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 Adding Section 38-59-235 So As To Provide Health And Accident Insurers Shall Confirm Receipt Of Certain Claims-related Information By United States Mail, Email, Or Fax Upon Request And In A Certain Manner; To Provide The Provisions Of This Act Prevail Over Conflicting Provisions In Insurance Policies Or Other Insurance Contracts; And To Provide Penalties For Noncompliance.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 38-59-235 So As To Provide Health And Accident Insurers Shall Confirm Receipt Of Certain Claims-related Information By United States Mail, Email, Or Fax Upon Request And In A Certain Manner; To Provide The Provisions Of This Act Prevail Over Conflicting Provisions In Insurance Policies Or Other Insurance Contracts; And To Provide Penalties For Noncompliance.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "meeting Transparency Act" By Adding Section 2-1-260 So As To Require Meetings Of Legislative Committees To Be Made Available Online As Well As Certain Documents; And By Adding Section 59-17-180 So As To Require School Board Meetings To Be Made Available Online.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "meeting Transparency Act" By Adding Section 2-1-260 So As To Require Meetings Of Legislative Committees To Be Made Available Online As Well As Certain Documents; And By Adding Section 59-17-180 So As To Require School Board Meetings To Be Made Available Online.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-36-2120, Relating To Exemptions From Sales Tax So As To Provide A Sales Tax Exemption For Baby Formula And Baby Food.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-36-2120, Relating To Exemptions From Sales Tax So As To Provide A Sales Tax Exemption For Baby Formula And Baby Food.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-5-68, Relating To The Uniform Grading Scale Used In Public Schools, So As To Ensure High School Grade Point Averages Are A Meaningful Indicator Of Academic Achievement By Directing The State Board Of Education To Revise Its Uniform Grading Scale Before July 1, 2027, To Achieve Making The Assignment Of Grades In High School Subjects Align With Content Mastery As Measured By The Act Or Other Standardized National Assessments Designated By The State Board For Measuring A Particular Subject, To Provide Only Academic Performance May Be Considered In High School Subject Grade Assignments, And To Provide That The State Board Shall Establish A Task Force To Make Recommendations For The Implementation Of These Mandates.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-5-68, Relating To The Uniform Grading Scale Used In Public Schools, So As To Ensure High School Grade Point Averages Are A Meaningful Indicator Of Academic Achievement By Directing The State Board Of Education To Revise Its Uniform Grading Scale Before July 1, 2027, To Achieve Making The Assignment Of Grades In High School Subjects Align With Content Mastery As Measured By The Act Or Other Standardized National Assessments Designated By The State Board For Measuring A Particular Subject, To Provide Only Academic Performance May Be Considered In High School Subject Grade Assignments, And To Provide That The State Board Shall Establish A Task Force To Make Recommendations For The Implementation Of These Mandates.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 22-3-545, Relating To Transfer Of Certain Criminal Cases From General Sessions Court, So As To Provide That Criminal Cases In Which The Penalty Does Not Exceed Three Years, Rather Than One Year, May Be Transferred From General Sessions Court.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 22-3-545, Relating To Transfer Of Certain Criminal Cases From General Sessions Court, So As To Provide That Criminal Cases In Which The Penalty Does Not Exceed Three Years, Rather Than One Year, May Be Transferred From General Sessions Court.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Repealing Section 44-53-398 Relating To The Sale Of Nonprescription Products Containing Ephedrine Or Pseudoephedrine; And By Repealing Article 14 Of Chapter 3, Title 23 Relating To The Sled Electronic Monitoring System To Monitor The Sale Of Such Nonprescription Products.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Repealing Section 44-53-398 Relating To The Sale Of Nonprescription Products Containing Ephedrine Or Pseudoephedrine; And By Repealing Article 14 Of Chapter 3, Title 23 Relating To The Sled Electronic Monitoring System To Monitor The Sale Of Such Nonprescription Products.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "earmark Transparency Act" By Adding Section 2-1-270 So As To Set Forth The Manner In Which Earmarks May Be Awarded.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "earmark Transparency Act" By Adding Section 2-1-270 So As To Set Forth The Manner In Which Earmarks May Be Awarded.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 31-21-40, 31-21-50, And 31-21-60, All Relating To Housing Discrimination, So As To Provide That An Individual May Not Be Discriminated Against Due To Disability Or Source Of Income.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 31-21-40, 31-21-50, And 31-21-60, All Relating To Housing Discrimination, So As To Provide That An Individual May Not Be Discriminated Against Due To Disability Or Source Of Income.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 24-13-40, Relating To The Computation Of Time Served By Prisoners, So As To Delete The Provision That Allows Prisoners To Use Time Spent Under Monitored House Arrest Against Their Sentence When Computing Time Served By Prisoners.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 24-13-40, Relating To The Computation Of Time Served By Prisoners, So As To Delete The Provision That Allows Prisoners To Use Time Spent Under Monitored House Arrest Against Their Sentence When Computing Time Served By Prisoners.
Create A Study Committee To Examine Maternal Mortality Rates Among Non-hispanic Black Women In South Carolina And How The Rates Vary From Rates Experienced By Other Women And For Other Purposes; To Provide For The Study Committee's Membership; And To Require The Study Committee To Prepare A Report After Which The Study Committee Is Dissolved.
Create A Study Committee To Examine Maternal Mortality Rates Among Non-hispanic Black Women In South Carolina And How The Rates Vary From Rates Experienced By Other Women And For Other Purposes; To Provide For The Study Committee's Membership; And To Require The Study Committee To Prepare A Report After Which The Study Committee Is Dissolved.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 9-1-1790 And 9-11-90, Relating To The Amount Of Compensation That May Be Earned Upon Returning To Covered Employment Under The South Carolina Retirement System And The Police Officers Retirement System, Respectively, So As To Change The Amount That May Be Earned From Ten Thousand Dollars To An Amount Not To Exceed The Lower Of The Retirement Earnings Test Exempt Amounts For Individuals Below Normal Retirement Age.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 9-1-1790 And 9-11-90, Relating To The Amount Of Compensation That May Be Earned Upon Returning To Covered Employment Under The South Carolina Retirement System And The Police Officers Retirement System, Respectively, So As To Change The Amount That May Be Earned From Ten Thousand Dollars To An Amount Not To Exceed The Lower Of The Retirement Earnings Test Exempt Amounts For Individuals Below Normal Retirement Age.
Express The General Assembly's Unwavering Support For The Electoral College, And To Urge The Governor And Attorney General Of South Carolina To Litigate Aggressively Against Any Effort To Repeal Or Nullify It, Including The Implementation Of The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
Express The General Assembly's Unwavering Support For The Electoral College, And To Urge The Governor And Attorney General Of South Carolina To Litigate Aggressively Against Any Effort To Repeal Or Nullify It, Including The Implementation Of The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-53-160, Relating To Processes For Changing Controlled Substance Schedules, So As To Require The State Board Of Pharmacy To Perform Functions To Quickly Identify New Synthetic Chemical Formulas For Scheduling And To Authorize The State Board Of Pharmacy To Issue Emergency Rules To Schedule Synthetic Chemical Formulas As A Controlled Substance.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-53-160, Relating To Processes For Changing Controlled Substance Schedules, So As To Require The State Board Of Pharmacy To Perform Functions To Quickly Identify New Synthetic Chemical Formulas For Scheduling And To Authorize The State Board Of Pharmacy To Issue Emergency Rules To Schedule Synthetic Chemical Formulas As A Controlled Substance.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-17-485 So As To Define The Term "tracking Device", To Create The Offense Of Unlawful Tracking, To Provide A Penalty, And To Provide Exceptions.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-17-485 So As To Define The Term "tracking Device", To Create The Offense Of Unlawful Tracking, To Provide A Penalty, And To Provide Exceptions.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "rejecting Racism In Postsecondary Education Act" By Adding Article 4 To Chapter 101, Title 59, So As To Entitle The Article "rejecting Racism In Postsecondary Education"; To Provide The Purpose Of The Act; To Provide Necessary Definitions; And To Enact Provisions To Prevent Discrimination, To Promote The Intellectual Development Of Students And Faculty Of Public K-12 And Secondary Schools In This State, And To Protect The Free Exchange Of Ideas According To The United States Constitution And The Constitution Of This State.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "rejecting Racism In Postsecondary Education Act" By Adding Article 4 To Chapter 101, Title 59, So As To Entitle The Article "rejecting Racism In Postsecondary Education"; To Provide The Purpose Of The Act; To Provide Necessary Definitions; And To Enact Provisions To Prevent Discrimination, To Promote The Intellectual Development Of Students And Faculty Of Public K-12 And Secondary Schools In This State, And To Protect The Free Exchange Of Ideas According To The United States Constitution And The Constitution Of This State.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 41-1-115 So As To Prohibit An Individual's Credit Score From Being The Basis Of Any Personnel Action, To Provide Penalties, And To Define Necessary Terms.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 41-1-115 So As To Prohibit An Individual's Credit Score From Being The Basis Of Any Personnel Action, To Provide Penalties, And To Define Necessary Terms.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 17-15-175 So As To Provide That A Judge May Not Issue A Bench Warrant For Failure To Appear Unless The Solicitor Or Clerk Of Court Has Provided Notice To The Attorney Of Record Before Issuing The Bench Warrant.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 17-15-175 So As To Provide That A Judge May Not Issue A Bench Warrant For Failure To Appear Unless The Solicitor Or Clerk Of Court Has Provided Notice To The Attorney Of Record Before Issuing The Bench Warrant.
Ratify A Proposed Amendment To The Constitution Of The United States Of America Providing That Equality Of Rights Under The Law Must Not Be Denied Or Abridged On Account Of Sex.
Ratify A Proposed Amendment To The Constitution Of The United States Of America Providing That Equality Of Rights Under The Law Must Not Be Denied Or Abridged On Account Of Sex.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 21 To Chapter 3, Title 16 By Enacting The "sexual Assault Survivors' Bill Of Rights Act."
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 21 To Chapter 3, Title 16 By Enacting The "sexual Assault Survivors' Bill Of Rights Act."
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 24-3-975 So As To Provide State, County, Or Municipal Jail, Or Detention Facilities Shall Not Intercept, Record, Monitor, Or Divulge Telephonic Communications Between Inmates And Other Persons Under Certain Circumstances.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 24-3-975 So As To Provide State, County, Or Municipal Jail, Or Detention Facilities Shall Not Intercept, Record, Monitor, Or Divulge Telephonic Communications Between Inmates And Other Persons Under Certain Circumstances.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-5-3890, Relating To Unlawful Use Of Wireless Electronic Communication Devices While Operating Motor Vehicles, So As To Define The Term "great Bodily Injury," And Revise The Penalties For Violations.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-5-3890, Relating To Unlawful Use Of Wireless Electronic Communication Devices While Operating Motor Vehicles, So As To Define The Term "great Bodily Injury," And Revise The Penalties For Violations.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "competitive Education Employment Act" By Amending Section 59-18-300, Relating To The Adoption Of Educational Standards In Certain Core Academic Areas, So As To Include Spanish Among These Areas, And To Require The State Board Of Education To Establish Educational Standards For Spanish Before December 1, 2026, To Be Implemented Beginning With The 2026-2027 School Year; By Amending Section 59-18-310, Relating To The Statewide Assessment Program To Promote Student Learning And Measure Student Performance On State Standards, Section 59-18-320, Relating To The Review And Administration Of The Statewide Assessments, Section 59-18-325, Relating To The Summative Assessment System, Section 59-18-350, Relating To The Cyclical Review Of Statewide Standards And Assessments, And Section 59-18-900, Relating To Performance Ratings Of Schools, All So As To Make Conforming Changes.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "competitive Education Employment Act" By Amending Section 59-18-300, Relating To The Adoption Of Educational Standards In Certain Core Academic Areas, So As To Include Spanish Among These Areas, And To Require The State Board Of Education To Establish Educational Standards For Spanish Before December 1, 2026, To Be Implemented Beginning With The 2026-2027 School Year; By Amending Section 59-18-310, Relating To The Statewide Assessment Program To Promote Student Learning And Measure Student Performance On State Standards, Section 59-18-320, Relating To The Review And Administration Of The Statewide Assessments, Section 59-18-325, Relating To The Summative Assessment System, Section 59-18-350, Relating To The Cyclical Review Of Statewide Standards And Assessments, And Section 59-18-900, Relating To Performance Ratings Of Schools, All So As To Make Conforming Changes.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-1-505 So As To Provide That All Registered Nurses And Doctors Practicing In This State Qualify For Student Loan Forgiveness And To Provide For Certain Appropriations.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-1-505 So As To Provide That All Registered Nurses And Doctors Practicing In This State Qualify For Student Loan Forgiveness And To Provide For Certain Appropriations.
An Amendment To Article Xvii Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, 1895, Relating To Miscellaneous Matters, By Adding Section 16 So As To Establish A Specified Procedure For The Enactment Or Repeal Of Laws And Constitutional Amendments By Initiative Petition And Referendum, And To Provide Exceptions.
An Amendment To Article Xvii Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, 1895, Relating To Miscellaneous Matters, By Adding Section 16 So As To Establish A Specified Procedure For The Enactment Or Repeal Of Laws And Constitutional Amendments By Initiative Petition And Referendum, And To Provide Exceptions.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 41-1-35 So As To Provide That No Job Application May Include Questions Related To Convictions Of A Crime, Unless The Crime For Which The Applicant Was Convicted Directly Relates To The Position Of Employment Sought Or The Occupation For Which The License Is Sought, To Provide A Related Policy Statement, And To Provide Necessary Definitions, Among Other Things, In Order To Give A Better Chance For Applicants To Be Considered For Employment Prior To The Stage In The Application Process When Background Checks Are Conducted.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 41-1-35 So As To Provide That No Job Application May Include Questions Related To Convictions Of A Crime, Unless The Crime For Which The Applicant Was Convicted Directly Relates To The Position Of Employment Sought Or The Occupation For Which The License Is Sought, To Provide A Related Policy Statement, And To Provide Necessary Definitions, Among Other Things, In Order To Give A Better Chance For Applicants To Be Considered For Employment Prior To The Stage In The Application Process When Background Checks Are Conducted.