South Carolina

Suspend The Provision In Section 58-3-20(c) That Prohibits The General Assembly From Holding An Election Until A Final Determination Is Made By The Courts Regarding Its Review Of Congressional Districts For Calendar Years 2025 And 2026; And To Suspend Section 2-20-15 For Elections By The General Assembly For Members Of The Public Service Commission During Calendar Years 2025 And 2026. - Ratified Title

Abolish The Constituent Districts Of Charleston County School District And Their Respective Boards Of Trustees And To Delegate The Powers Devolved Upon The Trustees Of The Constituent Districts By Act 340 Of 1967, As Amended, To The Board Of Trustees Of Charleston County School District. - Ratified Title

Provide Authorization For The Department Of Administration To Expend Certain Funds To Engage An Independent Compliance Consultant For Review Of Compliance Of The Alixpartners Forensic Accounting Report, To Require The Office Of The State Treasurer, The Office Of The Comptroller General, And The Office Of The State Auditor To Implement The Recommendations From The Accounting Report, To Provide A Detailed Timeline Of Such, And To Issue A Report On The Status Thereof, And To Require The Compliance Consultant To Issue A Report On The Status Of Such Implementation. - Ratified Title

Amend Act 571 Of 1965, Relating To The Darlington County Millage Levy For The Florence-darlington Technical College, So As To Require The Budget To Be Approved By The Darlington County Council Instead Of The County Board Of Education. - Ratified Title

Encourage Santee Cooper To Issue A Request For Proposal To Solicit Proposals On Utilizing Assets Associated With V.c. Summer Units 2 And 3, And For Considerations Related To A Request For Proposal. - Ratified Title

Amend Act 779 Of 1988, As Amended, Relating To Laurens County School District 56, So As To Reapportion The Seven Single-member Districts From Which Members Of The Laurens County School District 56 Board Of Trustees Must Be Elected, To Redesignate The Map Number On Which These Single-member Districts Are Delineated, And To Provide Demographic Information Pertaining To The Reapportioned Election Districts. - Ratified Title

Approve Regulations Of The Department Of Natural Resources, Relating To Additional Regulations Applicable To Specific Properties, Designated As Regulation Document Number 5329, Pursuant To The Provisions Of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 Of The South Carolina Code Of Laws. - Ratified Title

Provide That The General Assembly Approves Ordinance Number 3421 Adopted On September 7, 2021, By The York County Council To Expand The Catawba Indian Reservation, As Requested By The Catawba Indian Nation. - Ratified Title

Suspend The Provision In Section 58-3-20(c) That Prohibits The General Assembly From Holding An Election Until A Final Determination Is Made By The Courts Regarding Its Review Of Congressional Districts For Calendar Year 2025; And To Suspend Section 2-20-15 For Elections By The General Assembly For Members Of The Public Service Commission During Calendar Years 2025 And 2026. - Ratified Title

Amend Act 389 Of 1907, As Amended, Relating To The Board Of Public Works For The City Of Gaffney, So As To Restate The Composition Of The Board Of Public Works, To Add Two Additional Members, And To Specify The Manner Of Election And Of Elections; And To Repeal Act 205 Of 1953 And Act 128 Of 1967 Related To The Board. - Ratified Title

Repeal Act 668 Of 1934, As Amended, Relating To The Darlington County Forfeited Land Commission. - Ratified Title

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. - Ratified Title

Amend Act 1543 Of 1968, As Amended, Relating To The Greater Greenville Sanitation District, So As To Provide The Commission Shall Not Provide Refuse, Garbage, Or Trash Collecting Services Outside Of The Geographic Boundaries Of The District After June 30, 2026, To Provide An Exception For Such Services Provided Pursuant To Certain Existing Intergovernmental Agreements, To Provide The Commission May Develop Certain Property Subject To Certain Use Restrictions, And To Revise The Annexation Authority Of The Commission So As To Increase The Percentage Of Freeholders Required For A Petition To Request Such Annexations. - Ratified Title

Amend Act 108 Of 2021 To Change The Boundaries Of The Blue Ridge Community In Greenville County; And To Prohibit The Installation Of Cluster Septic Systems In The Blue Ridge Community After The Effective Date Of This Act. - Ratified Title

Provide That The Surface Water Study Committee May Study The Current State Of Groundwater In This State And To Postpone The Due Date Of The Committee's Report. - Ratified Title

Approve Regulations Of The State Commission On Higher Education, Relating To Life Scholarship And Scholarship Enhancement, Designated As Regulation Document Number 5321, Pursuant To The Provisions Of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 Of The South Carolina Code Of Laws. - Ratified Title

Extend The One Percent Sales Tax Imposed By Act 378 Of 2004, As Amended, The Lexington County School District Property Tax Relief Act, For An Additional Seven Years. - Ratified Title

Provide That The Members Of The Clarendon County Aeronautics Commission Shall Be Appointed By The Governor Upon The Recommendation Of The Clarendon County Legislative Delegation. - Ratified Title

Make Appropriations And To Provide Revenues To Meet The Ordinary Expenses Of State Government For The Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2025, To Regulate The Expenditure Of Such Funds, And To Further Provide For The Operation Of State Government During This Fiscal Year And For Other Purposes. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 40-37-35 So As To Provide The State Board Of Examiners In Optometry May Issue Restricted Volunteer Member Licenses To Optometrists From Other States Who Meet Certain Criteria, And To Provide Requirements For The Supervision, Duration, And Regulation Of Such Licenses, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 40-37-10, Relating To Membership Requirements For The South Carolina Board Of Examiners In Optometry, So As To Provide Additional Membership Requirements; By Amending Section 40-37-20, Relating To Definitions Concerning The Regulation Of Optometrists, So As To Revise The Definitions; By Amending Section 40-37-30, Relating To Licensing Requirements For The Practice Of Optometry, So As To Provide Additional Activities That Constitute The Practice Of Optometry; By Amending Section 40-37-40, Relating To Powers And Duties Of The Board, So As To Provide The Board Shall Require Licensed Optometrists To Meet Educational And Competence Requirements Established By The Board; By Amending Section 40-37-245, Relating To Examination Requirements For Licensure By Endorsement, So As To Allow Examination Equivalents As Determined By The Board; By Amending Section 40-37-290, Relating To The Purchasing, Prescribing, And Administering Pharmaceutical Agents By Optometrists, So As To Revise The Requirements And Limit The Permissible Use Of Such Medications, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 40-37-310, Relating To Referrals For Treatment Of Eye Diseases, So As To Remove Provisions Concerning The Treatment Of Glaucoma And Provision Of Surgery; By Amending Section 40-37-330, Relating To Use Of Optometrists' Services Authorized For Agency And School-required Examinations, So As To Provide Optometrists May Provide Vision Or Eye Care Services At A School If Approved By The Administration Of The Individual School; By Amending Section 40-37-420, Relating To Practice Requirements Concerning Certain Licensees, So As To Delete The Existing Provisions, To Provide Persons Licensed As Optometrists In This State May Continue Practicing Under Certain Requirements Except That Such Persons Licensed Before January 1, 2013, Must Fulfill Credentialing Requirements To Perform Certain Treatments; By Amending Section 38-79-30, Relating To Provisions Limiting Liability For Volunteer Healthcare Providers Under Medical Malpractice Insurance Laws, So As To Remove A Provision Concerning Notice Requirements To Patients, And To Include Optometrists Among The Volunteers Included In These Provisions; By Amending Section 44-30-310, Relating To Immunity From Liability For Free Healthcare Services, So As To Include Volunteer Optometrists; And By Repealing Section 40-37-300 Relating To Establishing Pharmacies Or Selling Pharmaceutical Agents, And Dispensing Contact Lenses.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-6-1120, Relating To Gross Income, So As To Exclude Certain Gratuities And Tips From Gross Income.

A Senate Resolution To Recognize And Honor Christopher R. Koon For His Distinguished Service To The Legal Profession And To The People And The State Of South Carolina.

A Senate Resolution To Congratulate Dr. Deborah Davis And Dr. Isaiah Davis Upon The Occasion Of Their Retirements, To Commend Them For Their Thirty Years Of Dedicated Service, And To Wish Them Much Happiness And Fulfillment In The Years Ahead.

A Senate Resolution To Declare Thursday, May 8, 2025, As "national Guard Day" In South Carolina And To Recognize And Honor The Many Sacrifices And Valuable Contributions The South Carolina National Guard Makes To Protect The Freedom, Democracy, And Security Of Our State And Nation.

Amend Act 602 Of 1992, Relating To The Greenville County School District, So As To Require The Budget For The School District Be Approved By The Greenville County Council.