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 27-1-80 So As To Establish A Transfer On Death For Real Property.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 27-1-80 So As To Establish A Transfer On Death For Real Property.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-5-115 So As To Provide That A Person Is Not Allowed To Vote In A Partisan Primary Election Or Partisan Advisory Referendum Unless The Person Has Registered As Being A Member Of That Political Party; By Amending Section 7-5-110, Relating To The Requirement Of Registration In Order To Vote, So As To Provide That A Person Is Not Allowed To Vote In A Partisan Primary Election Or Partisan Advisory Referendum Unless The Person Has Registered As A Member Of That Political Party; By Amending Section 7-5-170, Relating To The Requirements For Voter Registration, So As To Require A Statement Of Political Party Affiliation, If Any, On The Form And Inclusion In The Oath, And To Require The State Election Commission To Assist In Capturing This Data; And By Amending Section 7-9-20, Relating To Qualifications For Voting In Primary Elections, So As To Require Registration As A Member Of The Political Party, And To Provide A Procedure For Changing Political Party Affiliation Or Nonaffiliation After A Selection Has Been Made.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-5-115 So As To Provide That A Person Is Not Allowed To Vote In A Partisan Primary Election Or Partisan Advisory Referendum Unless The Person Has Registered As Being A Member Of That Political Party; By Amending Section 7-5-110, Relating To The Requirement Of Registration In Order To Vote, So As To Provide That A Person Is Not Allowed To Vote In A Partisan Primary Election Or Partisan Advisory Referendum Unless The Person Has Registered As A Member Of That Political Party; By Amending Section 7-5-170, Relating To The Requirements For Voter Registration, So As To Require A Statement Of Political Party Affiliation, If Any, On The Form And Inclusion In The Oath, And To Require The State Election Commission To Assist In Capturing This Data; And By Amending Section 7-9-20, Relating To Qualifications For Voting In Primary Elections, So As To Require Registration As A Member Of The Political Party, And To Provide A Procedure For Changing Political Party Affiliation Or Nonaffiliation After A Selection Has Been Made.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 26-1-100, Relating To Fees For Notarial Acts, So As To Increase The Maximum Fees That Notaries May Charge For Notarial Acts To Ten Dollars.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 26-1-100, Relating To Fees For Notarial Acts, So As To Increase The Maximum Fees That Notaries May Charge For Notarial Acts To Ten Dollars.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 27-39-70 So As To Provide That Landlords May Not Require Potential Tenants To Provide Their Credit Score On A Rental Application Or As A Condition To A Rental Agreement.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 27-39-70 So As To Provide That Landlords May Not Require Potential Tenants To Provide Their Credit Score On A Rental Application Or As A Condition To A Rental Agreement.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 27-30-135 So As To Establish Certain Financial Disclosure Requirements; By Adding Section 27-30-137 So As To Prohibit A Homeowners Association From Paying Utility Bills On Behalf Of The Homeowner; And By Amending Section 27-30-140, Relating To Notice Requirements For A Homeowners Association's Budget, So As To Require A Homeowners Association To Provide Notice To Homeowners Before It May Take Action To Spend Funds Not Provided For In The Budget And To Require A Quorum Of Homeowners To Be Present At The Meeting To Approve The Expenditure.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 27-30-135 So As To Establish Certain Financial Disclosure Requirements; By Adding Section 27-30-137 So As To Prohibit A Homeowners Association From Paying Utility Bills On Behalf Of The Homeowner; And By Amending Section 27-30-140, Relating To Notice Requirements For A Homeowners Association's Budget, So As To Require A Homeowners Association To Provide Notice To Homeowners Before It May Take Action To Spend Funds Not Provided For In The Budget And To Require A Quorum Of Homeowners To Be Present At The Meeting To Approve The Expenditure.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-5-535, Relating To Persons Authorized To View Photographs And Videos Of An Autopsy, So As To Restructure The Circumstances Under Which Photographs And Videos Of An Autopsy May Be Disseminated.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-5-535, Relating To Persons Authorized To View Photographs And Videos Of An Autopsy, So As To Restructure The Circumstances Under Which Photographs And Videos Of An Autopsy May Be Disseminated.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 56-5-4905 So As To Provide It Is Unlawful To Operate Motor Vehicles Along A Highway Without Speedometers Maintained In Good Working Order, To Provide A Penalty For Violations Of This Provision, And To Provide Persons Charged With Operating Motor Vehicles Twenty Miles An Hour Or Less In Excess Of The Posted Speed Limits That Can Prove Their Vehicles' Speedometers Were Not In Good Working Order, Must Be Charged With Operating Motor Vehicles Without Speedometers That Are Maintained In Good Working Order.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 56-5-4905 So As To Provide It Is Unlawful To Operate Motor Vehicles Along A Highway Without Speedometers Maintained In Good Working Order, To Provide A Penalty For Violations Of This Provision, And To Provide Persons Charged With Operating Motor Vehicles Twenty Miles An Hour Or Less In Excess Of The Posted Speed Limits That Can Prove Their Vehicles' Speedometers Were Not In Good Working Order, Must Be Charged With Operating Motor Vehicles Without Speedometers That Are Maintained In Good Working Order.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 2-65-70, Relating To The Recovery Of Indirect Costs, So As To Provide That Certain Provisions Do Not Apply To Nonresearch Grants For Public Institutions Of Higher Learning That Support The Mission Of Another State Agency, Institution, Or Unit Of Government.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 2-65-70, Relating To The Recovery Of Indirect Costs, So As To Provide That Certain Provisions Do Not Apply To Nonresearch Grants For Public Institutions Of Higher Learning That Support The Mission Of Another State Agency, Institution, Or Unit Of Government.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "red Flags Act"; By Adding Article 12 To Chapter 31, Title 23, So As To Provide For The Authority Of Law Enforcement Officers To Seize A Person"s Firearms And Ammunition If The Person Poses A Risk Of Imminent Personal Injury To Himself Or Other Individuals; To Establish Criteria Addressing Application For And Issuance Of A Warrant; To Require The Probate Court To Hold A Hearing Within Seven Days Of Execution Of The Warrant To Determine Whether The Firearms And Ammunition May Be Returned To The Person; And For Other Purposes.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "red Flags Act"; By Adding Article 12 To Chapter 31, Title 23, So As To Provide For The Authority Of Law Enforcement Officers To Seize A Person"s Firearms And Ammunition If The Person Poses A Risk Of Imminent Personal Injury To Himself Or Other Individuals; To Establish Criteria Addressing Application For And Issuance Of A Warrant; To Require The Probate Court To Hold A Hearing Within Seven Days Of Execution Of The Warrant To Determine Whether The Firearms And Ammunition May Be Returned To The Person; And For Other Purposes.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 24-13-40, Relating To Computation Of Time Served By Prisoners, So As To Remove The Prohibition On Persons On Bond Under Certain Circumstances From Receiving Credit For Time Served.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 24-13-40, Relating To Computation Of Time Served By Prisoners, So As To Remove The Prohibition On Persons On Bond Under Certain Circumstances From Receiving Credit For Time Served.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-6-3791 So As To Allow An Income Tax Credit For Contributions To A Scholarship Funding Organization That Provides Grants For Students To Attend Certain Independent And Home Schools, To Specify The Manner In Which The Credit Is Claimed, To Specify The Process By Which Certain Organizations And Schools Become Eligible, To Specify Certain Information Which Must Be Made Public, And To Allow The State Treasurer And Department Of Revenue To Enforce The Provisions Of The Credit; And By Repealing Section 12-6-3790 Relating To The Educational Credit For Exceptional Needs Children's Fund.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-6-3791 So As To Allow An Income Tax Credit For Contributions To A Scholarship Funding Organization That Provides Grants For Students To Attend Certain Independent And Home Schools, To Specify The Manner In Which The Credit Is Claimed, To Specify The Process By Which Certain Organizations And Schools Become Eligible, To Specify Certain Information Which Must Be Made Public, And To Allow The State Treasurer And Department Of Revenue To Enforce The Provisions Of The Credit; And By Repealing Section 12-6-3790 Relating To The Educational Credit For Exceptional Needs Children's Fund.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 50-21-870, Relating To Personal Watercraft And Boating Safety, So As To Require Any Person Under The Age Of Thirteen To Wear A Personal Flotation Device On Any Size Vessel Unless The Person Is In The Cabin Or Below Deck Of The Vessel.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 50-21-870, Relating To Personal Watercraft And Boating Safety, So As To Require Any Person Under The Age Of Thirteen To Wear A Personal Flotation Device On Any Size Vessel Unless The Person Is In The Cabin Or Below Deck Of The Vessel.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-3-212, Relating To, Among Other Things, The Time Period In Which A Newly Acquired Vehicle Or Vehicle Moved Into This State Must Be Registered And Licensed, So As To Permit The Operation Of Such Vehicles Within This Time Period So Long As The Bill Of Sale And Proof Of Insurance Are Maintained In The Vehicle At All Times.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-3-212, Relating To, Among Other Things, The Time Period In Which A Newly Acquired Vehicle Or Vehicle Moved Into This State Must Be Registered And Licensed, So As To Permit The Operation Of Such Vehicles Within This Time Period So Long As The Bill Of Sale And Proof Of Insurance Are Maintained In The Vehicle At All Times.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-3-2410; By Amending Section 16-11-510, Relating To Malicious Injury To Animals And Other Personal Property, So As To Revise The Penalties For Malicious Injury To Personal Property; And By Amending Section 16-11-520, Relating To Malicious Injury To A Tree, House, Outside Fence, Or Fixture And Trespass Upon Real Property, So As To Revise The Penalties For Malicious Injury To Real Property And To Provide Additional Penalties For Persons Who Maliciously Injure Personal Or Real Property Of Another Person With The Intent To Assault, Intimidate, Or Threaten That Person.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-3-2410; By Amending Section 16-11-510, Relating To Malicious Injury To Animals And Other Personal Property, So As To Revise The Penalties For Malicious Injury To Personal Property; And By Amending Section 16-11-520, Relating To Malicious Injury To A Tree, House, Outside Fence, Or Fixture And Trespass Upon Real Property, So As To Revise The Penalties For Malicious Injury To Real Property And To Provide Additional Penalties For Persons Who Maliciously Injure Personal Or Real Property Of Another Person With The Intent To Assault, Intimidate, Or Threaten That Person.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 1-6-37 So As To Authorize The State Inspector General To Investigate A County, Municipality, Or Nonprofit Entity That Receives State Funds, And To Specify The Manner In Which Investigations May Be Initiated; And By Amending Section 1-6-10, Relating To The Definition Of "agency," So As To Make Conforming Changes.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 1-6-37 So As To Authorize The State Inspector General To Investigate A County, Municipality, Or Nonprofit Entity That Receives State Funds, And To Specify The Manner In Which Investigations May Be Initiated; And By Amending Section 1-6-10, Relating To The Definition Of "agency," So As To Make Conforming Changes.
An Amendment To Section 1, Article Xi Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, Relating To The State Board Of Education, So As To Abolish The State Board Of Education.
An Amendment To Section 1, Article Xi Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, Relating To The State Board Of Education, So As To Abolish The State Board Of Education.
Amend Act 919 Of 1928, As Amended, Relating To The Powers And Duties Of The Greenville Airport Commission, So As To Increase The Authorized Total Indebtedness To Twenty Million Dollars.
Amend Act 919 Of 1928, As Amended, Relating To The Powers And Duties Of The Greenville Airport Commission, So As To Increase The Authorized Total Indebtedness To Twenty Million Dollars.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 58-5-410, Relating To An Election To Come Under The Natural Gas Rate Stabilization Act, So As To Remove The Provision That An Election Shall Remain In Effect Until The Next General Rate Proceeding; By Amending Section 58-5-415, Relating To The Duration Of An Election And The Withdrawal Of A Request To Come Under The Natural Gas Rate Stabilization Act, So As To Provide That Election By A Utility Under The Natural Gas Rate Stabilization Act Shall Remain In Effect For Five Years And That The Utility May Opt Out; By Amending Section 58-5-420, Relating To The Contents Of An Order, So As To Remove Certain Requirements For Figures; By Amending Section 58-5-450, Relating To The Review Of Reports And Proposed Tariff Rate Adjustments, So As To Provide That The Office Of Regulatory Staff Shall Propose Changes To Rate Design; By Amending Section 58-5-470, Relating To The Review Of Initial Orders, Scope, And Rule To Show Cause For Why A Full Rate Proceeding Should Not Be Initiated, So As To Provide That The Right Of Regulatory Staff To File Certain Actions Is Not Limited; And By Adding Section 58-5-416 So As To Provide A Limitation On The Duration Of Election.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 58-5-410, Relating To An Election To Come Under The Natural Gas Rate Stabilization Act, So As To Remove The Provision That An Election Shall Remain In Effect Until The Next General Rate Proceeding; By Amending Section 58-5-415, Relating To The Duration Of An Election And The Withdrawal Of A Request To Come Under The Natural Gas Rate Stabilization Act, So As To Provide That Election By A Utility Under The Natural Gas Rate Stabilization Act Shall Remain In Effect For Five Years And That The Utility May Opt Out; By Amending Section 58-5-420, Relating To The Contents Of An Order, So As To Remove Certain Requirements For Figures; By Amending Section 58-5-450, Relating To The Review Of Reports And Proposed Tariff Rate Adjustments, So As To Provide That The Office Of Regulatory Staff Shall Propose Changes To Rate Design; By Amending Section 58-5-470, Relating To The Review Of Initial Orders, Scope, And Rule To Show Cause For Why A Full Rate Proceeding Should Not Be Initiated, So As To Provide That The Right Of Regulatory Staff To File Certain Actions Is Not Limited; And By Adding Section 58-5-416 So As To Provide A Limitation On The Duration Of Election.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 31-3-60 So As To Provide That Maintenance Personnel Are Required To Have A Valid License Or Certification In Order To Perform Work For A Public Housing Authority.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 31-3-60 So As To Provide That Maintenance Personnel Are Required To Have A Valid License Or Certification In Order To Perform Work For A Public Housing Authority.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 40-33-31 So As To Provide The Board Of Nursing May Grant Full Practice Authority To Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Who Meet Certain Criteria, To Provide Requirements Of The Board, And To Provide Definitions; By Amending Section 40-33-20, Relating To Definitions Concerning The Practice Of Nursing, So As To Make Conforming Changes And Other Revisions; By Amending Section 40-33-34, Relating To Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Application Requirements, Practice Agreements, Allowed Medical Acts, And Prescriptive Authority, Among Other Things, So As To Make Conforming Changes And Other Changes; By Amending Section 40-33-42, Relating To Delegation Of Tasks To Unlicensed Assistive Personnel, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And By Amending Section 40-33-110, Relating To Grounds For Discipline Of Licensees, So As To Make Conforming Changes.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 40-33-31 So As To Provide The Board Of Nursing May Grant Full Practice Authority To Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Who Meet Certain Criteria, To Provide Requirements Of The Board, And To Provide Definitions; By Amending Section 40-33-20, Relating To Definitions Concerning The Practice Of Nursing, So As To Make Conforming Changes And Other Revisions; By Amending Section 40-33-34, Relating To Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Application Requirements, Practice Agreements, Allowed Medical Acts, And Prescriptive Authority, Among Other Things, So As To Make Conforming Changes And Other Changes; By Amending Section 40-33-42, Relating To Delegation Of Tasks To Unlicensed Assistive Personnel, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And By Amending Section 40-33-110, Relating To Grounds For Discipline Of Licensees, So As To Make Conforming Changes.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-18-940 So As To Provide School Districts Shall Develop For Each Of Their Schools A Summary Detailing Racial Disparity In Student Performance On Certain National Academic Assessments And Provide Each School With Its Report, To Provide Schools Shall Post Their Reports On Their Front Doors, To Require Reports Include Five-year Trend Charts, And To Provide Districts Annually Shall Update The Summaries And Trend Charts.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-18-940 So As To Provide School Districts Shall Develop For Each Of Their Schools A Summary Detailing Racial Disparity In Student Performance On Certain National Academic Assessments And Provide Each School With Its Report, To Provide Schools Shall Post Their Reports On Their Front Doors, To Require Reports Include Five-year Trend Charts, And To Provide Districts Annually Shall Update The Summaries And Trend Charts.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-3-605 So As To Create The Offense Of Assault And Battery With Bodily Fluids, Provide For Testing Of Communicable And Bloodborne Diseases, Provide Penalties, And Provide Exceptions.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-3-605 So As To Create The Offense Of Assault And Battery With Bodily Fluids, Provide For Testing Of Communicable And Bloodborne Diseases, Provide Penalties, And Provide Exceptions.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-15-210, Relating To Definitions Pertaining To Child Custody, So As To Add A Definition For "legal Custody."
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-15-210, Relating To Definitions Pertaining To Child Custody, So As To Add A Definition For "legal Custody."
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-13-20, Relating To Circumstances When Citizens May Arrest, So As To Limit The Circumstances In Which A Citizen May Arrest, Including Taking The Life Of The Person, To Arrest A Person Who Has Entered A Dwelling House Without Express Or Implied Permission.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-13-20, Relating To Circumstances When Citizens May Arrest, So As To Limit The Circumstances In Which A Citizen May Arrest, Including Taking The Life Of The Person, To Arrest A Person Who Has Entered A Dwelling House Without Express Or Implied Permission.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Repealing Act 111 Of 2024 Relating To The South Carolina Constitutional Carry/second Amendment Preservation Act Of 2024; And To Provide That The Statutes Contained In That Act Revert To The Language Contained In Them.
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Repealing Act 111 Of 2024 Relating To The South Carolina Constitutional Carry/second Amendment Preservation Act Of 2024; And To Provide That The Statutes Contained In That Act Revert To The Language Contained In Them.