Listed below are the Acts from the 2005 Legislative Session. Following each Act number are the Ratification number (preceded by an R), the bill number (preceded by an H for House or an S for Senate), a brief description and the date the Act became effective. An Act will not be added to this page until it has been assigned an Act Number. The full text of an Act is included in the linked page. There is also a list of new laws listed in order by Act Number.

Acts With Multiple Effective Dates
(These acts have multiple effective dates or other special circumstances. They are not listed below by effective date.)
Act No. 5 (R402 of 2004, H3080) -- Word format

-- Utility service provider required to have customer authorization before changing to another provider. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 9 (R410 of 2004, H3831) -- Word format

-- Nonfranchise automobile dealer license. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 15 (R405 of 2004, H3507) -- Word format

-- Lessor of real estate; fixtures and equipment subject to commercial lease agreement; provisions. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 17 (R2, S207) -- Word format

-- Property tax exemptions extended to property used for Boy or Girl Scouts. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 27 (R23, H3008) -- Word format

-- Economic Development, Citizens, and Small Business Protection Act of 2005. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 28 (R24, H3026) -- Word format

-- Adoption and promulgation of building codes and standards. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 32 (R33, S83) -- Word format

-- Tort Reform Act of 2005 Relating to Medical Malpractice. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 56 (R63, H3152) -- Word format

-- Numerous revisions to the Motion Picture Incentive Act. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 61 (R70, H3304) -- Word format

-- Tobacco Escrow Fund enforcement. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 76 (R77, S49) -- Word format

-- Health coverage for alcohol and substance abuse, mental illness. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 77 (R79, S318) -- Word format

-- Municipal Incorporation Joint Legislative Committee established. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 87 (R101, H3142) -- Word format

-- Nurse Licensure Compact. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 106 (R135, H3543) -- Word format

-- Mary Lynn's Law. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 113 (R125, H3067) -- Word format

-- Investment tax credit. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 115 (R73, H3716) -- Word format

-- Appropriation Bill 2005-2006. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 121 (R147, H3614) -- Word format

-- Procedures for withholding wages in child support cases. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 123 (R149, H3650) -- Word format

-- Brownsfield Voluntary Cleanup Program. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 128 (R161, S95) -- Word format

-- Procedure for Consumer Affairs to request hearing by administrative law judge division. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 134 (R192, H3840) -- Word format

-- Communications Service Provider. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 137 (R82, S573) -- Word format

-- Public Service Authority. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 138 (R162, S140) -- Word format

-- Income tax credit for rehabilitation expenditures. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 139 (R163, S165) -- Word format

-- Sales tax on alcoholic liquors sold by the drink. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 141 (R182, H3328) -- Word format

-- Sex offender registry. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 144 (R189, H3778) -- Word format

-- Tort Reform Act of 2005. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 145 (R150, H3768) -- Word format

-- Overdue Debt Collection Act. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 147 (R159, S1) -- Word format

-- Child restraint requirements. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 149 (R167, S589) -- Word format

-- Golf course real property. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 153 (R200, S618) -- Word format

-- State Retirement System Preservation and Investment Reform Act. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 156 (R205, H3847) -- Word format

-- General Reserve Fund. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 157 (R207, H3006) -- Word format

-- Jobs Creation Act. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 161 (R188, H3767) -- Word format

-- Tax returns. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 162 (R195, H3906) -- Word format

-- Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Program. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 179 (R74, H3717) -- Word format

-- Capital Reserve Fund. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 195 (R17, S426) -- Word format

-- Clarendon County School Districts' Property Tax Relief Act. See Act for Effective Date

Effective January 1, 2006
Act No. 30 (R26, H3130) -- Word format

-- Rider Safety Act. Effective January 1, 2006

Act No. 66 (R80, S422) -- Word format

-- Uniform Trust Code. Effective January 1, 2006

Act No. 110 (R119, S588) -- Word format

-- Uniform Securities Act of 2005. Effective January 1, 2006

Act No. 155 (R204, H3813) -- Word format

-- National Guard Pension Fund. Effective January 1, 2006

Act No. 166 (R196, H3984) -- Word format

-- Criminal domestic violence. Effective January 1, 2006

Effective December 7, 2005
Act No. 170 (R169, S737) -- Word format

-- Low speed and all-terrain vehicles (ATV). Effective December 7, 2005

Effective December 2, 2005
Act No. 111 (R120, S607) -- Word format

-- Credit counseling. Effective December 2, 2005

Effective October 15, 2005
Act No. 190 (R62, S764) -- Word format

-- Registration and Election Commission abolished. Effective October 1, 2005

Effective October 1, 2005
Act No. 86 (R100, S535) -- Word format

-- Striped bass. Effective October 1, 2005

Effective July 1, 2005
Act No. 89 (R103, H3297) -- Word format

-- Prescriptions for rheumatoid arthritis exempt from tax. Effective July 1, 2005

Act No. 103 (R130, H3539) -- Word format

-- Indigent Defense Commission. Effective July 1, 2005

Act No. 135 (R115, S268) -- Word format

-- Licensure and regulation of Optometrists. Effective July 1, 2005

Effective June 14, 2005
Act No. 159 (R164, S184) -- Word format

-- Create the Francis Marion Trail Commission. Effective June 14, 2005

Act No. 160 (R180, H3250) -- Word format

-- Ophthalmic lenses. Effective June 14, 2005

Act No. 163 (R203, H3373) -- Word format

-- Spartanburg County roadside vegetation. Effective June 14, 2005

Act No. 165 (R209, H3741) -- Word format

-- Geriatrics or geropsychiatry. Effective June 14, 2005

Act No. 171 (R177, H3107) -- Word format

-- Two additional members appointed to the Medical Examiners Board. Effective June 14, 2005

Act No. 176 (R202, H3296) -- Word format

-- Non-Federal Aid Highway Fund. Effective June 14, 2005

Act No. 177 (R183, H3383) -- Word format

-- Fire Sprinkler Safety Act. Effective June 14, 2005

Act No. 186 (R199, S286) -- Word format

-- National Guard Armory in Inman. Effective June 14, 2005

Effective June 10, 2005
Act No. 154 (R201, S659) -- Word format

-- Concealable weapons permits. Effective June 10, 2005

Act No. 158 (R208, S736) -- Word format

-- Vietnam War Veterans' special license plates. Effective June 10, 2005

Act No. 164 (R206, H3905) -- Word format

-- State Auditor. Effective June 10, 2005

Effective June 9, 2005
Act No. 148 (R166, S348) -- Word format

-- Hotels without sprinkler systems must post notice. Effective June 9, 2005

Act No. 150 (R178, H3108) -- Word format

-- Membership increased on the Medical Disciplinary Commission. Effective June 9, 2005

Act No. 151 (R191, H3799) -- Word format

-- South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS). Effective June 9, 2005

Act No. 152 (R197, H4044) -- Word format

-- Waterfowl. Effective June 9, 2005

Effective June 8, 2005
Act No. 146 (R151, H3832) -- Word format

-- Hospital Patient Protection Act; Lewis Blackman Hospital Patient Protection Act. Effective June 8, 2005

Act No. 197 (R156, H4086) -- Word format

-- Dillon County School Facilities Financing Act. Effective June 8, 2005

Act No. 204 (R158, H4189) -- Word format

-- Marlboro County School District Bond-Property Tax Relief Act. Effective June 8, 2005

Effective June 7, 2005
Act No. 127 (R160, S16) -- Word format

-- Include manufacturing Methamphetamine as a violent crime. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 133 (R190, H3794) -- Word format

-- Research Division and Innovation Centers. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 136 (R143, H3305) -- Word format

-- Monthly installment payments authorized for real property taxes. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 140 (R170, S854) -- Word format

-- Jasper County to have both Clerk of Court and Register of Deeds. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 142 (R185, H3582) -- Word format

-- Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Control Act. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 143 (R186, H3673) -- Word format

-- Public institution of higher learning. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 167 (R145, H3479) -- Word format

-- Asbestos abatement license and definitions. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 168 (R165, S227) -- Word format

-- Grounds for termination of parental rights if child is conceived as result of criminal sexual conduct. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 169 (R168, S654) -- Word format

-- Application to purchase a pistol. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 172 (R179, H3224) -- Word format

-- Health care power of attorney. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 173 (R181, H3325) -- Word format

-- Foreign brewer to include its successor or assignee. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 174 (R187, H3730) -- Word format

-- Manufactured home. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 175 (R193, H3883) -- Word format

-- Manufactured housing license. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 199 (R174, S893) -- Word format

-- Lower County Hospital Board of Directors. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 206 (R175, S896) -- Word format

-- Orangeburg County Board of Education abolished. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 211 (R184, H3400) -- Word format

-- Lockhart School District Health Commission abolished. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 218 (R194, H3897) -- Word format

-- Motorist Insurance Identification Database. Effective June 7, 2005

Act No. 219 (R198, H4157) -- Word format

-- Dentistry Board regulations approved. Effective June 7, 2005

Effective June 3, 2005
Act No. 116 (R139, S347) -- Word format

-- Unlawful to vandalize campaign signs. Effective June 3, 2005

Act No. 117 (R140, S352) -- Word format

-- Mowing of roadside vegetation in Colleton County. Effective June 3, 2005

Act No. 118 (R141, S610) -- Word format

-- Corrections officer candidates for allowed to hold a driver's license issued by any jurisdiction of the U.S.. Effective June 3, 2005

Act No. 119 (R142, H3244) -- Word format

-- Agency required to report to the General Assembly must notify members when the report is ready and available. Effective June 3, 2005

Act No. 120 (R144, H3412) -- Word format

-- Emergency admissions to mental health facilities. Effective June 3, 2005

Act No. 122 (R148, H3646) -- Word format

-- Licensure and regulation of nurses. Effective June 3, 2005

Act No. 124 (R152, H3885) -- Word format

-- Job or investment tax credit for companies using Ports Authority facilities. Effective June 3, 2005

Act No. 125 (R155, H4035) -- Word format

-- Consolidated Procurement Code. Effective June 3, 2005

Act No. 126 (R157, H4096) -- Word format

-- Horry County; voting precincts revised and renamed. Effective June 3, 2005

Act No. 129 (R171, S855) -- Word format

-- Lexington County voting precincts revised. Effective June 3, 2005

Act No. 130 (R172, S863) -- Word format

-- Williamsburg County voting precincts revised. Effective June 3, 2005

Act No. 131 (R173, S870) -- Word format

-- Edgefield County voting precincts revised. Effective June 3, 2005

Act No. 132 (R176, H3039) -- Word format

-- Family and Probate court to have jurisdiction for validity of marriage and paternity cases. Effective June 3, 2005

Act No. 216 (R153, H3892) -- Word format

-- Utilization of Generic Teacher Certification. Effective June 3, 2005

Act No. 217 (R154, H3940) -- Word format

-- Data Reporting Requirements Pertaining to South Carolina Hospitals. Effective June 3, 2005

Effective June 2, 2005
Act No. 108 (R112, S75) -- Word format

-- Workers' compensation; firefighters. Effective June 2, 2005

Act No. 109 (R113, S97) -- Word format

-- Tax Increment Financing Act for counties. Effective June 2, 2005

Act No. 112 (R121, S637) -- Word format

-- Staff leasing services. Effective June 2, 2005

Act No. 114 (R133, H3932) -- Word format

-- General Obligation Economic Development Bond Act. Effective June 2, 2005

Act No. 185 (R123, S801) -- Word format

-- I-95 Corridor Economic Potential Blue Ribbon Study Committee. Effective June 2, 2005

Act No. 196 (R134, H4077) -- Word format

-- School districts millage. Effective June 2, 2005

Act No. 205 (R122, S746) -- Word format

-- Orangeburg County Board of Election and Registration created. Effective June 2, 2005

Effective June 1, 2005
Act No. 94 (R111, S47) -- Word format

-- Criminal sexual conduct penalties. Effective June 1, 2005

Act No. 95 (R114, S204) -- Word format

-- Visual or hearing impaired students may receive scholarship assistance. Effective June 1, 2005

Act No. 96 (R116, S321) -- Word format

-- War Roster of military who served in certain wars. Effective June 1, 2005

Act No. 97 (R117, S365) -- Word format

-- Consolidated Procurement Code. Effective June 1, 2005

Act No. 98 (R118, S557) -- Word format

-- Workers' compensation benefits of prisoners. Effective June 1, 2005

Act No. 99 (R126, H3235) -- Word format

-- Drought and curtailment of nonessential water uses. Effective June 1, 2005

Act No. 100 (R127, H3240) -- Word format

-- Grain Dealers Guaranty Fund. Effective June 1, 2005

Act No. 101 (R128, H3410) -- Word format

-- Documents must be in a medium and form as permitted by Secretary of State. Effective June 1, 2005

Act No. 102 (R129, H3499) -- Word format

-- Nutritional and physical education standards established in schools. Effective June 1, 2005

Act No. 104 (R131, H3694) -- Word format

-- Gambling Cruise Prohibition Act. Effective June 1, 2005

Act No. 105 (R132, H3827) -- Word format

-- Department of Health and Environmental Control. Effective June 1, 2005

Act No. 107 (R136, H3578) -- Word format

-- Commercial fertilizer inspection tax increased. Effective June 1, 2005

Act No. 207 (R124, S808) -- Word format

-- Richland County Recreation Commission. Effective June 1, 2005

Effective May 31, 2005
Act No. 80 (R94, S135) -- Word format

-- Workers' compensation premiums for constables to be paid from general fund. Effective May 31, 2005

Act No. 209 (R109, H3870) -- Word format

-- Startex-Jackson-Wellford-Duncan Water District. Effective May 31, 2005

Effective May 27, 2005
Act No. 88 (R102, H3155) -- Word format

-- Education and Economic Development Act. Effective May 27, 2005

Effective May 26, 2005
Act No. 78 (R92, S67) -- Word format

-- Volunteer Firefighter Job Protection Act. Effective May 26, 2005

Act No. 79 (R93, S85) -- Word format

-- Central Registry for Child Abuse and Neglect. Effective May 26, 2005

Act No. 81 (R95, S144) -- Word format

-- School districts to adopt policy authorizing student to self administer asthma medication. Effective May 26, 2005

Act No. 82 (R96, S289) -- Word format

-- Fee increased for commercial fur license. Effective May 26, 2005

Act No. 83 (R97, S291) -- Word format

-- Hunting and fishing lifetime license. Effective May 26, 2005

Act No. 84 (R98, S362) -- Word format

-- Governor's School for Arts and Humanity. Effective May 26, 2005

Act No. 85 (R99, S491) -- Word format

-- Workers' Compensation administrator director. Effective May 26, 2005

Act No. 90 (R104, H3393) -- Word format

-- Jug permit. Effective May 26, 2005

Act No. 91 (R105, H3577) -- Word format

-- Pesticide registration fees. Effective May 26, 2005

Act No. 92 (R106, H3674) -- Word format

-- Dentistry Board authorized to issue licenses to practice dentistry. Effective May 26, 2005

Act No. 93 (R110, H4038) -- Word format

-- Orangeburg County voting precincts revised. Effective May 26, 2005

Act No. 221 (R107, H3695) -- Word format

-- Examination of Dentists and Dental Hygienists. Effective May 26, 2005

Act No. 222 (R108, H3696) -- Word format

-- Dentistry Board Regulations approved. Effective May 26, 2005

Effective May 24, 2005
Act No. 75 (R76, S22) -- Word format

-- State grand jury jurisdiction revised to include environmental offenses. Effective May 24, 2005

Effective May 23, 2005
Act No. 64 (R75, S20) -- Word format

-- Unlawful to record in theater without consent. Effective May 23, 2005

Act No. 65 (R78, S212) -- Word format

-- Unlawful to take a wild turkey from a watercraft. Effective May 23, 2005

Act No. 67 (R83, S580) -- Word format

-- Accessibility Committee for the Building Codes Council. Effective May 23, 2005

Act No. 68 (R84, S596) -- Word format

-- Uniform traffic tickets. Effective May 23, 2005

Act No. 69 (R85, S660) -- Word format

-- Architects. Effective May 23, 2005

Act No. 70 (R87, S778) -- Word format

-- Greenwood County voting precincts revised. Effective May 23, 2005

Act No. 71 (R88, S814) -- Word format

-- Corporate income tax moratorium. Effective May 23, 2005

Act No. 72 (R89, H3424) -- Word format

-- DSS to use the National Medical Support Notice when requiring parent to provide health insurance in child support cases. Effective May 23, 2005

Act No. 73 (R90, H3454) -- Word format

-- Mortgage satisfaction. Effective May 23, 2005

Act No. 74 (R91, H3997) -- Word format

-- Newberry County voting precincts revised. Effective May 23, 2005

Act No. 184 (R81, S467) -- Word format

-- Catawba Community Mental Health Center. Effective May 23, 2005

Act No. 220 (R86, S738) -- Word format

-- Crop Pest Commission. Effective May 23, 2005

Effective May 18, 2005
Act No. 59 (R68, S581) -- Word format

-- Boiler Safety Act. Effective May 18, 2005

Act No. 60 (R69, S803) -- Word format

-- Catapulting amusement ride. Effective May 18, 2005

Effective May 17, 2005
Act No. 57 (R65, S424) -- Word format

-- Motor Vehicles Department to provide Transportation Bank report that list total amount of fees and penalties collected. Effective May 17, 2005

Effective May 16, 2005
Act No. 58 (R67, S506) -- Word format

-- Fidelity bonds. Effective May 16, 2005

Act No. 62 (R71, H3312) -- Word format

-- Farm truck definition revised. Effective May 16, 2005

Act No. 63 (R72, H3347) -- Word format

-- State Election Commission to adopt one voting system to be used to conduct elections. Effective May 16, 2005

Effective May 11, 2005
Act No. 178 (R66, S427) -- Word format

-- Neither house of the General Assembly to adjourn for more than three days without consent of the other. Effective May 11, 2005

Act No. 203 (R64, H3862) -- Word format

-- Marion County Hospital District. Effective May 11, 2005

Effective May 9, 2005
Act No. 53 (R58, S102) -- Word format

-- Purple Heart special license plates for motorcycles. Effective May 9, 2005

Act No. 54 (R59, S405) -- Word format

-- Fraternal Order of Police special license plate. Effective May 9, 2005

Act No. 55 (R60, S418) -- Word format

-- Arts Awareness special license plates. Effective May 9, 2005

Act No. 183 (R61, S719) -- Word format

-- Inmate labor. Effective May 9, 2005

Effective May 5, 2005
Act No. 52 (R49, S509) -- Word format

-- Hair braiding. Effective May 5, 2005

Effective May 3, 2005
Act No. 42 (R46, S406) -- Word format

-- Commercial Driver's License revisions. Effective May 3, 2005

Act No. 43 (R47, S458) -- Word format

-- Minimum nonforfeiture amounts for individual deferred annuities. Effective May 3, 2005

Act No. 44 (R48, S483) -- Word format

-- South Carolina State University Academic and Administrative Facilities Bond Act. Effective May 3, 2005

Act No. 46 (R52, H3257) -- Word format

-- Discharge certificate (DD Form 214). Effective May 3, 2005

Act No. 47 (R53, H3299) -- Word format

-- Old Sheldon Church Road Scenic Byway established. Effective May 3, 2005

Act No. 48 (R54, H3392) -- Word format

-- Exemption from completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Effective May 3, 2005

Act No. 49 (R55, H3413) -- Word format

-- Vocational education. Effective May 3, 2005

Act No. 50 (R56, H3682) -- Word format

-- Domestic abuse related job loss. Effective May 3, 2005

Act No. 51 (R57, H3782) -- Word format

-- Little Pee Dee River. Effective May 3, 2005

Act No. 182 (R45, S320) -- Word format

-- USC athletic facilities bonds. Effective May 3, 2005

Act No. 189 (R50, S655) -- Word format

-- Charleston County Charter School. Effective May 3, 2005

Effective April 28, 2005
Act No. 45 (R51, H3133) -- Word format

-- Same Sex Marriage Bill. Effective April 28, 2005

Effective April 19, 2005
Act No. 35 (R36, S106) -- Word format

-- Motor carrier transportation contract that holds promisee harmless from liability is unenforceable. Effective April 19, 2005

Effective April 26, 2005
Act No. 194 (R39, S547) -- Word format

-- Chesterfield County Board of Elections and Registration. Effective April 26, 2005

Effective April 15, 2005
Act No. 36 (R37, S127) -- Word format

-- Workers' Compensation Commissioners are bound by code of judicial conduct. Effective April 15, 2005

Act No. 37 (R38, S216) -- Word format

-- Military corporations make-up, purposes, programs and funding. Effective April 15, 2005

Act No. 38 (R40, H3020) -- Word format

-- Financial Literacy Act of 2005. Effective April 15, 2005

Act No. 39 (R42, H3579) -- Word format

-- Crop Pest Commission. Effective April 15, 2005

Act No. 40 (R43, H3634) -- Word format

-- Radio common carrier must obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission. Effective April 15, 2005

Act No. 188 (R41, H3321) -- Word format

-- Days missed due to chemical leak in Graniteville. Effective April 15, 2005

Effective April 14, 2005
Act No. 41 (R44, H3007) -- Word format

-- Income tax rate. Effective April 14, 2005

Effective April 7, 2005
Act No. 31 (R32, S3) -- Word format

-- Allocation of fees collected from special license plates. Effective April 7, 2005

Act No. 34 (R35, H3246) -- Word format

-- Presbyterian Home located in Clinton declared a bird sanctuary. Effective April 7, 2005

Effective April 5, 2005
Act No. 33 (R34, H3234) -- Word format

-- State Funding of Air carrier hub terminal facilities; Economic Development Bond Act. Effective April 5, 2005

Effective March 31, 2005
Act No. 201 (R28, H3396) -- Word format

-- Day missed on September 27, 2004 due to inclement weather is exempt for Hampton County School District . Effective March 31, 2005

Effective March 30, 2005
Act No. 193 (R30, H3430) -- Word format

-- Chesterfield County Transportation Committee . Effective March 30, 2005

Act No. 212 (R16, S386) -- Word format

-- Williamsburg County Board of Trustees. Effective March 30, 2005

Effective March 24, 2005
Act No. 21 (R10, S113) -- Word format

-- Sons of Confederate Veterans special license plates. Effective March 24, 2005

Act No. 23 (R12, S255) -- Word format

-- Provisions for labeling and marketing eggs. Effective March 24, 2005

Act No. 213 (R18, S456) -- Word format

-- Rock Hill School District No. 3. Effective March 24, 2005

Act No. 214 (R19, S457) -- Word format

-- York County School District No. 1. Effective March 24, 2005

Effective March 23, 2005
Act No. 26 (R15, S339) -- Word format

-- Beer and wine taxes. Effective March 23, 2005

Act No. 210 (R29, H3428) -- Word format

-- General Daniel Morgan statue . Effective March 23, 2005

Effective March 22, 2005
Act No. 20 (R9, S91) -- Word format

-- Term of office for Solicitors. Effective March 22, 2005

Act No. 22 (R11, S223) -- Word format

-- Westminster; Board of Commissioners of Public Works. Effective March 22, 2005

Act No. 24 (R13, S319) -- Word format

-- State documents depository system. Effective March 22, 2005

Act No. 25 (R14, S326) -- Word format

-- Aquatic Life Protection Act. Effective March 22, 2005

Act No. 29 (R25, H3126) -- Word format

-- Motor vehicle registration does not have to be signed. Effective March 22, 2005

Act No. 180 (R27, H3379) -- Word format

-- Adoption of Code of Laws. Effective March 22, 2005

Act No. 181 (R21, S583) -- Word format

-- Boys and Girl Scouts of America . Effective March 22, 2005

Act No. 198 (R31, H3460) -- Word format

-- Vocational Education Board . Effective March 22, 2005

Act No. 202 (R22, S598) -- Word format

-- Kershaw County School District Board of Trustees . Effective March 22, 2005

Act No. 215 (R20, S493) -- Word format

-- Environmental Certification Board. Effective March 22, 2005

Effective March 17, 2005
Act No. 19 (R8, S19) -- Word format

-- Legislature to regulate the sale of alcoholic liquor. Effective March 17, 2005

Effective February 24, 2005
Act No. 187 (R380 of 2004, H5136) -- Word format

-- DHEC, ambulance licensure requirements. Effective February 24, 2005

Effective February 17, 2005
Act No. 208 (R6, H3363) -- Word format

-- Spartanburg County Startex Area Fire District. Effective February 17, 2005

Effective February 16, 2005

Act No. 16 (R1, S18) -- Word format

-- Natural Gas Rate Stabilization Act. Effective February 16, 2005

Act No. 191 (R5, H3356) -- Word format

-- Chesterfield County Board of Elections membership increased. Effective February 16, 2005

Act No. 192 (R7, H3371) -- Word format

-- Chesterfield County Board of Elections and Registration. Effective February 16, 2005

Act No. 200 (R3, S254) -- Word format

-- Georgetown County Board of Elections and Registration. Effective February 16, 2005

Effective February 15, 2005

Act No. 18 (R4, H3226) -- Word format

-- Transfers of original prescription information between pharmacies. Effective February 15, 2005

Effective January 13, 2005
Act No. 6 (R356 of 2004, H3409) -- Word format

-- Counties authorized to restrict use of lawful fireworks. Effective January 13, 2005

Act No. 7 (R389 of 2004, S682) -- Word format

-- Mortgage loan banking. Effective January 13, 2005

Act No. 8 (R406 of 2004, H3530) -- Word format

-- Public Service Commission; authority, revisions. Effective January 13, 2005

Act No. 10 (R413 of 2004, H3891) -- Word format

-- Acupuncture. Effective January 13, 2005

Act No. 11 (R421 of 2004, H4537) -- Word format

-- Aeronautics Division moved from Commerce Dept. to Transportation; provisions. Effective January 13, 2005

Act No. 12 (R427 of 2004, H4735) -- Word format

-- Modular home standards; sales tax exemption, provisions. Effective January 13, 2005

Act No. 13 (R433 of 2004, H4996) -- Word format

-- Releasing nondomestic pigs. Effective January 13, 2005

Effective November 4, 2004
Act No. 3 (R381 of 2004, H5139) -- Word format

-- Colleton County, voting precincts. Effective November 4, 2004

Act No. 4 (R425 of 2004, H4709) -- Word format

-- Bingo license requirements. Effective November 4, 2004

Effective October 28, 2004
Act No. 1 (R419 of 2004, H4482) -- Word format

-- Federal Defense Facilities Utilization Integrity Protection Act. Effective October 28, 2004

Effective July 1, 2004
Act No. 2 (R364 of 2004, H4688) -- Word format

-- Gift certificates, provisions. Effective July 1, 2004

Act No. 14 (R347 of 2004, S852) -- Word format

-- State retirement systems, definition of public service. Effective July 1, 2004