South Carolina

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-22-960, Relating To Employer Immunity For Employees With Expunged Criminal Records, So As To Provide Employers And Educational Institutions May Not Require Applicants For Employment Or Admission To Disclose Arrests, Criminal Charges, Or Criminal Convictions That Have Been Expunged, To Provide Such Applicants Are Not Required To Answer Certain Related Questions, To Exempt Applicants For Employment In Campus Security Departments, To Provide Civil Enforcement Mechanisms, And To Provide This Act Does Not Create A Private Cause Of Action.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "prothonotary Warbler Recognition Act" By Adding Section 1-1-613 So As To Designate The Prothonotary Warbler (protonotaria Citrea) As The Official State Migratory Bird Of South Carolina. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 61, Title 44 So As To Address Continuous Quality Improvement Programs Implemented By Prehospital Clinicians, Including Confidentiality And Privilege Of Data And Reports; To Establish Certain Penalties For Unauthorized Use Of Information; And For Other Purposes.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 4-37-30, Relating To Sales And Use Taxes Or Tolls As Revenue For Transportation Facilities, So As To Provide That The Governing Body Of A County May Vote To Impose A Tax By Enacting An Ordinance That Must Specify Greenways, All Accompanying Infrastructure And Services Necessary To Provide Access To These Facilities, And Drainage Facility Maintenance And Capital Improvements For Flooding Prevention And Mitigation, Among Other Items; And To Provide That A County May Include Optional Ballot Language For Extension Of The Term Of The Tax Or For A Replacement Purpose For The Tax.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-1-456 So As To Provide That An Employee May Be Granted By His Employer A Specified Amount Of Additional Paid Leave Each Year For The Purpose Of Attending Certain Elementary And Secondary School Conferences Or Activities During The Employee's Work Hours Or To Engage In Certain Volunteer Teaching Activities In The Schools, To Provide That The Employers Of These Employees Are Entitled To A Specified State Income Tax Deduction For These Activities, And To Provide The Procedures Necessary To Implement The Provisions Of This Section.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 9-20-10, Relating To State Optional Retirement Program Definitions, So As To Include Special Purpose Districts In The Definition Of "employer".

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-95-65 So As To Provide Regulations For The Sale Of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, To Provide Penalties For Violations Of The Section, And To Provide Certain Timelines And Effective Dates; And By Amending Section 16-17-501, Relating To Terms Defined In The "youth Access To Tobacco Prevention Act," So As To Change The Definition Of "electronic Smoking Device". - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "small Business Regulatory Freedom Act" By Adding Section 1-23-285 So As To Provide The Small Business Regulatory Review Committee Shall Conduct An Initial Review Of Regulations Pending Reauthorization And Make Recommendations To The General Assembly For Retaining Or Removing Regulations, To Provide It Is The Duty Of The Committee When Reviewing Regulations To Reduce The Overall Regulatory Burden On Businesses By Reducing The Number Of Regulatory Requirements By Twenty-five Percent, And To Provide The Committee May Request Any Necessary Information From State Agencies And To Require The Compliance Of Agencies With These Requests, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 1-23-110, Relating To The Process For Promulgating Regulations Under The Administrative Procedures Act So As To Provide Agencies May Not Promulgate Regulations Absent Express Statutory Authority And Citation To The Specific Statutory Authority, To Provide For Every Regulation An Agency Proposes, It Must Identify And Propose Two Of Its Regulations To Remove, To Provide Persons Aggrieved By A Regulation May Challenge The Validity Of The Regulation In A Court Of Competent Jurisdiction, And To Provide Courts May Declare Regulations Invalid Upon Finding An Absence Of Express Statutory Authority To Promulgate; By Amending Section 1-23-115, Relating To Assessment Reports For Regulations Submitted For Promulgation, So As To Provide All Regulations Submitted For Promulgation Must Include Assessment Reports, To Allow Longer Review Periods In Certain Circumstances, To Provide Discount Rates Must Be Justified If Applied In An Analysis Report, To Provide Promulgating Agencies Must Conduct Retrospective Assessment Reports In Certain Circumstances, To Provide Assessment Contents Must Be Made Publicly Available In A Certain Manner, To Provide Certain Standardized Analytic Methods And Metrics Must Be Applied To All Regulations, To Require Retrospective Assessment Reports Be Conducted When Regulations Are Reviewed For Renewal, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 1-23-120, Relating To Documents Required To Be Filed To Initiate The Review Process For A Regulation, So As To Require The Documents Include An Automatic Expiration Date, And To Provide For The Automatic Expiration And Periodic Review Of Regulations; And By Amending Section 1-23-380, Relating To Judicial Review Upon Exhaustion Of Administrative Remedies, So As To Provide Requirements For Judicial Review Of Agency Interpretations Of Regulations.

Set By Special Order H. 4216, Relating To Income Tax, Following Second Reading Of H. 5127, The Capital Reserve Fund Resolution, For Immediate Consideration Of Senate Amendments To The Bill And Continuing On Special Order Every Day Thereafter Until Its Disposition; And To Set By Special Order H. 3368, Relating To Tax Conformity, For Immediate Consideration Following Final Disposition Of H. 4216, And Continuing On Special Order Every Day Thereafter Until Its Disposition On Second Reading; And To Set By Special Order H. 3368 For Third Reading And Continuing Every Day Thereafter Until Its Disposition On Third Reading.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-7-20, Relating To Children's Code Definitions, So As To Add The Term "licensed"; By Amending Section 63-9-1110, Relating To Adoption By A Stepparent Or Relative, So As To Apply To Children Placed With Relatives Or Fictive Kin For The Purpose Of Adoption; By Amending Section 63-7-2320, Relating To The Kinship Foster Care Program, So As To Lower The Minimum Age Of A Kinship Foster Parent From Twenty-one To Eighteen And To Allow The Department To Use Different Standards When Licensing Relatives And Fictive Kin; By Amending Section 63-7-2350, Relating To Restrictions On Foster Care, Adoption, Or Legal Guardian Placements, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And By Amending Section 63-7-2400, Relating To The Number Of Foster Children Who May Be Placed In A Foster Home, So As To Remove Therapeutic Foster Care Placement Limitations From Kinship Foster Care Placements. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 29 To Chapter 1, Title 1 So As To Provide That The God Of Abraham, Isaac, And Jacob Is The Only True Creator God Recognized By This State.

Amend Section 59-1-462 Of The South Carolina Code Of Laws, Relating To Excused School Absences For Career And Technical Student Organization Experiences, So As To Provide That Students Participating In Any Interscholastic Activity Authorized By The School District Are Eligible For Excused Absences, Regardless Of Whether The Activity Is Sanctioned By The South Carolina High School League Or Any Other Governing Entity, And To Require That Students Be In Academic Good Standing To Qualify For Such Excused Absences. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "honor Our First Responders Act" By Adding Section 38-71-300 So As To Provide That An Individual Or Group Health Plan Must Provide Coverage Under The Same Terms And Conditions To The Spouse Or Dependent Of A First Responder Covered By Such A Plan In Certain Circumstances; By Amending Section 1-3-470, Relating To Lowering Flags Upon Death In The Line Of Duty, So As To Add An Emergency Medical Technician; By Adding Section 12-6-1172 So As To Provide For A First Responder Retirement Income Deduction; By Amending Section 12-6-1170, Relating To The Retirement Income Tax Deduction, So As To Make A Conforming Change; By Amending Section 12-37-220, Relating To General Exemption From Taxes, So As To Provide That A Qualified Surviving Spouse Also Means Certain Surviving Spouses Of Emergency Medical Technicians; And By Amending Section 59-111-110, Relating To Waived Tuition, So As To Provide That The Children Of Certain Emergency Medical Technicians Also Qualify For Certain Waived Tuition.

Recognize And Honor The Ragin Preparatory Christian Academy Boys Varsity Basketball Team, Coaches, And School Officials For An Extraordinary Season And To Congratulate Them For Winning The 2026 South Carolina Independent School Association Class 1a State Championship Title.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 12 To Chapter 5, Title 58 So As To Require A Public Utility Providing Natural Gas Distribution Services To Residential Customers To Establish And Maintain Natural Gas Price Reserves, And To Provide For Funding Usage And Cost Recovery; And To Require An Annual Report To The Public Service Commission.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 63-5-380 So As To Provide That A Person Responsible For The Welfare Of A Minor Who Has Not Reached The Age Of Sixteen Years Must Provide Prior Consent To A Medical Professional For The Medical Professional To Prescribe Medication To The Minor, So As To Provide That The Person Responsible For The Welfare Of A Minor To Whom Medication Is Prescribed May Not Be Prohibited From Reviewing The Minor's Prescription Records Regardless Of Whether Those Records Are Maintained With The Parent Or Legal Guardian's Prescription Records Or Are Maintained Separately In The Minor's Name, And To Provide Exceptions.

A Senate Resolution To Honor And Recognize Bob Cathey For His Many Contributions And Years Of Service To His Community.

Recognize March 2026 As "chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month" In South Carolina In Order To Raise Awareness Of The Need For Research, Screening Programs, And Access To Care For Individuals Who Suffer From Chronic Kidney Disease.

A Senate Resolution To Congratulate And Thank The Staff And Volunteers Of The Marion Burnside Central Carolina Chapter Of The National Wild Turkey Federation For Their Dedication To Conservation And Extend Best Wishes For A Memorable Banquet.

Encourage Counties, Municipalities, And Other Political Subdivisions Of The State, Including School Districts, To Establish The Use Of Organics-first Integrated Pest Management Practices And Standards That Would Prioritize The Use Of Prevention-based, Least Toxic, Organic Practices And Prohibit The Use Of Synthetic Pesticides For Public Land Management, Including Habitat Restoration And Roadside Management.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-51-90, Relating To The Redemption Of Real Property And The Assignment Of A Purchaser's Interest, So As To Expand The Ability To Pay A Delinquent Tax To Any Other Individual Or Entity.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-6-1120, Relating To Gross Income, So As To Provide That Gross Income Does Not Include Certain Retirement Benefits Received From The South Carolina Police Officers Retirement System Or Other Retirement Benefits Received By Police Officers, Firefighters, Or Emergency Medical Technicians Through A Retirement System Or Pension.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 33, Title 58 So As To Establish The "solar, Agricultural, Farmland, And Environmental Act"; To Provide For Definitions; To Establish Certificate Requirements For Construction Of Photovoltaic Energy Facilities; To Establish The Certificate Application Process; To Provide Requirements For Hearings Regarding The Certificate Application; To Establish The Parties To A Certification Proceeding; To Require A Record Of The Proceedings And To Permit The Public Service Commission To Consolidate The Representation Of Parties With Similar Interests; To Establish Requirements For The Public Service Commission's Decision Regarding An Application; To Require The Public Service Commission To Issue An Order Within One Hundred Eighty Days From The Date The Application Is Filed; And To Provide For Payment Of Costs For The Office Of Regulatory Staff And The Public Service Commission For A Filed Application.

Recognize And Congratulate Lionel Smith, Ltd., On The Occasion Of Its Fiftieth Anniversary; To Commend The Store For Its Sustained Excellence In Menswear, Tailoring, And Customer Service; To Honor Lionel "smitty" Smith And Van Smith For Their Leadership, Entrepreneurship, And Contributions To The Economic And Cultural Life Of Downtown Aiken And The Central Savannah River Area; And To Extend Best Wishes For Continued Prosperity.