Create A Study Committee To Examine The State Of Public Institutions And Systems That Serve At-risk South Carolinians, To Determine Needed Reforms To Ensure That These Entities Safeguard And Protect The Human Rights Of Individuals In Their Care Or Custody, And For Other Purposes; To Provide For The Study Committee's Membership; And To Require The Study Committee To Prepare And Submit A Report After Which The Study Committee Is Dissolved.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-3-600, Relating To Assault And Battery Offenses, So As To Provide For Graduated Penalties For Persons Convicted A Second Time Of Assault And Battery In The Third Degree If The Person Has Prior Convictions For Any Assault And Battery Offenses.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 38-77-720, Relating To Property Damage Liability Claims Arbitration Fees And Arbitrator Compensation, So As To Increase Fees And Compensation; By Amending Section 38-77-730, Relating To Arbitration Claim Filings, So As To Revise Filing Requirements; By Amending Section 38-77-740, Relating To Arbitration Claim Hearings, So As To Provide Arbitrators May Award Reasonable Attorney's Fees And Costs To The Prevailing Party; And By Amending Section 38-77-770, Relating To The Right To A De Novo Appeal Of Arbitrator Decisions, So As To Provide Arbitrator Decisions Are Admissible As Substantive Evidence Of Liability, Damages, Or Both.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 47-1-40, Relating To The Ill-treatment Of Animals, So As To Restructure The Statute And Provide Increased, Graduated Penalties For Various Levels Of Ill-treatment Of Animals Offenses.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "guarantee Banking Act"; And By Adding Chapter 47 To Title 34 So As To Provide For Fairness And Transparency In Banking.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-5-950, Relating To Obedience To Instructions Of Official Traffic-control Devices, So As To Provide A Penalty Provision; And By Amending Section 56-1-720, Relating To Schedule Of Points Assessed Against Persons' Driving Records For Motor Vehicle Violations, So As To Provide Six Points Must Be Assessed Against Persons' Driving Records For Disobedience Of Any Official Traffic Control Device.

Formally Censure Representative Stephen Frank For Statements Made In Violation Of Rule 3.6, Rules Of The House Of Representatives, Regarding Decorum And Under The Authority Of Section 12, Article Iii Of The Constitution Of The State Of South Carolina, 1895.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 38-77-150, Relating To Uninsured Motorist Provisions So As To Provide That An Insurer May Not Increase An Insured's Premium Solely Because The Insured Made A Claim Under His Uninsured Or Underinsured Motorist Coverage As Long As The Insured Was Not At Fault In The Accident Leading To The Claim.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 39-1-100 So As To Provide That A Company Or Individual May Not Sell An Individual's Genetic Material, To Provide Written Consent Must Be Obtained Through An Independent Document, And To Provide For Private Rights Of Action.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-49-90 So As To Provide A Definition For "recovery Community Organization."

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 23-35-10 So As To Regulate The Manufacture, Sale, Transport, Use And Display Of Pyrotechnics; And By Amending Section 23-35-45, Relating To Use Of Pyrotechnic Materials Indoors, So As To Provide Additional Restriction On Their Use.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "remembering Charlie Kirk Act"; By Adding Section 59-101-700 So As To Provide That A Public College Or University Employee May Be Discharged From Employment For Cause For Certain Public Communications; And By Adding Section 59-101-710 So As To Provide That The Commission On Higher Education Shall Develop A Speech Code For Public College Or University Employees That Must Be Adopted And Enforced By The Governing Boards Of The State's Public Colleges And Universities, And To Provide Penalties For A Public College Or University Who Does Not Adopt Or Enforce The Speech Code.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "engineering Advancement And Public Safety Act" By Amending Section 40-22-220, Relating To Licensure Requirements For Engineers, So As To Allow Qualified Nondegreed Individuals To Become Licensed Engineers Through Verified Experience And Rigorous National Examinations While Maintaining The Highest Standards Of Public Protection.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 63-7-2335 So As To Prohibit The Department Of Social Services And Child-placing Agencies From Requiring Foster Parents To Disclose Information Related To Firearms That Are Present In The Home; To Create Civil Penalties; And For Other Purposes.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-5-1538, Relating To Emergency Scene Management, So As To Revise The Penalties.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-53-250, Relating To Controlled Substances In Schedule Iv, So As To Provide That Abortifacients, Including Mifepristone And Misoprostol, Are Included In Schedule Iv; By Amending Section 44-53-370, Relating To Prohibited Acts And Penalties Related To Controlled Substances, So As To Provide That The Sentence For Violations Related To Abortifacients May Not Be Suspended Or Parole Granted.

A Senate Resolution To Celebrate And Congratulate Tod Augsburger, Retiring President And Ceo Of Lexington Health, To Express Deep Appreciation For His Twenty-six Years Of Distinguished Service, And To Wish Him Continued Success And Fulfillment In All His Future Endeavors.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 17-5-545 So As To Require Coroners And Medical Examiners To Report Certain Sudden, Unexpected Deaths Of Infants And Young Individuals To A National Registry Coordinated By The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention And The National Institutes Of Health; To Establish Penalties For Failure To Report; And For Other Purposes.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 23-23-60, Relating To The Issuance Of Certificates Of Compliance By The Law Enforcement Training Council, And Information To Be Submitted Relating To The Qualification Of Candidates For Law Enforcement Certification, So As To Provide All Candidates For Certification Must Hold A Valid Current Driver's License From Any Jurisdiction Of The United States.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "merit And Equal Opportunity In Higher Education Act Of 2026"; And By Adding Section 59-101-680 So As To Ensure That In The Absence Of Dei Structures And Race-conscious Considerations, Admissions, Hiring, Promotion, And Retention Decisions In South Carolina's Public Higher Education System Are Truly Merit-based, Transparent, And Auditable.

A Senate Resolution To Congratulate The Taylors Lions Club Upon The Occasion Of Its Seventy-fifth Anniversary And To Express The Utmost Gratitude For Its Many Years Of Dedicated Service To The Citizens Of Greenville County And Beyond.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Article 3 Of Chapter 63, Title 40 To Conform The "social Work Interstate Compact Act" To The Social Work Licensure Compact Model Legislation.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-3-1910, Relating To License Plates For Handicapped Persons, So As To Provide The Department Of Motor Vehicles May Issue Handicapped License Plates To Autistic Persons.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-5-2950, Relating To Implied Consent To Testing For Alcohol Or Drugs, Procedures, And Inference Of Dui, So As To Allow For The Law Enforcement Agency To Determine Which Tests Shall Be Administered, Remove The Requirement That A Breath Test Be Administered Before Other Tests, And Provide For The Training Of Personnel To Become Qualified To Obtain Blood Test Samples; By Amending Section 24-13-100, Relating To The Definition Of A "no Parole Offense", So As To Provide That Felony Driving Under The Influence Or Felony Driving With An Unlawful Alcohol Concentration Resulting In Death Is Not A "no Parole Offense"; By Amending Section 56-5-2951, Relating To The Suspension Of A License For Refusal To Submit To Testing Or For Certain Level Of Alcohol Concentration, Temporary Alcohol Licenses, Restricted Driver's Licenses, And Penalties, So As To Remove The Temporary Alcohol License And Provide Suspension Penalties; And By Amending Section 56-5-2953, Relating To Incident Site And Breath Test Site Video Recording, So As To Provide That Law Enforcement Officers Must Make Reasonable Efforts To Ensure Video Recording Of The Stop, Tests, And Arrest Of A Person For A Dui.

Create A Study Committee To Examine The State Of Public Institutions And Systems That Serve At-risk South Carolinians, To Determine Needed Reforms To Ensure That These Entities Safeguard And Protect The Human Rights Of Individuals In Their Care Or Custody, And For Other Purposes; To Provide For The Study Committee's Membership; And To Require The Study Committee To Prepare And Submit A Report After Which The Study Committee Is Dissolved.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-3-600, Relating To Assault And Battery Offenses, So As To Provide For Graduated Penalties For Persons Convicted A Second Time Of Assault And Battery In The Third Degree If The Person Has Prior Convictions For Any Assault And Battery Offenses.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 38-77-720, Relating To Property Damage Liability Claims Arbitration Fees And Arbitrator Compensation, So As To Increase Fees And Compensation; By Amending Section 38-77-730, Relating To Arbitration Claim Filings, So As To Revise Filing Requirements; By Amending Section 38-77-740, Relating To Arbitration Claim Hearings, So As To Provide Arbitrators May Award Reasonable Attorney's Fees And Costs To The Prevailing Party; And By Amending Section 38-77-770, Relating To The Right To A De Novo Appeal Of Arbitrator Decisions, So As To Provide Arbitrator Decisions Are Admissible As Substantive Evidence Of Liability, Damages, Or Both.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 47-1-40, Relating To The Ill-treatment Of Animals, So As To Restructure The Statute And Provide Increased, Graduated Penalties For Various Levels Of Ill-treatment Of Animals Offenses.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "guarantee Banking Act"; And By Adding Chapter 47 To Title 34 So As To Provide For Fairness And Transparency In Banking.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-5-950, Relating To Obedience To Instructions Of Official Traffic-control Devices, So As To Provide A Penalty Provision; And By Amending Section 56-1-720, Relating To Schedule Of Points Assessed Against Persons' Driving Records For Motor Vehicle Violations, So As To Provide Six Points Must Be Assessed Against Persons' Driving Records For Disobedience Of Any Official Traffic Control Device.

Formally Censure Representative Stephen Frank For Statements Made In Violation Of Rule 3.6, Rules Of The House Of Representatives, Regarding Decorum And Under The Authority Of Section 12, Article Iii Of The Constitution Of The State Of South Carolina, 1895.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 38-77-150, Relating To Uninsured Motorist Provisions So As To Provide That An Insurer May Not Increase An Insured's Premium Solely Because The Insured Made A Claim Under His Uninsured Or Underinsured Motorist Coverage As Long As The Insured Was Not At Fault In The Accident Leading To The Claim.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 39-1-100 So As To Provide That A Company Or Individual May Not Sell An Individual's Genetic Material, To Provide Written Consent Must Be Obtained Through An Independent Document, And To Provide For Private Rights Of Action.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-49-90 So As To Provide A Definition For "recovery Community Organization."

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 23-35-10 So As To Regulate The Manufacture, Sale, Transport, Use And Display Of Pyrotechnics; And By Amending Section 23-35-45, Relating To Use Of Pyrotechnic Materials Indoors, So As To Provide Additional Restriction On Their Use.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "remembering Charlie Kirk Act"; By Adding Section 59-101-700 So As To Provide That A Public College Or University Employee May Be Discharged From Employment For Cause For Certain Public Communications; And By Adding Section 59-101-710 So As To Provide That The Commission On Higher Education Shall Develop A Speech Code For Public College Or University Employees That Must Be Adopted And Enforced By The Governing Boards Of The State's Public Colleges And Universities, And To Provide Penalties For A Public College Or University Who Does Not Adopt Or Enforce The Speech Code.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "engineering Advancement And Public Safety Act" By Amending Section 40-22-220, Relating To Licensure Requirements For Engineers, So As To Allow Qualified Nondegreed Individuals To Become Licensed Engineers Through Verified Experience And Rigorous National Examinations While Maintaining The Highest Standards Of Public Protection.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 63-7-2335 So As To Prohibit The Department Of Social Services And Child-placing Agencies From Requiring Foster Parents To Disclose Information Related To Firearms That Are Present In The Home; To Create Civil Penalties; And For Other Purposes.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-5-1538, Relating To Emergency Scene Management, So As To Revise The Penalties.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-53-250, Relating To Controlled Substances In Schedule Iv, So As To Provide That Abortifacients, Including Mifepristone And Misoprostol, Are Included In Schedule Iv; By Amending Section 44-53-370, Relating To Prohibited Acts And Penalties Related To Controlled Substances, So As To Provide That The Sentence For Violations Related To Abortifacients May Not Be Suspended Or Parole Granted.

A Senate Resolution To Celebrate And Congratulate Tod Augsburger, Retiring President And Ceo Of Lexington Health, To Express Deep Appreciation For His Twenty-six Years Of Distinguished Service, And To Wish Him Continued Success And Fulfillment In All His Future Endeavors.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 17-5-545 So As To Require Coroners And Medical Examiners To Report Certain Sudden, Unexpected Deaths Of Infants And Young Individuals To A National Registry Coordinated By The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention And The National Institutes Of Health; To Establish Penalties For Failure To Report; And For Other Purposes.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 23-23-60, Relating To The Issuance Of Certificates Of Compliance By The Law Enforcement Training Council, And Information To Be Submitted Relating To The Qualification Of Candidates For Law Enforcement Certification, So As To Provide All Candidates For Certification Must Hold A Valid Current Driver's License From Any Jurisdiction Of The United States.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "merit And Equal Opportunity In Higher Education Act Of 2026"; And By Adding Section 59-101-680 So As To Ensure That In The Absence Of Dei Structures And Race-conscious Considerations, Admissions, Hiring, Promotion, And Retention Decisions In South Carolina's Public Higher Education System Are Truly Merit-based, Transparent, And Auditable.

A Senate Resolution To Congratulate The Taylors Lions Club Upon The Occasion Of Its Seventy-fifth Anniversary And To Express The Utmost Gratitude For Its Many Years Of Dedicated Service To The Citizens Of Greenville County And Beyond.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Article 3 Of Chapter 63, Title 40 To Conform The "social Work Interstate Compact Act" To The Social Work Licensure Compact Model Legislation.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-3-1910, Relating To License Plates For Handicapped Persons, So As To Provide The Department Of Motor Vehicles May Issue Handicapped License Plates To Autistic Persons.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-5-2950, Relating To Implied Consent To Testing For Alcohol Or Drugs, Procedures, And Inference Of Dui, So As To Allow For The Law Enforcement Agency To Determine Which Tests Shall Be Administered, Remove The Requirement That A Breath Test Be Administered Before Other Tests, And Provide For The Training Of Personnel To Become Qualified To Obtain Blood Test Samples; By Amending Section 24-13-100, Relating To The Definition Of A "no Parole Offense", So As To Provide That Felony Driving Under The Influence Or Felony Driving With An Unlawful Alcohol Concentration Resulting In Death Is Not A "no Parole Offense"; By Amending Section 56-5-2951, Relating To The Suspension Of A License For Refusal To Submit To Testing Or For Certain Level Of Alcohol Concentration, Temporary Alcohol Licenses, Restricted Driver's Licenses, And Penalties, So As To Remove The Temporary Alcohol License And Provide Suspension Penalties; And By Amending Section 56-5-2953, Relating To Incident Site And Breath Test Site Video Recording, So As To Provide That Law Enforcement Officers Must Make Reasonable Efforts To Ensure Video Recording Of The Stop, Tests, And Arrest Of A Person For A Dui.