South Carolina

126th General Assembly·3,853 bills·Adjourned May 7, 2026

Bills

Dram Shop Cause of Actions

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 15-3-710 So As To Define Necessary Terms, To Provide For Civil Cause Of Actions Against Certain Licensees Who Furnish Alcohol To Visibly Intoxicated Individuals Under Certain Circumstances, To Provide Exceptions To Liability, And To Provide The Provisions Of This Section Are The Exclusive Manner For Bringing Dram Shop Cause Of Actions.

SC Community Choice Aggregation Act

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Community Choice Aggregation Act" By Adding Chapter 45 To Title 58 So As To Provide The Requirements For Establishing A Community Choice Aggregation; To Provide For The Related Duties Of The Public Service Commission And The Office Of Regulatory Staff; To Provide For The Responsibilities Of The Electrical Utilities; To Provide That Participation In Community Choice Aggregations Are Voluntary And Require Notice And Opt-out Provisions; To Establish Standards For Community Choice Aggregation Rates; To Provide Requirements For Community Choice Aggregations Related To Its Resources, Planning, Marketing, Billing, Annual Reports, And Financial Security; To Require The Office Of Regulatory Staff To Establish A Complaint And Dispute Resolution Process For Customers; To Prohibit Customer Data Being Used For Purposes Other Than Providing Services And To Safeguard Customer Data; To Permit Termination Of Service Pursuant To Terms Approved By The Public Service Commission; To Permit The Office Of Regulatory Staff To Audit Community Choice Aggregations And Their Vendors; To Permit An Electric Cooperative Or Municipal Utility To Either Offer Or Participate In A Community Choice Aggregation; And To Require The Public Service Commission To Promulgate Regulations.

SC Utility Citizens Council

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Chapter 45 To Title 58 So As To Establish The South Carolina Utility Citizens Council To Serve As An Independent Advisory Body To The Public Service Commission; To Provide For The Utility Citizens Council's Membership, Duties, And Responsibilities; To Permit The Utility Citizens Council To Have Access To Certain Information Submitted To The Public Service Commission; To Provide Funding For The Utility Citizens Council From Regulated Utilities, Establish Cost Recovery Requirements And Penalties For Failure To Provide Funding, And Provide For Its Administration; To Require The South Carolina Energy Justice Coalition To Provide Staffing And Other Duties; To Require The Public Service Commission To Provide The Council With Relevant Documentation Upon Notice Of A Utility Rate Case Or Major Filing, To Permit The Council To Participate In Public Service Commission Proceedings, And To Require The Commission To Include A Summary Of The Council's Recommendations And Commission's Responses In Commission Orders; And To Require The Council, In Consultation With The Office Of Regulatory Staff, To Develop Energy Affordability Metrics.

Electric Retail Customer Choice and Third-Party Electric Suppliers

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Chapter 32 To Title 58 So As To Allow Eligible Customers To Purchase All Or Part Of Their Electricity Demand From Third-party Electric Suppliers; To Establish Related Terms, Conditions, And Requirements For Eligible Customers, Third-party Electric Suppliers, And Incumbent Electric Suppliers For Electric Services, Including Transmission Services; To Establish Certain Cost Requirements; And To Establish The Public Service Commission Standards Of Review, Including The Requirement To Approve A Tariff Containing A Pro Forma Contract.

County Register of Deeds

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 30-5-10, Relating To The Performance Of The Duties Of A Register Of Deeds, So As To Include Abbeville County Among The Counties Exempt From The Requirement That These Duties Be Performed By The Clerk Of Court; And By Amending Section 30-5-12, Relating To Counties Where The County Governing Body Appoints The Register Of Deeds, So As To Include Abbeville County. - Ratified Title

Gross proceeds

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-36-90, Relating To The Definition Of Gross Proceeds Of Sales, So As To Exclude Amounts Paid By State And Local Governments For The Emergency Services Ip Network; By Amending Section 12-21-2420, Relating To Admissions Tax, So As To Exempt Admissions Charged By Certain Local Chambers Of Commerce; And By Amending Section 12-36-2120, Relating To The Sales Tax Exemption On Certain Computer Equipment, So As To Extend The Exemption To Certain Related Persons Of The Taxpayer. - Ratified Title

Stop Harm from Addictive Social Media

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "stop Harm From Addictive Social Media (shasm) Act" By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 5, Title 39 So As To Require Covered Social Media Platforms To Use Reasonable Means To Estimate The Age Of Certain Account Holders, To Verify The Age Of Certain Account Holders, To Create Default Account Settings For Certain Users, And To Create Certain Parental Consents. - Ratified Title

Pretrial Intervention Program eligibility

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 17-22-50 And 17-22-60, Both Relating To Pretrial Intervention Program Eligibility, Both So As To Provide A Person May Participate In A Pretrial Intervention Program If Twenty Years Have Passed Since The Date Of Successful Completion Of A Pretrial Intervention Program By The Person, Rather Than Limiting Eligibility Of Participation To Only Once. - Ratified Title

Agency Head Salary Commission, Governor and Lt. Governor

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 1-1-1210, Relating To Annual Salaries Of Certain State Officers, So As To Provide That Salaries Of The Governor And The Lieutenant Governor Must Be Based On Recommendations By The Agency Head Salary Commission To The General Assembly; By Amending Section 8-11-160, Relating To The Agency Head Salary Commission And Salary Increases For Agency Heads, So As To Provide That Salaries Of The Governor And The Lieutenant Governor Must Be Based On Recommendations By The Agency Head Salary Commission To The General Assembly, And To Require The Commission To Authorize A Study Every Four Years To Recommend Salary Ranges For The Governor And Lieutenant Governor; And By Amending Section 8-11-165, Relating To The Agency Head Salary Commission And Its Duties And Responsibilities, So As To Make Conforming Changes. - Ratified Title

Renewable Natural Gas

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-6-3830 So As To Provide For A Tax Credit For Renewable Natural Gas. - Ratified Title

Seizures in the Workplace

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-1-320 So As To Require The Department Of Public Health To Create A Pamphlet On Rendering Seizure First Aid To Individuals Who Have Suffered A Seizure In The Workplace And To Require State Governmental Entities To Post The Pamphlet In A Conspicuous Location. - Ratified Title

DEW UI Tax Code

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 41-31-5, Relating To Contributions And Payments To The Unemployment Trust Fund Definitions, So As To Change The Lookback Period For The Benefit Ratio; By Amending Section 41-31-45, Relating To Debt Status Estimates, So As To Provide For A Solvency Target For The Fund; By Amending Section 41-31-60, Relating To The Tax Rate When A Delinquent Report Is Received, So As To Change The Penalty For An Outstanding Lien; By Amending Section 41-31-350, Relating To The Penalty For Failure To File A Report, So As To Remove The Cap On The Penalty For Failing To File A Report; By Amending Section 41-31-370, Relating To Interest On Unpaid Contributions, So As To Remove The Cap On The Penalty For Failure To Pay Contributions; By Amending Section 12-37-220, Relating To Property Tax Exemptions, So As To Exempt The First Ten Thousand Dollars Of Net Depreciated Value Of Business Personal Property Owned By A Small Business; By Amending Section 12-37-900, Relating To Property Tax Returns, So As To Provide That A Taxpayer Is Not Required To Return Business Personal Property For Taxation If The Taxpayer Has Less Than Ten Thousand Dollars Of Net Depreciated Value Of Business Personal Property; By Adding Section 12-37-980 So As To Require That All Business Personal Property Required To Be Returned For Taxation Be Returned To The Department Of Revenue; And By Amending Section 12-20-50, Relating To The License Tax On Corporations, So As To Provide That, Under Certain Circumstances, The Fee Does Not Apply To Any Portion Of The First Fifty Million Dollars Of Certain Capital Stock And Paid-in Or Capital Surplus. - Ratified Title

Ratify Constitutional Amendment

Ratify An Amendment To Section 4, Article Ii, Relating To Voter Qualifications, So As To Provide That Only A Citizen Of The United States And Of This State Of The Age Of Eighteen And Upwards Who Is Properly Registered Is Entitled To Vote As Provided By Law. - Ratified Title

Nonprescription Ephedrine Products

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-53-398, Relating To The Sale Of Products Containing Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, Or Phenylpropanolamine, So As To Require That Manufacturers Of These Products Pay Monthly Fees Associated With Data Collection, To Establish A Penalty For Manufacturers That Fail To Comply, And For Other Purposes. - Ratified Title

Red Drum

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 50-5-1705, Relating To Catch Limits For Certain Saltwater Game Fish, So As To Revise The Catch Limit For Red Drum; By Amending Section 50-5-1710, Relating To Size Limits For Certain Saltwater Game Fish, So As To Revise The Size Limit For Red Drum; By Amending Section 50-5-1700, Relating To Equipment For The Catching Of Saltwater Game Fish, So As To Require A Nonoffset, Nonstainless Steel Circle Hook When Using A Handheld Hook And Line And A Hook Size Of 4/0 Or Larger; And By Amending Section 50-9-650, Relating To Deer Hunting, So As To Increase The Number Of Anterless Deer Tags Issued. - Ratified Title

Abandoned Buildings Tax Credit

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-67-120, Relating To The Abandoned Buildings Revitalization Act Definitions, So As To Clarify That The Existence Of An Income-producing Use Prior To The Period Of Abandonment Is Not A Requirement For Eligibility; By Amending Section 12-67-130, Relating To Applicability, So As To Make A Conforming Change; By Amending Section 12-67-140, Relating To Eligibility For The Credit, So As To Clarify Certain Timing Considerations, Related To The Filing Of A Notice Of Intent To Rehabilitate An Abandoned Building And To Clarify That Abandoned Building Tax Credits May Not Serve As Collateral For Any Debt; By Amending Section 12-67-160, Relating To The Certification Of Abandoned Building Sites, So As To Remove A Requirement For Certain Certifications Of State-owned Abandoned Building Sites; And To Provide For Certain Abeyance. - Ratified Title

Wellness reimbursement program

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Chapter 105 To Title 38 Entitled "wellness Reimbursement Programs" So As To Define Terms, Prohibit Certain Acts By Wellness Reimbursement Programs, Require Registration Including An Application And Fees, Exempt Brokers From Registering, And To Provide Fines For Violations Of The Chapter, Among Other Things. - Ratified Title

Cigarettes for heating

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-21-620, Relating To Tax Rates On Products Containing Tobacco, So As To Provide For A Tax On Cigarettes For Heating And Certain Vapor Products And Electronic Cigarettes. - Ratified Title

Modular Homes

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 6-29-735 So As To Prohibit Local Governments From Preventing The Continuance Of Lawful Nonconforming Use Of Property When A Preexisting Manufactured Home Is Replaced With Another Specific Manufactured Home, To Provide Exceptions, And To Provide Definitions; By Amending Section 23-43-85, Relating To Standards For Modular Homes And Display Models, So As To Provide That The Standards Only Apply To On-frame Modular Homes And To Remove A Five-year Restriction On Display Models Being Used For Residential Use; And By Amending Section 6-35-30, Relating To Residential Improvement Districts, So As To Allow For Joint Residential Improvement Districts Between Different Jurisdictions. - Ratified Title

Highway system construction

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Act 36 Of 2019, Relating To Highway System Construction, So As To Change The Sunset Expiration Provision To July 1, 2032; And By Adding Section 57-3-790 So As To Provide The State Waives Immunity And Consents To Suit In Federal Court For Certain Lawsuits Relating To The National Environmental Policy Act Assignment Program, And To Provide For The Issuance Of An Annual Report. - Ratified Title

Hallway Beds

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-7-255 So As To Provide For Fire And Building Code Exceptions For Placement Of Hospital Beds In Hallways, Corridors, Or Other Means Of Egress During Justified Emergencies. - Ratified Title

Sales Tax Exemption

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-36-2120, Relating To Exemptions From Sales Tax, So As To Provide That Certain Unprepared Foods, That May Be Purchased With Food Coupons Which Are Exempt From Taxes, Are Not Limited To Certain Federal Regulations. - Ratified Title

Public Transit Trespass

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-11-635 So As To Provide That A Person Who, Without Legal Cause Or Good Excuse, Enters A Transportation Facility, Including Any Public Transportation And Any Public Transportation System, After Having Been Warned Not To Do So By The Transit Director Or His Designee, Is Guilty Of A Misdemeanor Triable In A Municipal Or Magistrates Court, To Provide Procedures For A Written Warning And For Appealing The Warning, And To Provide That The Provisions Of This Section Must Be Construed As In Addition To, And Not As Superseding, Another Statute Relating To Trespass Or Unlawful Entry On Lands Of Another. - Ratified Title

Pee Dee Regional Airport Authority

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 55-11-620, Relating To The Pee Dee Regional Airport Authority, So As To Provide The Members Of The Authority Shall Be Appointed By The Governor Upon The Recommendations Of The Various County Legislative Delegations; By Amending Section 55-11-630, Relating To The Powers And Duties Of The Authority, So As To Provide For A Perpetual Exemption From The Imposition Or Assessment Of Stormwater Fees; By Amending Section 55-11-640, Relating To The Promulgation Of Certain Regulations By The Authority, So As To Provide That Certain Fines Collected Must Be Forwarded To The Pee Dee Regional Airport District; And By Adding Section 55-11-740 So As To Provide The Pee Dee Regional Airport District May Apply To The Foreign-trade Zones Board To Establish, Operate, And Maintain Foreign-trade Zones. - Ratified Title

Designation of representation in magistrates court

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 33-1-103, Relating To Designation Of Representation In Magistrates Court, So As To Include Housing Authorities; And By Adding Section 31-3-70 So As To Provide That Housing Authorities May Designate A Certain Representative. - Ratified Title

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