use Tax For Local Property Tax Credits; By Repealing Sections 11-11-157, 11-11-155, And 11-11-156 Relating To The Homestead Exemption Trust Fund; By Repealing Article 11 Of Chapter 36, Title 12 Relating To The Statewide Additional One Percent Sales And Use Tax The Revenues Of Which Reimburse School Districts For The Homestead Exemption From All Property Tax Millage Imposed For School Operations; By Amending Sections 12-37-3130, 12-37-3140, And 12-37-3150, Relating To Definitions, Valuation, And Assessable Transfers Of Interest, For Purposes Of The "south Carolina Real Property Valuation Reform Act," So As To Eliminate The "point Of Sale" Valuation Of Real Property For Purposes Of Imposition Of The Property Tax And Return To The Former Valuation System In Which Real Property And Improvements To Real Property Are Appraised By The Assessor And Periodically Adjusted In Countywide Reappraisals, To Provide That When The Fifteen Percent Cap Over Five Years On Increases In Fair Market Value Of Real Property Results In A Value That Is Lower Than The Fair Market Value Of The Property As Determined By The Assessor That The Lower Value Becomes The Property Tax Value Of The Real Property And Is Deemed Its Fair Market Value For Purposes Of Imposition Of Property Tax, To Provide That An Assessable Transfer Of Interest Is A Transfer Of Ownership Or Other Instance Causing A "stepup" In The Property Tax Value Of Real Property To Its Fair Market Value As Determined By The Assessor, To Require The Cap On Increases In Value To Be Applied Separately To Real Property And The Improvements Thereon, And To Provide When The Stepup Value First Applies; By Amending Section 12-60-30, Relating To The Definition Of "property Tax Assessment" For Purposes Of The South Carolina Revenue Procedures Act, So As To Require The Notices To Include Property Tax Value And Provide That The Applicable Assessment Ratio Applies To The Lower Of Fair Market Value, Property Tax Value, Or Special Use Value; By Amending Section 12-60-2510, Relating To The Form Of Assessment Notices Issued By The County Assessor, So As To Provide That These Notices Must Contain The Property Tax Value Of Real Property And Improvements In Addition To Fair Market Value And Special Use Value; By Repealing Article 25 Of Chapter 37, Title 12 Relating To The South Carolina Real Property Valuation Reform Act, If Certain Constitutional Amendments Are Ratified; By Amending Section 12-43-220, Relating To Property Tax Exemptions And Sections 12-60-30 And 12-60-2510, Relating To Tax Procedures, All So As To Make Conforming Amendments, And Make These Repeals And Amendments Contingent Upon Ratification Of An Amendment To Section 6, Article X Of The Constitution Of This State Eliminating The Fifteen Percent Cap Over Five Years In Increases In The Value Of Real Property For Purposes Of Imposition Of The Property Tax And Eliminating An Assessable Transfer Of Interest As An Event That May Result In A Change In The Value Of Real Property For Purposes Of The Imposition Of The Property Tax.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 15-39-410, Relating To Property That May Be Ordered To Be Applied Toward The Satisfaction Of A Judgment, So As To Provide That, Instead Of A Complete Exemption Of The Earnings Of A Judgment Debtor For His Personal Services, Only Seventy-five Percent Of The Earnings Of The Debtor For His Personal Services Cannot Be Applied, And That The Earnings Of The Judgment Debtor For His Personal Services To Be Withheld May Not Exceed The Limits Set Forth By The Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-15-260 So As To Create The Offense Of Unlawful Dissemination Of Sexually Explicit Materials.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 23-23-60, Relating To Law Enforcement Officer Certificates Of Compliance, So As To Provide Individuals Seeking Certification Must Undergo State And Federal Criminal Background Checks, And To Provide That Individuals' Fingerprints May Be Retained By Sled And The Fbi For Certain Purposes.

Recognize 3m Greenville At The Celebration Of Its Fiftieth Anniversary Of Manufacturing In South Carolina And To Congratulate The Company On A Half-century Of Successful Business Endeavors In This Great State.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Chapter 23 To Title 63 So As To Provide That Parents Have Fundamental Rights Regarding The Upbringing, Education, And Care Of Their Children; To Define Necessary Terms; To Limit The Ability Of The Government To Infringe On Parental Rights; To Identify Certain Fundamental Rights Of Parents; To Require That School Districts Create Parental Involvement Policies; To Prohibit Healthcare Providers From Soliciting Or Providing Healthcare Services To Children Without Written Parental Consent; To Provide That The Chapter's Provisions Supersede State Of Emergency Declarations; And To Create A Cause Of Action For Violations Of This Chapter; And By Amending Section 63-5-340, Relating To The Age At Which A Minor May Consent To Health Services, So As To Raise The Age To Eighteen.