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 16-3-85, Relating To Homicide By Child Abuse, So As To Increase The Age Of A Child Under This Section From Under The Age Of Eleven To Under The Age Eighteen.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-3-85, Relating To Homicide By Child Abuse, So As To Increase The Age Of A Child Under This Section From Under The Age Of Eleven To Under The Age Eighteen.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 7, Title 58 So As To Establish Provisions Relating To Petroleum Pipelines, To Provide For Applications, Permitting, And Hearings, To Set Requirements For Rendering Final Orders, To Provide For Rehearings, To Promulgate Regulations, To Allow The Office Of Regulatory Staff To Require Records Production, To Provide For Discovery, To Employ Expert Witnesses, To Provide That A Petroleum Pipeline Company May Request Reasonable Access To Property On A Proposed Site For Survey Purposes, To Provide Reporting Requirements For A Spill Or An Accidental Release, To Provide For Eminent Domain And Hearings Before The Administrative Law Court, And To Define Necessary Terms; And To Designate Sections 58-7-10 Through 58-7-70 As Article 1, Entitled "special Provisions Affecting Gas, Water, Or Petroleum Pipeline Companies."
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 7, Title 58 So As To Establish Provisions Relating To Petroleum Pipelines, To Provide For Applications, Permitting, And Hearings, To Set Requirements For Rendering Final Orders, To Provide For Rehearings, To Promulgate Regulations, To Allow The Office Of Regulatory Staff To Require Records Production, To Provide For Discovery, To Employ Expert Witnesses, To Provide That A Petroleum Pipeline Company May Request Reasonable Access To Property On A Proposed Site For Survey Purposes, To Provide Reporting Requirements For A Spill Or An Accidental Release, To Provide For Eminent Domain And Hearings Before The Administrative Law Court, And To Define Necessary Terms; And To Designate Sections 58-7-10 Through 58-7-70 As Article 1, Entitled "special Provisions Affecting Gas, Water, Or Petroleum Pipeline Companies."
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-37-220, Relating To Property Tax Exemptions, So As To Exempt The First Ten Thousand Dollars Of Net Depreciated Value Of Business Personal Property; And By Amending Section 12-37-900, Relating To Property Tax Returns, So As To Provide That A Taxpayer Is Not Required To Return Business Personal Property For Taxation If The Taxpayer Has Less Than Ten Thousand Dollars Of Net Depreciated Value Of Business Personal Property.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-37-220, Relating To Property Tax Exemptions, So As To Exempt The First Ten Thousand Dollars Of Net Depreciated Value Of Business Personal Property; And By Amending Section 12-37-900, Relating To Property Tax Returns, So As To Provide That A Taxpayer Is Not Required To Return Business Personal Property For Taxation If The Taxpayer Has Less Than Ten Thousand Dollars Of Net Depreciated Value Of Business Personal Property.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 23-1-235 So As To Define Certain Terms, To Provide Only Certain Entities May Use An Automatic License Plate Reader System, To Provide The Locations Where The System May Be Installed, To Provide How Information Obtained Through The System May Be Used, And To Provide A Penalty For Violations Of This Provision.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 23-1-235 So As To Define Certain Terms, To Provide Only Certain Entities May Use An Automatic License Plate Reader System, To Provide The Locations Where The System May Be Installed, To Provide How Information Obtained Through The System May Be Used, And To Provide A Penalty For Violations Of This Provision.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-13-150, Relating To The Requirement That A Person Served A Search Warrant Must Be Furnished A Copy Of The Warrant And The Supporting Affidavit, So As To Remove The Affidavit Requirement And Provide For Delivery Of A Copy Of The Inventory If Demanded By The Person Upon Whom The Search Warrant Is Served.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-13-150, Relating To The Requirement That A Person Served A Search Warrant Must Be Furnished A Copy Of The Warrant And The Supporting Affidavit, So As To Remove The Affidavit Requirement And Provide For Delivery Of A Copy Of The Inventory If Demanded By The Person Upon Whom The Search Warrant Is Served.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-19-1440(c), Relating To Commitment To The Custody Of The Department Of Juvenile Justice, So As To Allow A Court To Order Temporary Committment To The Department Of Juvenile Justice For Not More Than Ten Days For Evaluation.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-19-1440(c), Relating To Commitment To The Custody Of The Department Of Juvenile Justice, So As To Allow A Court To Order Temporary Committment To The Department Of Juvenile Justice For Not More Than Ten Days For Evaluation.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-17-20, Relating In Part To An Unmarried Father's Visitation Rights, So As To Require The Court To Award Visitation To The Father If Paternity Is Acknowledged Or Adjudicated, With Exceptions.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-17-20, Relating In Part To An Unmarried Father's Visitation Rights, So As To Require The Court To Award Visitation To The Father If Paternity Is Acknowledged Or Adjudicated, With Exceptions.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 27-13-30, Relating To The Limitation On Ownership Or Control Of Land In This State By Aliens Or Corporations Owned By Aliens, So As To Reduce The Limitation To One Thousand Acres.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 27-13-30, Relating To The Limitation On Ownership Or Control Of Land In This State By Aliens Or Corporations Owned By Aliens, So As To Reduce The Limitation To One Thousand Acres.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-63-155 So As To Provide School Administrators Quarterly Shall Compile And Report Incidents Of Harassment, Intimidation, And Bullying To The State Department Of Education, To Provide Related Requirements Of The Department, And To Provide Penalties For Noncompliance; By Amending Section 59-63-130, Relating To Mandatory Reporting Of Conduct Prohibited Under The Safe School Climate Act, So As To Provide Penalties For Noncompliance; And By Amending Section 59-63-150, Relating To Remedies And Immunities Under The Safe School Climate Act, So As To Impose Stringent Penalties For Noncompliance.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-63-155 So As To Provide School Administrators Quarterly Shall Compile And Report Incidents Of Harassment, Intimidation, And Bullying To The State Department Of Education, To Provide Related Requirements Of The Department, And To Provide Penalties For Noncompliance; By Amending Section 59-63-130, Relating To Mandatory Reporting Of Conduct Prohibited Under The Safe School Climate Act, So As To Provide Penalties For Noncompliance; And By Amending Section 59-63-150, Relating To Remedies And Immunities Under The Safe School Climate Act, So As To Impose Stringent Penalties For Noncompliance.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Lottery Scholarship Increase And Inflation Adjustment Act" By Adding Section 59-150-420 So As To Increase Certain Lottery Scholarships By Twenty-five Percent And To Provide For Future Increases.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Lottery Scholarship Increase And Inflation Adjustment Act" By Adding Section 59-150-420 So As To Increase Certain Lottery Scholarships By Twenty-five Percent And To Provide For Future Increases.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 5 To Chapter 10, Title 59, So As To Create The School Chaplain Program Available To Each School District And Charter School, To Provide For The Parameters Of The Program, And To Provide For The Qualifications Of School Chaplains.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 5 To Chapter 10, Title 59, So As To Create The School Chaplain Program Available To Each School District And Charter School, To Provide For The Parameters Of The Program, And To Provide For The Qualifications Of School Chaplains.
A Senate Resolution To Recognize And Honor Darci Strickland For Her Noteworthy Career In Journalism And To Congratulate Her As She Begins Her Retirement After Twenty-seven Years Of Outstanding Reporting With Wltx-tv.
A Senate Resolution To Recognize And Honor Darci Strickland For Her Noteworthy Career In Journalism And To Congratulate Her As She Begins Her Retirement After Twenty-seven Years Of Outstanding Reporting With Wltx-tv.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 40-5-20, Relating To The Authority Of The Supreme Court To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Concerning The Practice Of Law And The Establishment Of The South Carolina Bar, So As To Provide That The Supreme Court May Promulgate Rules And Regulations Defining And Regulating The Practice Of Law Subject To Statutory Law And Determining The Qualifications And Requirements For Admission To The Practice Of Law And The Licensure Of Attorneys In This State, To Provide That Any Provision Of Law Or Rule That Requires An Attorney To Be A Member Of The South Carolina Bar Is Superseded And Of No Force And Effect, And To Delete Inconsistent Provisions Related To The Bar; And By Amending Section 40-5-310, Relating To Practicing Law Or Soliciting The Legal Cause Of Another Without Being Enrolled As A Member Of The South Carolina Bar, So As To Provide That No Person May Practice Law Unless He Is Licensed By The Supreme Court, And To Delete The Requirement That A Person Be A Member Of The South Carolina Bar.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 40-5-20, Relating To The Authority Of The Supreme Court To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Concerning The Practice Of Law And The Establishment Of The South Carolina Bar, So As To Provide That The Supreme Court May Promulgate Rules And Regulations Defining And Regulating The Practice Of Law Subject To Statutory Law And Determining The Qualifications And Requirements For Admission To The Practice Of Law And The Licensure Of Attorneys In This State, To Provide That Any Provision Of Law Or Rule That Requires An Attorney To Be A Member Of The South Carolina Bar Is Superseded And Of No Force And Effect, And To Delete Inconsistent Provisions Related To The Bar; And By Amending Section 40-5-310, Relating To Practicing Law Or Soliciting The Legal Cause Of Another Without Being Enrolled As A Member Of The South Carolina Bar, So As To Provide That No Person May Practice Law Unless He Is Licensed By The Supreme Court, And To Delete The Requirement That A Person Be A Member Of The South Carolina Bar.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 7-11-15, Relating To Qualifications To Run As A Candidate In General Elections, So As To Provide A Process For Reopening The Time To File For Office In Case Of A Candidate's Death Or Withdrawal.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 7-11-15, Relating To Qualifications To Run As A Candidate In General Elections, So As To Provide A Process For Reopening The Time To File For Office In Case Of A Candidate's Death Or Withdrawal.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 48-1-110, Relating In Part To Unlawful Discharges Of Air Contaminants, So As To Prohibit The Emission Of Any Air Contaminant Whose Purpose Is To Affect Temperature, Weather, Or Sunlight Intensity.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 48-1-110, Relating In Part To Unlawful Discharges Of Air Contaminants, So As To Prohibit The Emission Of Any Air Contaminant Whose Purpose Is To Affect Temperature, Weather, Or Sunlight Intensity.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 24-21-430, Relating To Conditions Of Probation, So As To Provide Tests For The Presence Of Marijuana May Not Be Performed During Urinalyses Or Blood Tests Performed On Probationers.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 24-21-430, Relating To Conditions Of Probation, So As To Provide Tests For The Presence Of Marijuana May Not Be Performed During Urinalyses Or Blood Tests Performed On Probationers.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-7-55 So As To Prohibit Hospitals From Charging Fees To Uninsured Patients In Excess Of The Maximum Fees Charged To Insured Patients For The Same Services.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-7-55 So As To Prohibit Hospitals From Charging Fees To Uninsured Patients In Excess Of The Maximum Fees Charged To Insured Patients For The Same Services.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-13-1180 So As To Provide That The County Chairperson Of A Certified Political Party May Instruct County Election Officials Conducting A Hand Count Audit To Include Additional Precincts, Offices, Or Both.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-13-1180 So As To Provide That The County Chairperson Of A Certified Political Party May Instruct County Election Officials Conducting A Hand Count Audit To Include Additional Precincts, Offices, Or Both.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 38-77-140, Relating To Bodily Injury And Property Damage Limits, So As To Require One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollar Limits For Bodily Injury Resulting In Death.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 38-77-140, Relating To Bodily Injury And Property Damage Limits, So As To Require One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollar Limits For Bodily Injury Resulting In Death.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 14-8-10, Relating To The Court Of Appeals, So As To Increase The Number Of Judges From Nine To Fifteen; By Amending Section 14-8-20, Relating To The Terms Of Office For Judges On The Court Of Appeals, So As To Establish Staggered Terms; By Amending Section 14-8-80, Relating To The Court Sitting In Panels Or As A Whole, And The Assignment Of Members To Panels By The Chief Judge, And The Distribution Of Cases Between The Panels, So As To Provide That The Chief Judge Establish Two Panels To Preside Over Criminal Matters, Two Panels To Preside Over Civil Matters, And A Fifth Panel To Maintain Approximately Equal Caseloads Between The Panels; And By Amending Section 14-8-90, Relating To When The Court May Sit En Banc, So As To Increase The Number Of Judges For A Petition Or Motion For The Court To Sit En Banc From Six To Ten, And To Provide That Ten Justices Constitute A Quorum.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 14-8-10, Relating To The Court Of Appeals, So As To Increase The Number Of Judges From Nine To Fifteen; By Amending Section 14-8-20, Relating To The Terms Of Office For Judges On The Court Of Appeals, So As To Establish Staggered Terms; By Amending Section 14-8-80, Relating To The Court Sitting In Panels Or As A Whole, And The Assignment Of Members To Panels By The Chief Judge, And The Distribution Of Cases Between The Panels, So As To Provide That The Chief Judge Establish Two Panels To Preside Over Criminal Matters, Two Panels To Preside Over Civil Matters, And A Fifth Panel To Maintain Approximately Equal Caseloads Between The Panels; And By Amending Section 14-8-90, Relating To When The Court May Sit En Banc, So As To Increase The Number Of Judges For A Petition Or Motion For The Court To Sit En Banc From Six To Ten, And To Provide That Ten Justices Constitute A Quorum.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 48-1-91 So As To Require Any Person Possessing A Npdes Permit Which Allows The Discharge Of Effluent Into State Waters To Post A Sign, To Provide For The Requirements Of That Sign, And To Establish Certain Exemptions And Circumstances To Waive The Requirements Of This Section.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 48-1-91 So As To Require Any Person Possessing A Npdes Permit Which Allows The Discharge Of Effluent Into State Waters To Post A Sign, To Provide For The Requirements Of That Sign, And To Establish Certain Exemptions And Circumstances To Waive The Requirements Of This Section.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "budget Transparency Act" By Adding Section 11-11-60, Section 6-1-2020, And Section 30-4-170 So As To Require Certain Public Bodies To Make Available Certain Salary Information With Either The Department Of Administration Or On Its Own Website.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "budget Transparency Act" By Adding Section 11-11-60, Section 6-1-2020, And Section 30-4-170 So As To Require Certain Public Bodies To Make Available Certain Salary Information With Either The Department Of Administration Or On Its Own Website.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-6-1172 So As To Exempt The Retirement Income Of Teachers; And By Amending Section 12-6-1170, Relating To Retirement Income Deduction, So As To Make Conforming Changes.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-6-1172 So As To Exempt The Retirement Income Of Teachers; And By Amending Section 12-6-1170, Relating To Retirement Income Deduction, So As To Make Conforming Changes.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "pressley Cavin Stutts Jr. Patient And Health Provider Protection Act"; And By Adding Section 44-53-364 So As To Authorize The Prescribing Of Off-label Medications And, If Prescribed, To Require Their Dispensing, With Exceptions.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "pressley Cavin Stutts Jr. Patient And Health Provider Protection Act"; And By Adding Section 44-53-364 So As To Authorize The Prescribing Of Off-label Medications And, If Prescribed, To Require Their Dispensing, With Exceptions.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-102-140, Relating To Prohibited Acts Of Athlete Agents, So As To Provide Certified Athlete Agents May Pay Certain Expenses Incurred Before The Signing Of Agency Contracts By Student Athletes, Family Members Of Student Athletes, And Individuals Or Classes Of Individuals Authorized To Receive Such Payments.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-102-140, Relating To Prohibited Acts Of Athlete Agents, So As To Provide Certified Athlete Agents May Pay Certain Expenses Incurred Before The Signing Of Agency Contracts By Student Athletes, Family Members Of Student Athletes, And Individuals Or Classes Of Individuals Authorized To Receive Such Payments.