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

School Guard Requirements

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-63-60, Relating To School Crossing Guards, So As To Authorize School Crossing Guards To Direct And Control Traffic On Public Roadways Near Schools To Reduce Congestion Related To Student Drop-off And Pickup, To Require Certain Visibility Garment Or Equipment Requirements, And To Provide Certain Training Requirements. - Ratified Title

Consumer Home Loans

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 37-23-20, Relating To High-cost And Consumer Home Loans Definitions, So As To Provide That The Conventional Mortgage Rate Means The Average Prime Offer Rate. - Ratified Title

Automobile Insurance Issuance

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 38-77-122, Relating To Insurers And Agents Prohibited From Refusing To Issue Automobile Insurance Policies Due To Certain Factors, So As To Provide That Insurers Can Limit The Issuance Of Insurance To Members Of Particular Nonprofit Member Organizations. - Ratified Title

Continuing law enforcement education credits and EMS training

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 23-23-57 So As To Provide Law Enforcement Officers Are Required To Complete Continuing Law Enforcement Education Credits In Autism Spectrum Disorder; And By Amending Section 44-61-80, Relating To Emergency Medical Technician Certification, So As To Provide The Emergency Medical Technician Training Program Must Include Courses In Autism Spectrum Disorder. - Ratified Title

Coroners, disposition of unidentified or unclaimed remains

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-5-590, Relating To Disposition Of Remains Of Unidentifiable Dead Bodies By Coroners, So As To Provide Circumstances For When A Body Is Unidentifiable And When A Body Is Unclaimed, And To Authorize Coroners To Cremate Such Remains Thirty Days From The Date Of Discovery. - Ratified Title

Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "uniform Civil Remedies For Unauthorized Disclosure Of Intimate Images Act" By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 75, Title 15 So As To Define Necessary Terms, Create A Civil Action For An Individual Who Suffers Harm From A Person's Intentional Or Threatened Disclosure Of Private, Intimate Images Without Consent, To Provide For The Recovery Of Certain Damages, And To Provide Exceptions To Liability. - Ratified Title

Manufacturing property tax exemption

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-37-220, Relating To Property Tax Exemptions, So As To Increase The Maximum Reimbursement Amount For The Exemption On Certain Manufacturing Property. - Ratified Title

Death Certificate Filing Deadline Exception

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-63-74, Relating To The Electronic Filing And Transmission Of Death Certificates, So As To Make Certain Changes Regarding Timely Electronic Filing With The Bureau Of Vital Statistics. - Ratified Title

South Carolina Drone Regulation and Public Safety Act

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "south Carolina Drone Regulation And Public Safety Act" By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 1, Title 55 So As To Define Certain Terms, To Provide For The Lawful And Unlawful Operation Of Drones, And To Provide Penalties For The Unlawful Operation Of Drones; And By Repealing Sections 24-1-300 And 24-5-175 Relating To The Unlawful Operation Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Near Certain Correctional Facilities And Local Detention Facilities. - Ratified Title

Public Boat Landings

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 50-21-128 So As To Prohibit Swimming Within Fifty Feet Of A Public Boat Landing Or Ramp Maintained By The South Carolina Public Service Authority If Appropriately Marked. - Ratified Title

Property tax

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-43-220, Relating To Assessment Ratios, So As To Provide That Under Certain Circumstances, Property Receiving The Four Percent Assessment Ratio Shall Continue At Four Percent When The Owner Dies; And By Adding Section 12-37-460 So As To Provide That Under Certain Circumstances Property Tax Exemptions Shall Continue To Apply When The Owner Dies. - Ratified Title

Motor Vehicle Registration

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "safeguarding American Families Everywhere (safe) Act" By Amending Section 56-3-115, Relating To Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing Notations Added To Motor Vehicle Registrations, So As To Provide The Notation "safe" May Be Added To Motor Vehicle Registrations To Indicate Owners Of Vehicles Or Other Persons Have Been Diagnosed With Certain Disabilities, And To Make Technical Changes; By Amending Section 56-3-1910, Relating To License Plates For Handicapped Persons, So As To Revise The Definition Of The Term "handicapped" To Include Persons Who Have Autism; By Amending Section 56-3-14950, Relating To The Issuance Of Special License Plates Reflective Of Military Campaign Medals, So As To Provide For The Issuance Of "operation Inherent Resolve" Special License Plates; And By Amending Section 56-3-14970, Relating To The Issuance Of Military Service Special License Plates, So As To Provide For The Issuance Of "armed Forces Surviving Spouse" Special License Plates. - Ratified Title

Occupational diseases

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 42-11-30, Relating To Compensable Occupational Diseases For Firefighters, So As To Include Strokes And To Revise Presumption Entitlement Criteria. - Ratified Title

Medical authorization of handicap placards

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 40-45-285 So As To Provide Physical Therapists May Certify Temporary Disabilities Of Individuals On Initial Applications For Temporary Disability Placards Issued By The Department Of Motor Vehicles; And By Adding Section 56-3-1960, Relating To Temporary And Permanent Parking Placards Issued By The Department Of Motor Vehicles, So As To Provide Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Physician Assistants, And Physical Therapists May Certify Individuals As Being Disabled For Purposes Of Obtaining Disabled Placards, And To Provide Such Certifications By Physical Therapists Only Qualify Individuals To Receive Temporary Placards. - Ratified Title

South Carolina STEM Opportunity Act

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Stem Opportunity Act" By Adding Article 17 To Chapter 1, Title 13 So As To Establish The South Carolina Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics (stem) Coalition, The South Carolina Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics (stem) Education Fund, And The Sc Stem Coalition Advisory Council, And To Provide Their Respective Purposes And Functions, Among Other Things. - Ratified Title

Discharging firearms into dwellings and other structures

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-1-60, Relating To Offenses Defined As Violent Crimes, So As To Include The Offense Of Discharging Firearms At Or Into A Dwelling House, Other Building, Structure, Enclosure, Vehicle, Aircraft, Watercraft, Or Other Conveyance, Device, Or Equipment; And By Amending Section 16-23-440, Relating To Discharging Firearms Into A Dwelling House, Other Building, Structure, Enclosure, Vehicle, Aircraft, Watercraft, Or Other Conveyance, Device, Or Equipment, So As To Create A Tiered Penalty Structure. - Ratified Title

Gold Shield Day

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 53-3-335 So As To Designate June First Of Each Year As "gold Shield Day" To Honor First Responders Who Have Been Killed In The Line Of Duty And The Sacrifice Of Their Surviving Families. - Ratified Title

211 Network

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws To Transfer The South Carolina 211 Network To The Department Of Consumer Affairs; To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Part 7 To Chapter 6, Title 37, So As To Establish The South Carolina 211 Network Within The Department Of Consumer Affairs, To Set Forth The Requirements And Duties Of The 211 Lead Entity, And To Set Forth Selection Criteria For Approved 211 Service Providers; And By Amending Section 1-11-770, Relating To The South Carolina 211 Network, So As To Make Conforming Changes. - Ratified Title

Fargo's, Hyco's, Rico's, Coba's, Wick's, Mikka's, and Bumi's Law

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting "fargo's, Hyco's, Rico's, Coba's, Wick's, Mikka's, And Bumi's Law" By Amending Article 11 Of Chapter 3, Title 47, Relating To Taunting, Tormenting, Injuring, Or Killing Police Dogs Or Horses, So As To Expand The Conduct That Results In A Violation, Increase The Penalties, Require Restitution To The Law Enforcement Department Or Agency, And Make Technical Changes; And By Amending Section 42-7-90, Relating To Expenditures From The State Accident Fund, So As To Authorize Certain Expenditures From The Fund For The Payment Of An Award For Injury Or Death Of A Specific Patrol Canine Or Canine Used By Law Enforcement For Tracking Or Specific Detection. - Ratified Title

Blue Catfish

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 50-13-640, Relating To The Possession Of Blue Catfish, So As To Include A Reference To A Section Of The Pee Dee River. - Ratified Title

Transportation Network Companies

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 58-23-1610, Relating To Definitions Applicable To The Transportation Network Company Act, So As To Revise The Definition Of "personal Vehicle"; And By Amending Section 58-23-1610, Relating To Definitions, So As To Revise The Definition Of "prearranged Ride." - Ratified Title

Continuing Resolution

Provide For The Continuing Authority To Pay The Expenses Of State Government If The 2026-2027 Fiscal Year Begins Without A General Appropriations Act For Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Having Been Enacted, And To Provide Exceptions. - Ratified Title

Billboard contractors

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 40-11-360, Relating To Exemptions Of Sign And Billboard Installation, Repair, Or Maintenance From Contractor Licensure, So As To Include Single-pole Billboard Structures. - Ratified Title

Veterans' Children Tuition Assistance

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-111-20, Relating To Free Tuition For Certain Veterans' Children, So As To Provide That Certain Veterans' Children Qualify For Free Tuition If They Meet Certain Criteria. - Ratified Title

Certificate of Need

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-7-170, Relating To Certificate Of Need Exemptions, So As To Provide That Veterans' Homes Owned Or Operated By The Department Of Veterans' Affairs Do Not Require A Certificate Of Need. - Ratified Title

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