Listed below are the Acts from the 2025 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 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. 11 (R27, S62) Word format

-- Education Scholarship Trust Fund. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 12 (R41, H3196) Word format

-- Educator Assistance Act. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 30 (R48, S79) Word format

-- Noncertified Teacher Pilot Program. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 42 (R61, H3430) Word format

-- Tort Reform and Liquor Liability. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 69 (R97, H4025) Word format

-- Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 71 (R74, H4026) Word format

-- Capital Reserve Fund. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 82 (R9, H3952) Word format

-- Florence-Darlington Technical College. See Act for Effective Date

Effective May 12, 2026

Act No. 38 (R57, H3127) Word format

-- Failure to stop a motor vehicle. Effective May 12, 2026

Effective January 26, 2026

Act No. 4 (R11, S126) Word format

-- Law Enforcement Personal Privacy Protection and Judicial Personal Privacy Protection. Effective January 26, 2026

Effective September 1, 2025

Act No. 40 (R59, H3276) Word format

-- SC Hands-Free Act. Effective September 1, 2025

Effective July 11, 2025

Act No. 35 (R53, S221) Word format

-- South Carolina Kratom Consumer Protection Act. Effective July 11, 2025

Effective July 1, 2025

Act No. 24 (R42, H3333) Word format

-- Tax Increment Financing. Effective July 1, 2025

Effective June 30, 2025

Act No. 34 (R52, S176) Word format

-- Certified Public Accountants. Effective June 30, 2025

Effective May 22, 2025

Act No. 57 (R82, S28) Word format

-- AI Child Abuse. Effective May 22, 2025

Act No. 58 (R83, S29) Word format

-- MPIC. Effective May 22, 2025

Act No. 59 (R84, S74) Word format

-- Electronic Records. Effective May 22, 2025

Act No. 60 (R85, S127) Word format

-- Catawba Nation. Effective May 22, 2025

Act No. 61 (R87, S156) Word format

-- Fentanyl Induced Homicide. Effective May 22, 2025

Act No. 62 (R88, S210) Word format

-- Captive Insurance Companies. Effective May 22, 2025

Act No. 63 (R90, S507) Word format

-- IRC conformity. Effective May 22, 2025

Act No. 64 (R92, H3292) Word format

-- Golf carts. Effective May 22, 2025

Act No. 65 (R93, H3571) Word format

-- Underground Facility Damage Prevention. Effective May 22, 2025

Act No. 66 (R94, H3752) Word format

-- Social Work Interstate Compact Act. Effective May 22, 2025

Act No. 67 (R95, H4247) Word format

-- Commodity Code Execution. Effective May 22, 2025

Act No. 68 (R96, H4267) Word format

-- Mayflower Compact Day. Effective May 22, 2025

Effective May 20, 2025

Act No. 56 (R89, S214) Word format

-- State Commission for Community Advancement and Engagement. Effective May 20, 2025

Effective May 13, 2025

Act No. 54 (R69, H3910) Word format

-- Jurisdiction. Effective May 13, 2025

Act No. 55 (R78, H4296) Word format

-- Military Code. Effective May 13, 2025

Act No. 78 (R55, S618) Word format

-- Gaffney Board of Public Works. Effective May 13, 2025

Act No. 85 (R71, H3973) Word format

-- GHA Board of Trustees. Effective May 13, 2025

Act No. 86 (R73, H4003) Word format

-- Greater Greenville Sanitation District. Effective May 13, 2025

Act No. 87 (R68, H3878) Word format

-- Laurens County School District 55. Effective May 13, 2025

Act No. 88 (R67, H3877) Word format

-- Laurens County School District 56. Effective May 13, 2025

Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 28 (R46, S77) Word format

-- Streaming of School Board Meetings. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 29 (R47, S78) Word format

-- Work Experience Credit for Educators. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 31 (R49, S89) Word format

-- Military Affairs Advisory Council. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 32 (R50, S101) Word format

-- Firefighter registration requirements. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 33 (R51, S171) Word format

-- Regrooved and Regroovable Tires. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 36 (R54, S269) Word format

-- Private Security Services in Public Schools. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 37 (R56, H3058) Word format

-- Disclosure of Intimate Images. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 39 (R58, H3175) Word format

-- License plates. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 41 (R60, H3309) Word format

-- Electrical Utilities. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 43 (R62, H3563) Word format

-- County veterans' affairs office. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 44 (R63, H3632) Word format

-- STEM scholarship stipends. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 45 (R64, H3800) Word format

-- Sales tax exemption. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 46 (R65, H3813) Word format

-- Bear hunting. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 47 (R66, H3862) Word format

-- Charter school enrollment preferences. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 48 (R72, H3996) Word format

-- Anesthesiologist Assistants. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 49 (R75, H4067) Word format

-- Hospital Emergency Departments. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 50 (R76, H4160) Word format

-- Judicial seats, circuit court. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 51 (R77, H4261) Word format

-- Blood Cancer Awareness Month. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 52 (R79, H4307) Word format

-- Lancaster County voting precincts. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 53 (R80, H4350) Word format

-- Beaufort County voting precincts. Effective May 12, 2025

Act No. 75 (R81, H4402) Word format

-- PSC Elections. Effective May 12, 2025

Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 13 (R29, S164) Word format

-- State Agency Rule Making. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 14 (R28, S103) Word format

-- Labeling of Synthetic Food Product. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 15 (R30, S165) Word format

-- South Carolina Conservation Education Act. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 16 (R32, S219) Word format

-- Snapper-Grouper Fishery. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 17 (R33, S220) Word format

-- Insurance Holding Company Regulatory Act. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 18 (R34, S275) Word format

-- EV Charging Stations. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 19 (R35, S276) Word format

-- SC Child Abuse and Neglect Network. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 20 (R36, S307) Word format

-- Peer-to-peer Car Sharing. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 21 (R37, S345) Word format

-- Baiting Wild Turkeys. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 22 (R38, S367) Word format

-- Abandoned Vessels, Derelict Vessels, and Sunken Vessels. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 23 (R39, S425) Word format

-- School meals for students in poverty. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 25 (R43, H3432) Word format

-- Grantor Trust Reimbursement. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 26 (R44, H3472) Word format

-- Small Estates. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 27 (R45, H3947) Word format

-- Continuing education requirements for nonresident real estate brokers and associates. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 73 (R26, S51) Word format

-- Public Service Authority RFP for V.C. Summer. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 76 (R40, S522) Word format

-- Charleston County Aviation Authority. Effective May 8, 2025

Act No. 83 (R31, S213) Word format

-- Greenville Airport Commission. Effective May 8, 2025

Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 3 (R10, S2) Word format

-- Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 5 (R12, S218) Word format

-- South Carolina Veterans Homes. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 6 (R17, H3247) Word format

-- Excused school absences. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 7 (R18, H3529) Word format

-- Family Court Judges, additional. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 8 (R19, H3654) Word format

-- Child Welfare. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 9 (R21, H3932) Word format

-- Clarendon County precincts. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 10 (R22, H3933) Word format

-- Public Service Districts. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 70 (R13, S291) Word format

-- Continuing Resolution. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 77 (R23, H4014) Word format

-- Charleston County School District. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 81 (R24, H4088) Word format

-- Darlington County Forfeited Land Commission. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 84 (R14, S384) Word format

-- Blue Ridge Community. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 89 (R25, H4187) Word format

-- Lexington County School District Property Tax Relief Act extension. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 91 (R20, H3814) Word format

-- Surface Water Study Committee. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 93 (R15, S388) Word format

-- JR to Approve Doc. No. 5322. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 94 (R16, S389) Word format

-- State Commission on Higher Education - JR to Approve Regulation Document No. 5321. Effective April 28, 2025

Effective March 13, 2025

Act No. 2 (R7, S157) Word format

-- Storm Damage Recovery. Effective March 13, 2025

Act No. 92 (R8, S363) Word format

-- Department of Natural Resources - JR to Approve Regulation Document No. 5329. Effective March 13, 2025

Effective March 7, 2025

Act No. 1 (R5, H3523) Word format

-- Organized Retail Crime. Effective March 7, 2025

Act No. 72 (R1, S253) Word format

-- Audit Support. Effective March 7, 2025

Act No. 74 (R2, S271) Word format

-- PSC Elections. Effective March 7, 2025

Act No. 79 (R3, S282) Word format

-- Clarendon County Aeronautics Commission. Effective March 7, 2025

Act No. 80 (R6, H3792) Word format

-- Clarendon County School District. Effective March 7, 2025

Act No. 90 (R4, H3438) Word format

-- Catawba Indian Expansion. Effective March 7, 2025