South Carolina

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 40-2-30, Relating To Requirements For Use Of Professional Designations For Certified Public Accountants And Public Accounts, So As To Apply These Requirements To Usages In Electronic Files And Metadata; By Amending Section 40-2-35, Relating To Requirements For Licensure By The Board Of Accountancy, So As To Revise The Educational And Experience Requirements, To Revise Requirements Concerning The Uniform Certified Public Accountant Exam Requirements; By Amending Section 40-2-40, Relating To Entities Required To Register With The Board To Practice As Certified Public Accounting Firms, So As To Require Such Registration Of Firms That Perform Compilation Services, And To Provide Ownership Of Such Firms May Be Held Through A Revocable Grantor Trust; By Amending Section 40-2-70, Relating To Powers And Duties Of The Board, So As To Add Review And Provide Input On Proposed Legislative Changes Related To The Practice Of Accounting As A Power Of The Board; By Amending Section 40-2-80, Relating To Investigations Of Complaints Or Other Information Suggesting Violations, So As To Provide Inspector-investigators Must Have Been Licensed As Certified Public Accountants For At Least The Previous Five Years; By Amending Section 40-2-240, Relating To Requirements For Persons Licensed In Other Jurisdictions To Obtain Licensure By The Board, So As To Provide Reciprocity Licensure Requirements; By Amending Section 40-2-245, Relating To Requirements For Persons Licensed In Other Jurisdictions To Practice In This State Without Licensure By The Board, So As To Revise The Requirements; And By Repealing Section 40-2-20(18) Relating To Definitions Concerning The Board Of Accountancy, Section 40-2-35(h) Relating To Requirements For Licensure By The Board Of Accountancy, And Section 40-2-35(i) Relating To Requirements For Licensure By The Board Of Accountancy. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Kratom Consumer Protection Act" By Adding Article 20 To Chapter 53, Title 44 So As To Provide For The Regulation Of The Sale Of Kratom Products By Retailers And Processors And To Create Penalties For Violation Of The Provisions Of The Article. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 1-23-115, 1-23-120, And 1-23-125, All Relating To The Requirements And Procedures For Regulations, All So As To Provide For The Tolling Of The Period Of Legislative Review From The Second Friday In May Through The Second Monday The Following January, And To Provide For A One-hundred-ten-day Legislative Review Period. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 47-17-510, Relating To The Prohibition Against Misleading Or Deceptive Practices, Labeling, Or Misrepresenting Products That Are Cell-cultured Meats, So As To Define "cell-cultivated Food Product" And Require The Accurate Labeling Of Cell-cultivated Food Products. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 58-27-10, Relating To Electric Vehicle Definitions, So As To Add Definitions For "direct-current-fast-charging Station," "electric Vehicle," And "electric Vehicle Charging Provider"; And By Amending Section 58-27-1060, Relating To Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, So As To Provide That Electric Utilities Or Other Providers That Offer Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Directly To The Public Shall Do So On A Fair, Reasonable, And Nondiscriminatory Basis And Shall Not Provide An Unreasonable Advantage For Direct-current-fast-charging Stations; And To Regulate Revenue. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-63-795 So As To Provide Each Public School District Annually Shall Identify The Number Of Its Students Who Live In Poverty And Increase Access To Free School Breakfasts And Lunches For These Students, To Provide Criteria For Determining Eligibility, To Provide Related Requirements Of School Districts, Schools, And School Boards, And To Provide The Requirements Of This Act Shall Be Suspended If Certain Federal Funding Is Suspended Or Discontinued. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 63-11-400, 63-11-410, And 63-11-420, All Relating To The South Carolina Children's Advocacy Medical Response System Act, So As To Rename The Act The "south Carolina Child Abuse And Neglect Network" And To Make Conforming Changes. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 2 To Chapter 21, Title 50 Entitled "abandoned Vessels, Derelict Vessels, And Sunken Vessels" So As To Provide That Abandoned Vessels, Derelict Vessels, And Sunken Vessels Are Public Nuisances; To Define Terms; To Establish The Penalties For A Person That Causes Or Allows A Vessel To Become An Abandoned Vessel Or A Derelict Vessel And The Penalties For Intentionally Or Recklessly Causing A Vessel To Sink; To Extend The Corporate Limits Of Certain Municipalities For The Purpose Of Enforcing The Article; To Establish The Procedure For Declaring Certain Vessels Abandoned Or Derelict; To Require The Removal Of A Derelict Vessel Within Fourteen Days And To Provide For Its Removal; And To Require The Development And Maintenance Of A Website And Application For The Reporting Of Certain Vessels; By Repealing Section 50-21-190 Relating To Abandoned Watercraft; By Repealing Section 50-23-205 Relating To The Seizure Of Certain Watercraft; And By Repealing Section 50-21-10(1) Relating To The Definition Of Abandon. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 38-21-10, Relating To Definitions, So As To Define Terms; By Amending Section 38-21-30, Relating To The Authority Of Insurers To Invest In Securities Of Subsidiaries, So As To Include Health Maintenance Organizations; By Amending Section 38-21-70, Relating To Contents Of Statements, So As To Further Explain The Requirements Of Reporting The Description Of Transactions; By Amending Section 38-21-90, Relating To Approval By Commissioners Of Acquisition Of Control, So As To Require The Person Acquiring Control Of A Domestic Insurer To Maintain Or Restore Capital; By Amending Section 38-21-160, Relating To Information Which Need Not Be Disclosed In Registration Statements, So As To Designate That The Definition Does Not Apply For Other Purposes; By Amending Section 38-21-225, Relating To The Annual Enterprise Risk Report, So As To Identify Exemptions For Filing The Group Capital Calculation And To Require Filing Results Of The Liquidity Stress Test For Some Insurers; By Amending Section 38-21-250, Relating To Standards For Transactions Within Insurance Systems, So As To Outline Responsibilities Of The Director, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 38-21-290, Relating To Confidential Information, So As To Require The Director To Keep Group Capital Calculations, Group Capital Ratio And Liquidity Stress Test Results, And Supporting Disclosures Confidential, And To Add References To Third-party Consultants; By Amending Section 38-12-30, Relating To Definitions, So As To Add Affiliates And Subsidiaries To The Definition Of "person"; To Amend Section 38-12-220, Relating To Restrictions On Investments, So As To Include Affiliates And Subsidiaries; And By Amending Section 38-12-430, Relating To Asset Limitations For Insurer Holdings, So As To Include Affiliates And Subsidiaries. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 40-57-340, Relating To Biennial Continuing Education Requirements For Licensure Renewal By The Real Estate Commission, So As To Provide Nonresident Brokers And Nonresident Associates Who Successfully Satisfy Continuing Education Requirements Of Their Jurisdiction Of Residence May Be Exempt From The Continuing Education Requirements Of This State With Approval Of The Commission; And By Adding Section 40-57-345 So As To Provide Certain Licensees With An Expired License May Apply For License Renewal If They Were In Good Standing, Were Licensed In This State For At Least Twenty-five Years, And Were At Least Sixty-five Years Of Age At The Time Of Expiration, To Provide Such Applicants For Renewal Must Pay A Renewal Fee, And To Exempt Licensees Meeting These Requirements From Continuing Education Requirements. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 50-11-510, Relating To The Prohibition Against Baiting Wild Turkeys, So As To Exempt Certain Persons Who Are Two Hundred Yards Or More From A Baited Area Managed For The Restoration And Sustainability Of Wild Bobwhite Quail. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "team Based Healthcare Act"; And By Adding Chapter 48 To Title 40, So As To Provide Definitions Related To The Team Based Healthcare Act; To Require Aprns, Pas, And Aas To Practice As A Part Of A Patient Care Team, Regardless Of Practice Setting, And To Provide Guidelines For The Care Team; To Create The Team Based Healthcare Committee As A Committee To Assist The Board Of Medical Examiners And The Board Of Nursing On Matters Related To Team-based Healthcare In This State And To Provide For How The Committee Will Be Structured; And To Provide That The South Carolina Department Of Health And Human Services (department), In Collaboration With The South Carolina Board Of Medical Examiners, The South Carolina Board Of Nursing, And The South Carolina Department Of Public Health, Must Issue A Report With Recommendations Regarding Proposed Incentives For Aprns, Pas, And Physicians To Practice As A Part Of A Patient Care Team.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Conservation Education Act" By Adding Section 50-9-980 So As To Establish The South Carolina Conservation Education Fund And The Purpose For Which Revenues In The Fund May Be Expended. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 62-3-1201, Relating To Collection Of Personal Property By Affidavit, So As To Increase The Limit Of Estates To Forty-five Thousand Dollars; By Amending Section 62-3-1203, Relating To Small Estates And Summary Administrative Procedures, So As To Increase The Limit Of Estates To Forty-five Thousand Dollars; By Amending Section 62-3-1204, Relating To Small Estates And Closing By Sworn Statement Of Personal Representatives, So As To Increase The Limit Of Estates To Forty-five Thousand Dollars; And By Amending Section 62-2-401, Relating To Exempt Properties, So As To Increase The Limit Of Exempt Properties To Forty-five Thousand Dollars. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Chapter 36 To Title 56 So As To Define Certain Terms, To Establish Guidelines For The Operation Of Peer-to-peer Car Sharing Programs, And To Establish Insurance And Liability Procedures; And To Provide The Department Of Insurance Shall Promulgate Regulations To Implement The Provisions Of This Act. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 27-6-20, Relating To Nonvested Property Interest Or Power Of Appointment, So As To Increase The Time An Interest Can Vest From Ninety Years To Three Hundred Sixty Years; By Amending Section 27-6-40, Relating To Reformation Of Property Dispositions, So As To Increase The Time Limit From Ninety Years To Three Hundred Sixty Years; By Amending Section 62-7-504, Relating To Discretionary Trusts, So As To Provide Certain Situations In Which A Beneficiary Of A Trust May Not Be Considered A Settlor; By Amending Section 62-7-505, Relating To Creditors' Claims Against A Settlor, So As To Provide That Certain Amounts Paid To Taxing Authorities May Not Be Considered An Amount That May Be Distributed For The Settlor's Benefit; And By Adding Section 62-7-508 So As To Provide For Certain Grantor Trust Reimbursements. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 50-5-2730, Relating To The Applicability Of Federal Fishing Regulations In State Waters, So As To Provide For The Season, Catch Limits, And Minimum Sizes For Certain Species Under The Snapper-grouper Fishery Management Plan. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 31-12-30, Relating To Redevelopment Of Federal Military Installations Definitions, So As To Provide That A Redevelopment Project Includes Certain Affordable Housing Projects; And By Amending Section 31-12-210, Relating To Issuance Of Obligations For Redevelopment Projects By Municipality, So As To Provide When Certain Obligations Must Be Issued. - Ratified Title

Recognize And Honor Mary Louise "mary Lou" Reynolds Lee, Beloved Second Grade Teacher At Wilson Hall, Upon The Occasion Of Her Retirement After Fifty-six Years Of Exemplary Service, And To Wish Her Continued Success And Happiness In All Her Future Endeavors.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Speed Safety Act Of 2025" By Adding Article 12 To Chapter 5, Title 56 So As To Provide Definitions, And To Provide Certain Local Governmental Agencies To Employ Speed Safety Systems; By Amending Section 56-5-70, Relating To Certain Vehicle Requirements Suspended During States Of Emergency, And Declarations Of Emergencies Triggering Federal Relief, So As To Delete The Provision Concerning The Issuance Of Citations For Certain Traffic Violations; By Amending Section 56-5-710, Relating To Powers Of Local Authorities, So As To Delete The Provision Relating To The Issuance Of Certain Traffic Citations; And By Repealing Section 56-7-35, Relating To The Issuance Of Uniform Traffic Tickets For Certain Offenses.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 23-23-45, Relating To 911 Telecommunicators Training, So As To Require Telecommunicators Must Complete Successfully Annual Wellness Examinations; By Adding Section 23-9-200 So As To Provide The State Fire Marshal Shall Require All Firefighters Complete Successfully Annual Wellness Examinations; By Amending Section 44-61-80, Relating To Emergency Medical Technician Certificates, So As To Require Emergency Medical Technicians Complete Successfully Annual Wellness Examinations; And By Adding Section 23-23-57 So As To Provide All Law Enforcement Officers Must Complete Successfully Annual Wellness Examinations.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "educator Assistance Act" By Adding Section 59-101-145 So As To Authorize The Use Of Data Being Collected Under Current Procedures To Report On Certain Postsecondary Matters Concerning Graduates Of South Carolina Public Schools, And To Require The Streamlining Of Data Collection Timelines And Processes; By Amending Section 59-25-47, Relating To Policies Authorizing Payments For Unused Teacher Leave, So As To Require Additional Policies That Allow Teachers To Donate Such Unused Leave To A Leave Bank For Other Employees, And To Provide Requirements For The Policies; By Amending Section 59-25-410, Relating To Annual Notification Of School Teacher Employment And Assignments, So As To Provide The Notification Must Include Certain Salary Information Requirements In The Required Notice, To Provide Notice Of Tentative Teacher Assignments Must Be Provided No Later Than Fourteen Calendar Days Before The Start Of The School Year, And To Prohibit Limitations On Teacher Reassignments; By Amending Section 59-1-425, Relating To Required Days For Collegial Professional Development In The Annual School Calendar, So As To Increase The Number Of Days To Four, To Provide Districts Must Verify Completing Of The Required Collegial Professional Development In A Certain Manner, To Provide Teachers And Instructional Assistants Must Be Provided Self-directed Free Time To Evaluate Student Academic Data, Instructional Planning, And Classroom Preparation, And To Remove A Two-day Maximum Limitation On Use Of These Collegial Professional Development Days For The Preparation And Opening Of Schools; By Amending Section 59-25-160, Relating To Actions Constituting Just Cause Grounds For Teacher Certificate Revocation Or Suspension Purposes, So As To Include Breach Of Contract; By Amending Section 59-25-530, Relating To Unprofessional Conduct And Breach Of Contract By Teachers, So As To Recharacterize Certain Actions As Being Breach Of Contract Instead Of Unprofessional Conduct, To Revise The Penalties And Consequences For Such Breaches Of Contract, And To Provide An Exemption From Breach Of Contract Findings For Teachers Who Move To Bona Fide Residences In Noncontiguous Counties During The Contract Term, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-26-40, Relating To Continuing Contract Status For Teachers, So As To Require Completion Of Collegial Professional Development, And To Provide Employing Districts Shall Award Credits For Professional Teaching Certificate Renewal To Continuing Contract Teachers Who Successfully Complete Such Collegial Professional Development; By Amending Section 59-26-45, Relating To Retired Educator Teaching Certificates, So As To Make Such Certificates Lifetime In Duration Instead Of Renewable, To Provide Such Teachers May Teach On A Full-time Basis Or Part-time Basis, And To Exempt Such Teachers From Certificate Renewal Requirements; By Repealing Section 59-101-130 Relating To High Schools Reporting To The Superintendent Of Education, And Institutions Of Higher Learning Reporting To High Schools; And By Repealing Section 59-101-140 Relating To Tabulation Of Reports. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-8-110, Relating To Definitions Concerning The Education Scholarship Trust Fund, So As To Revise Definitions; By Amending Section 59-8-115, Relating To Scholarship Application Criteria And Procedures, So As Provide Requirements Concerning Priority And General Applications, To Provide Certain Exemption Acknowledgement Requirements For Nonpublic Education Service Providers, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-8-120, Relating To The Establishment Of The South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund, So As To Recharacterize Its Corpus And Revise Its Usages, To Establish A Trustee Appointment For The Fund And To Provide The Qualifications And Duties Of The Trustee, And To Establish Scholarship Allocation Amounts And Accountability Measures; By Amending Section 59-8-125, Relating To Scholarship Fund Payments, So As To Provide For The Role Of The Trustee In Making Such Payments, To Provide For Trustee Payments, And To Provide Terms For A Contractual Relationship For The Performance Of The Trustee's Duties, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-8-130, Relating To Scholarship Eligibility Termination Notice Requirements, So As To Restate The Section; By Amending Section 59-8-135, Relating To Scholarship Participant Number Limitations, So As To Revise The Limitations, Enable Increases, And Remove A Periodic Program Eligibility And Use Review Requirement; By Amending Section 59-8-140, Relating To Education Service Provider Program Participation Requirements, So As To Include Eligible Schools, And To Remove Certain Administrative Requirements Of The State Department Of Education; By Amending Section 58-8-145, Relating To Miscellaneous Department Administrative Requirements, So As To Remove A Provision Allowing The Department To Contract With Qualified Organizations For Related Assistance; By Adding Section 59-8-147 So As To Provide The Department Shall Post Certain Information About The Program On Its Internet Website, To Provide Requirements Of The Department Concerning The Application Process, And To Provide A Grace Period For Applicants To Correct Minor Errors; By Amending Section 59-8-150, Relating To Education Service Provider Requirements, So As To Expand Employee Criminal Background Checks, To Revise Employee Surety Bond Requirements, To Revise Assessment Requirements, And To Remove A Provision Authorizing The Department To Promulgate Related Regulations, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-8-160, Relating To The Education Scholarship Trust Fund Review Panel, So As To Restate The Section; By Amending Section 59-8-165, Relating To District-level Student Transfer Policies, So As To Replace The Existing Language With Provisions Concerning Interdistrict Transfers; By Amending Section 59-8-170, Relating To An Exemption From High School League Transfer Eligibility Rules For Interdistrict Transfer Scholarship Students, So As To Make The Provision Applicable To Scholarship And Nonscholarship Students, And To Provide Subsequent Transfers Are Subject To High School League Eligibility Rules; And By Amending Section 59-150-350, Relating To Scholarships Designated To Receive Lottery Funding, So As To Include The South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 25-11-730 So As To Provide That The Department Of Veterans' Affairs Shall Adopt Criteria For Admissions To And Discharges From South Carolina Veterans Homes And To Provide For The Submission Of Such Criteria.

Provide That In Addition To The Matters Which May Be Considered By The General Assembly After May 8, 2025, Pursuant To The Sine Die Resolution For The 2025 Legislative Session As Passed By The General Assembly, H. 4465 Relating To The "privacy In Public Spaces Act" Also May Be Introduced, Received, And Considered By Each Body Of The General Assembly Prior To Sine Die Adjournment Including, But Not Limited To, Concurrence, Nonconcurrence, And Appointment Of Conferees; Receipt, Consideration, And Disposition Of Conference And Free Conference Reports; And Receipt, Consideration, And Disposition Of Any Vetoes, If Applicable.