Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-43-220, Relating To Special Four Percent Assessment Ratio, So As To Prohibit An Assessor From Requiring An Applicant To Provide Confidential Tax Records.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 22-1-10, Relating To The Appointment Of Magistrates, So As To Provide That A Magistrate May Serve In Holdover Status For No More Than Fourteen Days At The End Of His Term, To Provide That The Governor May Appoint A Temporary Magistrate Under Certain Circumstances, And To Provide That Any Magistrate Or Magistrate Candidate Who Has Been Reprimanded By The Supreme Court Or Any Other Disciplinary Authority May Not Be Appointed Or Reappointed Unless Approved By A Majority Of The Senate After The Senate Is Informed Of The Reprimand Or Disciplinary Action.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 38-71-660 So As To Require Issuers Of Individual Health Insurance Coverage In This State To Issue Individual Health Insurance Coverage For Minor Children Regardless Of Whether The Child Is A Dependent Of An Insured Of The Issuer; And To Amend Section 38-71-145, Relating To Required Coverage In Individual And Group Health Insurance Policies And Health Maintenance Organization Polices, So As To Require Coverage For Maternity Care, And To Define "maternity Care."

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 7-13-190, Relating To Special Elections To Fill Vacancies In Office, So As To Eliminate Runoffs For Special Primary Elections.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 34-3-120 So As To Provide That A Bank May Not Allow A Governmental Tax Collection Agency To Collect Certain Customer Data.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-37-250, Relating To The Homestead Property Tax Exemption Allowed For Persons Who Are Over The Age Of Sixty-five Years, Disabled, Or Legally Blind, So As To Increase The Exemption Amount From The First Fifty Thousand Dollars To The First One Hundred Thousand Dollars Of The Fair Market Value Of The Homestead; And By Repealing Section 12-37-245 Relating To An Obsolete Reference To The Homestead Exemption.

Create The "future Of Higher Education Governance Study Committee," To Provide For The Purposes And Membership Of The Committee, To Require The Study Committee To Report Findings And Recommendations To The General Assembly Before January 1, 2027, And To Provide For The Dissolution Of The Study Committee.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-15-30, Relating To Bond And Matters To Be Considered In Determining Conditions Of Release, So As To Require A Circuit Court Judge To Set Or Deny Bond And Determine Conditions Of Release Of Persons Charged With Crimes That Carry Maximum Sentences Of Three Years Or More And Who Are Suspected Of Being Illegal Aliens.

Authorize The South Carolina Department Of Administration, Or Its Successor State Agency, To Transfer Ownership Of Dargan's Pond In Darlington County From Clemson University To Francis Marion University.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 24-3-40, Relating To The Disposition Of The Wages Of Prisoners Allowed To Work, So As To Provide Prisoners Who Are Paid Less Than The Federally Established Minimum Wage Shall Not Have The Cost For Room And Board Deducted From Their Wages, And To Provide For The Disposition Of This Portion Of Their Wages.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 1-11-720, Relating To Entities Whose Employees And Retirees Are Eligible For State Health And Dental Insurance Plans, So As To Include School Board Members.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-5-170, Relating To Authorized Emergency Vehicles Defined, So As To Provide That Certain Public Safety Answering Points Or Radio Communication Vehicles Are "authorized Emergency Vehicles."

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-25-60 So As To Provide That An Individual's Prior Work Experience May Be Awarded On An Initial Teaching Certificate If The Prior Experience Is In Or Related To The Content Field Of The Certificate, And To Provide That Existing Certificate Holders May Also Receive The Same Credit For Prior Work Experience.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "guardians Of Our Schools Act"; By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 66, Title 59 So As To Provide That Beginning With The 2024-2025 School Year, The Governing Boards Of Public K-12 Schools May Designate Employees As School Guardians To Provide Armed Protection And Other Related Public Safety Functions On Their Campuses, To Define Related Terminology, And To Provide Related Requirements; By Adding Section 23-23-112 So As To Provide The Law Enforcement Council Must Develop A Training Program And Guidelines For School Guardians That Must Be Offered By The Criminal Justice Academy; And By Amending Section 16-23-420, Relating To Exemptions From The Prohibition On Possession Of Firearm On School Property, So As To Exempt School Guardians.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-11-705 So As To Establish A Civil Offense For Littering; And By Amending Section 16-11-700, Relating To Dumping Litter On Private Or Public Property, So As To Revise The Penalties For Littering Offenses.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 7-25-180, Relating To The Unlawful Distribution Of Campaign Literature, So As To Declare Unlawful Certain Other Conduct Within The Proximity Of An Entrance To A Polling Place Or Early Voting Location.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 40-7-20, Relating To Definitions Concerning Barbers And Barbering, So As To Revise The Definition Of "hair Braiding"; By Amending Section 40-7-390, Relating To Persons Exempt From Regulation By The State Board Of Barber Examiners, So As To Exempt Persons Providing Hair Braiding And Persons Providing Make-up Artistry; By Amending Section 40-13-360, Relating To Persons Exempt From Regulation By The State Board Of Cosmetology, So As To Exempt Persons Providing Hair Braiding And Persons Providing Make-up Artistry; And By Repealing Section 40-7-255 Relating To The Regulation Of Hair-braiding Practitioners.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 11-50-30, Relating To The South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority, So As To Direct The Authority To Provide Staff Support And Assistance For The South Carolina Infrastructure Facilities Authority And The South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority; By Amending Section 11-50-40, Relating To The South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority, So As To Modify A Definition; By Repealing Section 1-11-25 Relating To Local Government Division Within The Authority; And By Repealing Section 1-11-26 Relating To Grants Funds Of The Authority.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 22-3-10, Relating To Civil Jurisdiction In Magistrates Court, So As To Increase The Civil Jurisdiction Of Magistrates Court.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Chapter 19 To Title 37 So As To Prohibit The Reporting Of Medical Debt Information And Certain Other Information That Is Not Relevant To The Credit Or Payment History Of A Consumer, To Provide Definitions, To Provide Means For Investigating Violations, And To Provide Penalties For Violations.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 24-3-185 So As To Provide The Department Of Corrections Shall Provide Inmates Certain Information Regarding The Restoration Of Their Voting Rights Upon Their Release From Custody.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 103, Title 59 So As To Entitle The Article "accrediting Agencies"; To Provide Necessary Definitions; And To Provide Accrediting Agencies Of Institutions Of Higher Learning In This State May Not Take Action On Accreditation Based On Certain Factors Concerning Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Engagement, Data, Or Required Statements; And To Provide Means Of Redress For Violations.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "put Patients First Act" By Adding Article 22 To Chapter 53, Title 44 So As To Authorize Registered Patients To Use Marijuana For Medical Purposes, Physicians To Recommend The Medical Use Of Marijuana For Those Patients, And Individuals To Act As Registered Caregivers For Those Patients, All With Exceptions; To Create A Confidential Registry Through Which To Issue Identification Cards To Registered Patients And Registered Caregivers; To Provide Certain Defenses And Other Protections To Registered Patients, Registered Caregivers, And Physicians From Criminal Liability And Professional Discipline For Conduct Authorized By This Article; To Authorize The Operation Of Dispensaries To Cultivate, Grow, And Dispense Marijuana For Medical Use; To Provide Certain Defenses And Protections To Dispensaries For Conduct Authorized By This Article; To Allow Establishment Of Fees; To Create Criminal Penalties; To Provide For The Promulgation Of Regulations And Development Of Guidance And Forms; And For Other Purposes; And By Repealing Article 4 Of Chapter 53, Title 44 Relating To Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 27-18-410 So As To Provide That Certain Funds Held In A Trust Are Considered To Be Unclaimed Property And Must Be Donated To A Charitable Organization.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-43-220, Relating To Special Four Percent Assessment Ratio, So As To Prohibit An Assessor From Requiring An Applicant To Provide Confidential Tax Records.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 22-1-10, Relating To The Appointment Of Magistrates, So As To Provide That A Magistrate May Serve In Holdover Status For No More Than Fourteen Days At The End Of His Term, To Provide That The Governor May Appoint A Temporary Magistrate Under Certain Circumstances, And To Provide That Any Magistrate Or Magistrate Candidate Who Has Been Reprimanded By The Supreme Court Or Any Other Disciplinary Authority May Not Be Appointed Or Reappointed Unless Approved By A Majority Of The Senate After The Senate Is Informed Of The Reprimand Or Disciplinary Action.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 38-71-660 So As To Require Issuers Of Individual Health Insurance Coverage In This State To Issue Individual Health Insurance Coverage For Minor Children Regardless Of Whether The Child Is A Dependent Of An Insured Of The Issuer; And To Amend Section 38-71-145, Relating To Required Coverage In Individual And Group Health Insurance Policies And Health Maintenance Organization Polices, So As To Require Coverage For Maternity Care, And To Define "maternity Care."

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 7-13-190, Relating To Special Elections To Fill Vacancies In Office, So As To Eliminate Runoffs For Special Primary Elections.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 34-3-120 So As To Provide That A Bank May Not Allow A Governmental Tax Collection Agency To Collect Certain Customer Data.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-37-250, Relating To The Homestead Property Tax Exemption Allowed For Persons Who Are Over The Age Of Sixty-five Years, Disabled, Or Legally Blind, So As To Increase The Exemption Amount From The First Fifty Thousand Dollars To The First One Hundred Thousand Dollars Of The Fair Market Value Of The Homestead; And By Repealing Section 12-37-245 Relating To An Obsolete Reference To The Homestead Exemption.

Create The "future Of Higher Education Governance Study Committee," To Provide For The Purposes And Membership Of The Committee, To Require The Study Committee To Report Findings And Recommendations To The General Assembly Before January 1, 2027, And To Provide For The Dissolution Of The Study Committee.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-15-30, Relating To Bond And Matters To Be Considered In Determining Conditions Of Release, So As To Require A Circuit Court Judge To Set Or Deny Bond And Determine Conditions Of Release Of Persons Charged With Crimes That Carry Maximum Sentences Of Three Years Or More And Who Are Suspected Of Being Illegal Aliens.

Authorize The South Carolina Department Of Administration, Or Its Successor State Agency, To Transfer Ownership Of Dargan's Pond In Darlington County From Clemson University To Francis Marion University.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 24-3-40, Relating To The Disposition Of The Wages Of Prisoners Allowed To Work, So As To Provide Prisoners Who Are Paid Less Than The Federally Established Minimum Wage Shall Not Have The Cost For Room And Board Deducted From Their Wages, And To Provide For The Disposition Of This Portion Of Their Wages.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 1-11-720, Relating To Entities Whose Employees And Retirees Are Eligible For State Health And Dental Insurance Plans, So As To Include School Board Members.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-5-170, Relating To Authorized Emergency Vehicles Defined, So As To Provide That Certain Public Safety Answering Points Or Radio Communication Vehicles Are "authorized Emergency Vehicles."

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-25-60 So As To Provide That An Individual's Prior Work Experience May Be Awarded On An Initial Teaching Certificate If The Prior Experience Is In Or Related To The Content Field Of The Certificate, And To Provide That Existing Certificate Holders May Also Receive The Same Credit For Prior Work Experience.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "guardians Of Our Schools Act"; By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 66, Title 59 So As To Provide That Beginning With The 2024-2025 School Year, The Governing Boards Of Public K-12 Schools May Designate Employees As School Guardians To Provide Armed Protection And Other Related Public Safety Functions On Their Campuses, To Define Related Terminology, And To Provide Related Requirements; By Adding Section 23-23-112 So As To Provide The Law Enforcement Council Must Develop A Training Program And Guidelines For School Guardians That Must Be Offered By The Criminal Justice Academy; And By Amending Section 16-23-420, Relating To Exemptions From The Prohibition On Possession Of Firearm On School Property, So As To Exempt School Guardians.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-11-705 So As To Establish A Civil Offense For Littering; And By Amending Section 16-11-700, Relating To Dumping Litter On Private Or Public Property, So As To Revise The Penalties For Littering Offenses.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 7-25-180, Relating To The Unlawful Distribution Of Campaign Literature, So As To Declare Unlawful Certain Other Conduct Within The Proximity Of An Entrance To A Polling Place Or Early Voting Location.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 40-7-20, Relating To Definitions Concerning Barbers And Barbering, So As To Revise The Definition Of "hair Braiding"; By Amending Section 40-7-390, Relating To Persons Exempt From Regulation By The State Board Of Barber Examiners, So As To Exempt Persons Providing Hair Braiding And Persons Providing Make-up Artistry; By Amending Section 40-13-360, Relating To Persons Exempt From Regulation By The State Board Of Cosmetology, So As To Exempt Persons Providing Hair Braiding And Persons Providing Make-up Artistry; And By Repealing Section 40-7-255 Relating To The Regulation Of Hair-braiding Practitioners.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 11-50-30, Relating To The South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority, So As To Direct The Authority To Provide Staff Support And Assistance For The South Carolina Infrastructure Facilities Authority And The South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority; By Amending Section 11-50-40, Relating To The South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority, So As To Modify A Definition; By Repealing Section 1-11-25 Relating To Local Government Division Within The Authority; And By Repealing Section 1-11-26 Relating To Grants Funds Of The Authority.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 22-3-10, Relating To Civil Jurisdiction In Magistrates Court, So As To Increase The Civil Jurisdiction Of Magistrates Court.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Chapter 19 To Title 37 So As To Prohibit The Reporting Of Medical Debt Information And Certain Other Information That Is Not Relevant To The Credit Or Payment History Of A Consumer, To Provide Definitions, To Provide Means For Investigating Violations, And To Provide Penalties For Violations.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 24-3-185 So As To Provide The Department Of Corrections Shall Provide Inmates Certain Information Regarding The Restoration Of Their Voting Rights Upon Their Release From Custody.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 103, Title 59 So As To Entitle The Article "accrediting Agencies"; To Provide Necessary Definitions; And To Provide Accrediting Agencies Of Institutions Of Higher Learning In This State May Not Take Action On Accreditation Based On Certain Factors Concerning Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Engagement, Data, Or Required Statements; And To Provide Means Of Redress For Violations.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "put Patients First Act" By Adding Article 22 To Chapter 53, Title 44 So As To Authorize Registered Patients To Use Marijuana For Medical Purposes, Physicians To Recommend The Medical Use Of Marijuana For Those Patients, And Individuals To Act As Registered Caregivers For Those Patients, All With Exceptions; To Create A Confidential Registry Through Which To Issue Identification Cards To Registered Patients And Registered Caregivers; To Provide Certain Defenses And Other Protections To Registered Patients, Registered Caregivers, And Physicians From Criminal Liability And Professional Discipline For Conduct Authorized By This Article; To Authorize The Operation Of Dispensaries To Cultivate, Grow, And Dispense Marijuana For Medical Use; To Provide Certain Defenses And Protections To Dispensaries For Conduct Authorized By This Article; To Allow Establishment Of Fees; To Create Criminal Penalties; To Provide For The Promulgation Of Regulations And Development Of Guidance And Forms; And For Other Purposes; And By Repealing Article 4 Of Chapter 53, Title 44 Relating To Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 27-18-410 So As To Provide That Certain Funds Held In A Trust Are Considered To Be Unclaimed Property And Must Be Donated To A Charitable Organization.