The House has passed, and sent on to the Senate, H. 3058. Also known as an anti-revenge porn measure, it proposes new definitions for identifying violations of this proposed, new criminal offense. Under this proposal, intentionally disseminating intimate images, or digitally created intimate images, without the consent of the person depicted would constitute criminal activity. Penalties range from $5,000 and/or up to ten years in jail, and sentencing judges are provided factors –in addition to the number of the offense--to consider before imposing any sentences. Multiple images published as part of a single act would be considered a single offense under this pending legislation. South Carolina is the only state without this criminal offense on its books.

S. 74 Law Enforcement Access to Communication Services or Other Data

The House has amended, and returned to the Senate, S. 74. This pending legislation would confirm that the attorney general be given access to communication service and remote computing services customer account information. However, the information sought must be related to ongoing criminal investigations by his Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and be issued only after a circuit court judge determines probable cause exists to justify the subpoena issuance. While circuit solicitors and law enforcement officials can initiate these investigations, only the Attorney General would be able to issue any necessary subpoenas, with this circuit judge preapproval.

H. 3497 Liquor Liability Insurance Reforms

The Senate has significantly amended and returned to the House H. 3497, a proposed measure that, among other things, represents an effort to reduce premiums paid by licensed premises serving alcoholic beverages for their liquor liability insurance policies, and adds additional penalties and suspensions for drivers violating criminal driving under the influence [DUI], driving with an unlawful alcohol concentration [DUAC], as well as committing felony levels of these offenses.

Under House Rule 4.8, the Speaker has directed this heavily-amended bill to the House Judiciary Committee for its review and report.

H. 3996 Supervision of Anesthesiologist’s Assistants

The House gave third reading and sent to the Senate H. 3996, a bill that changes the anesthesiologist’s supervisory ratio, from two to four, of anesthesiologist's assistants at any one time. In addition, the bill also removes the in-person interview requirement for anesthesiologist assistants.

H. 3813 Bear Hunting

The House voted to non-concur in Senate amendments to H. 3813, a bill dealing with bear hunting and dogs in Game Zone 1.

H. 3925 Oversight of State Finances

The House amended, approved, and sent the Senate H. 3925, a bill providing for more stringent oversight of state finances. The legislation requires the State Treasurer to maintain an accounting of cash and investments in the treasury by agency and the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS) fund and produce an annual report of the accounting for the previous fiscal year that is submitted to the Comptroller General, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. The State Treasurer is charged with the duties of confirming the accuracy and completeness of the report and informing the General Assembly of any substantive concern regarding the accuracy. Provisions for the Treasurer’s annual report to the General Assembly are revised to establish more detailed reporting requirements and duties for the State Treasurer to ensure the accuracy of the financial data and inform the General Assembly of any substantive concerns. This annual report must also be made available to the State Auditor, Comptroller General, the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, and the Executive Budget Office. The legislation requires the Comptroller General to confirm each year the accuracy of cash and investments in the treasury for the previous fiscal year as reported by the State Treasurer by agency and the South Carolina Enterprise Information System fund within SCEIS or the state’s book of record. Any unreconciled differences must be made known to the State Treasurer, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. The legislation revises requirements for the audit of the State’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report prepared by the Comptroller General’s Office to provide that the State Auditor may not contract with the same external auditing firm that was hired in the previous five years without prior review by the Joint Bond Review Committee.

H. 4134 Extension of High Growth Small Business Job Creation Act Of 2013

The House amended, approved, and sent the Senate H. 4134, a bill that would provide a ten-year extension for the “High Growth Small Business Job Creation Act of 2013” so that these tax incentives for investing in business start-ups engaged in such activities as manufacturing, processing, warehousing, wholesaling, software development, information technology services, and research and development are set to expire at the end of 2035 rather than 2025. The legislation also redesignates the act as the “High Growth Small Business Job Creation Act of 2013-Angel Investor Tax Credit Act.”

H. 3800 Sales Tax Exemption on Durable Medical Equipment

The House amended, approved, and sent the Senate H. 3800, a bill revising the sales tax exemption on durable medical equipment and related supplies by eliminating the eligibility requirement that the seller’s principal place of business must be located in South Carolina.

H. 3752 Social Work Interstate Compact Act

The House amended, approved, and sent the Senate H. 3752, the “Social Work Interstate Compact Act.” This bill makes provisions for South Carolina to join a compact to facilitate interstate practice of regulated social workers with the goal of improving public access to competent social work services while preserving the regulatory authority of states to protect public health and safety through the current system of state licensure. Individuals seeking certification must undergo fingerprints-supported state and national criminal records checks.

H. 3931 Coastal Tidelands And Wetlands Permit Applications

The House amended, approved, and sent the Senate H. 3931, a bill addressing Coastal Tidelands and Wetlands Permit Applications. The legislation would revise timelines for the Department of Environmental Services to act on permit applications for coastal development plans. Within the timeframe, a fifteen-day window is established for DES to request any additional technical information that the department needs from an applicant. The legislation provides authority for DES to hire one or more third-party, independent engineers to assist the department in its duties.

H. 3163 Firefighters’ Occupational Diseases Under Workers’ Compensation

The House approved and sent the Senate H. 3163, a bill addressing firefighters’ occupational diseases under Workers’ Compensation. The legislation includes stroke among occupational diseases compensable under Workers’ Compensation and conditions presumed to have arisen out of and in the course of employment for firefighters. The legislation provides for more detailed presumption entitlement criteria to clarify that they include conditions developed while actively engaged in fighting a fire, a technical rescue incident, or a strenuous training exercise. Clerical, administrative, or sedentary activities are specifically excluded from the presumption.

H. 3129 Personal Delivery Devices

The House approved and sent the Senate H. 3129, a bill that would address the operation of personal delivery devices. The legislation establishes provisions governing the operation of relatively small, electrically-powered personal delivery devices intended for transporting cargo that are equipped with automated driving technology enabling operation with or without the remote support and supervision of a human. Provisions include speed limits for personal delivery devices and specification of the pedestrian areas where they are permitted to operate. For the purpose of assuring public safety, a local government having jurisdiction over public streets, sidewalks, alleys, bridges, and other ways of public passage may, by ordinance, regulate the time and place of the operation of personal delivery devices, but they are not allowed to prohibit their use, altogether. A business that operates a personal delivery device is required to maintain an insurance policy that includes general liability coverage of not less than $500,000 per claim for damages arising from its operation. These provisions are set to expire three years after their enactment.

H. 3175 Commemorating The 250th Anniversary Of The American Revolution

H. 3175, was read the third time, and sent to the Senate, would provide that the Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue license plates commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.

H. 3258 Mobile Panic Alert Systems

H. 3258, as amended regarding training requirements, was read the third time, and sent to the Senate, would require the acquisition and implementation of mobile panic alert systems in each public school in the state.

H. 3778 Inclement Weather Waivers Regarding Hurricane Helene

H. 3778, as amended, was read the third time, and sent to the Senate. This joint resolution that would provide that the governing body of a school district may waive the statutory requirement that public schools make up full days missed due to clement weather for public schools in the districts closed due to inclement weather associated with Hurricane Helene during the 2024-2025 school year, and to extend such waivers to home school programs.

H. 3250 Technical College Libraries

H. 3250, read the third time, and sent to the Senate, would repeal requirements that technical college libraries convert to computer-based automated systems compatible with state library systems.

H. 3251 Repeal of the Metric Education Committee

H. 3251, read the third time, and sent to the Senate, would repeal provisions relating to the metric education committee and its mandate to develop and encourage implementation of a metric education plan.

H. 3944 Electric Battery Powered Motor Vehicles

H. 3944 , as amended, read the third time, and sent to the Senate, relates to the weight of vehicles and their loads and would provide maximum weights for electric battery powered motor vehicles. H. 3944 would raise the maximum gross vehicle weight for motor vehicles powered by a battery from 80,000 to 82,000 pounds.

H. 4267 Designation of November 21st as "Mayflower Compact Day

H. 4267 was recalled from the Committee on Education and Public Works. The bill would designate the twenty-first day of November as "Mayflower Compact Day."

S. 276 South Carolina Child Abuse And Neglect Network

S. 276 was recalled from the Education and Public Works Committee, read a second and third time and ordered to be read a third time tomorrow. S. 276 relates 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.

Committees

Education and Public Works

The Education and Public Works Committee met on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 and gave a favorable report to the following bills:

H. 3758 Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act

The Committee recommends with amendment H. 3758, which relates to the “Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act,” so as to provide school districts shall adopt and implement certain policies concerning limited public forums and voluntary student expression of religious viewpoints before the 2026-2027 school year, and to provide a model policy that schools may adopt and implement to ensure compliance with these policy requirements. The policy must ensure the district does not discriminate against a student’s voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint.

H. 3949 Official Choral Anthem Rep. King

H. 3949 would designate "Dum spiro spero" translated as "While I Breathe, I Hope" as the official choral anthem of South Carolina.

H. 4249 Emergency Scene Management

H. 4249 is a bill that relates to emergency scene management. The bill would direct that drivers shall ensure their vehicles are kept under control when approaching or passing other motor vehicles stopped on or near the right of way of streets or highways. It would also provide that persons driving vehicles approaching other stationary vehicles displaying flashing hazard lights shall reduce their speed, yield the right of way, and maintain safe speeds when changing lanes is unsafe.

H. 3632 Requirements for Scholarships

H. 3632 relates to requirements for additional LIFE and Palmetto Fellows scholarship stipends, both so as to provide that certain coursework in economics and business statistics must count towards certain required freshman year coursework in mathematics and science, and to clarify these provisions apply beginning with accounting majors who completed such coursework as freshman in the 2024-2025 school year.

S. 78 Initial Teaching Certificate

S. 78 would provide that an individual's prior work experience may be awarded on an initial teaching certificate if the prior experience is in or related to the content field of the certificate, and to provide that existing certificate holders may receive credit for prior work experience.

H. 4267 Mayflower Compact

H. 4267 was ordered recalled from the committee on education and public works and added to the calendar. The bill would designate the twenty-first day of November as "Mayflower Compact Day."

Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

The full Medical, Military, Municipal and Public Affairs Committee met on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

H. 3089 Reporting Treatment Regarding Insurance

The committee gave a favorable report to H. 3089, a bill that would require hospitals, healthcare facilities, and other medical providers who have provided treatment or another service to an insured patient for a personal injury must file a claim with the patient's health insurer within 30 days of the treatment or service. The bill also outlines that failure to comply constitutes a forfeiture of the provider's right to reimbursement.

H. 4189 Conforming Statutes to Restructure DHEC

H. 4189, was given a favorable with amendment report by the full committee. The bill provides for the conforming of statutes to address the restructuring of the former agency South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control provided by Act 60 of 2023. The bill also repeals various statutes related to the restructure of DHEC.

Introductions

Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

S. 463 Public Landings on Lakes Sen. Grooms

It is unlawful for a person to swim within fifty feet of a public boat landing or ramp maintained by the South Carolina Public Service Authority, if the landing or ramp is clearly marked with signage prohibiting swimming.

Judiciary

H. 3497 Liquor Liability Insurance Reforms

The Senate has significantly amended and returned to the House H. 3497, a proposed measure that, among other things, represents an effort to reduce premiums paid by licensed premises serving alcoholic beverages for their liquor liability insurance policies, and adds additional penalties and suspensions for drivers violating our criminal driving under the influence [DUI], driving with an unlawful alcohol concentration [DUAC], as well as committing felony levels of these offenses.

Under House Rule 4.8, the Speaker has directed this Senate-amended bill to the House Judiciary Committee for its review and report.

H. 4387 Monitoring Law Enforcement Officer Misconduct Case Dismissals Rep. Yow

Law enforcement agencies would be prohibited from dismissing officer misconduct allegations in incidents of wilful and knowing failure to promptly report another officer, while in the performance of his official duties; abusing a person whether or not the person is in custody; misrepresenting employment-related information; wilfully making false, misleading, incomplete, deceitful, or incorrect statements to a law enforcement officer, a law enforcement agency, or a representative of the agency, except when required by departmental policy or by the laws of this State; wilfully making false, misleading, incomplete, deceitful, or incorrect statements to any court of competent jurisdiction, or their staff members, whether under oath or not; wilfully providing false, misleading, incomplete, deceitful, or incorrect information on a document, record, report, or form, except when required by departmental policy or by the laws of this State; falsification of any application for certification and training based upon which the officer was admitted for training; or wilfully providing false information to the Criminal Justice Academy or the Law Enforcement Training Council, should this bill be enacted.

Agencies investigating other incidents of officer misconduct, but not making those types of allegations, would also be restricted from dismissing allegations of officer misconduct only to those incidents that cannot be proven by a preponderance of the evidence collected. In addition, these agency directors would have to appear before the Law Enforcement Training Council and specifically set out the reasons for dismissing any of these reports of officer misconduct, setting out why they believe they could not meet the burden of proof applicable to those allegations.

H. 4388 Medicaid Applicants To Be Provided Living Will Forms Rep. Pace

Medicaid applicants would be provided voluntary standard revocable living will forms to be reviewed as part of their applications for Medicaid, should this proposed legislation be enacted.

H. 4396 Charitable Organization Registration Exemptions Rep. Wetmore

This proposal would raise the dollar amount for triggering charitable organization registrations with our Secretary of State from $20,000 to $25,000 if it is enacted. Also, any fundraisers would have to divulge for whom they are raising funds when seeking donations. Under current law, charities using fundraisers must register, and that would remain the case under the provisions in this pending legislation.

H. 4399 E911 Operator, Law Enforcement Officer, Firefighter, and EMS Personnel Annual Physicals/ Wellness Examinations Rep. Holman

Should this measure become South Carolina law, all E911 operators, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and EMS personnel would have to undergo annual physicals/wellness examinations.

Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

H. 4385 SC Veterans’ Homes Rep. Jones

The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall adopt and execute criteria, policies, and procedures for admissions to and discharges from South Carolina veterans' homes.

H. 4389 Department of Veterans' Affairs Policies and Procedures for Veterans Homes Rep. Jones

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall adopt and execute criteria, policies, and procedures for admissions to and discharges from South Carolina veterans' homes

H. 4390 Community Impact and Opportunity Assessment Act Rep. Jones

The Community Impact and Opportunity Assessment Act bill requires community impact assessments. This community impact assessment means a written review that evaluates how a proposed land use or housing action will affect existing residents, public services, and community access to opportunity.

Labor, Commerce, and Industry

H. 4382 Sales of Nonprescription Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine Rep. Sessions

This bill would revise provisions governing the sale of nonprescription products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine to require that manufacturers of these products pay monthly fees associated with data collection and to establish a penalty for failure of manufacturers to comply.

H. 4386 Acquisition of Property by Water and Sewer Public Utilities Rep. Bustos

This bill would establish a procedure for the Public Service Commission to use in evaluating an application for a public utility to acquire property or assets used to provide water, sewerage collection, or sewerage disposal owned by a county, municipality, or special purpose district, that outlines what the PSC must consider in determining the fair market value: of the property or assets to be acquired.

H. 4391 Repossessing Installed Equipment Rep. Forrest

This bill would provide that a contractor or company that provides and installs any and all removable equipment that has identifying manufacturer’s markings may repossess the installed removable equipment from a consumer who defaults on an agreement by failing to make the required payment. However, failure to provide required notice and an opportunity to cure renders the repossession void and the contractor or company can be found liable for conversion by a court with competent jurisdiction.

H. 4392 International Wire Transfer Fee Rep. Martin

This bill would provide that an institution that provides wire transfer services must charge a five‑dollar fee for each international wire transfer. The fee collected must be remitted to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

H. 4393 South Carolina Technology Security Act Rep. Hartnett

The “South Carolina Technology Security Act” would establish prohibitions on the purchase, sale, or use of telecommunications and video surveillance technology from banned Chinese‑owned companies to protect the public from potential security vulnerabilities.

H. 4398 Recovery of Submerged Artifacts Using Magnets Rep. Edgerton

This bill would revise provisions that would allow someone with a hobby license to collect from submerged lands of this state a reasonable number of artifactual items and/or complete and fragmented fossil specimens so that these provisions apply not only to items that can be recovered by hand but also to items that can be recovered using a magnet.

Ways and Means

S. 32 Pregnancy Resource Act Sen. Grooms

This bill would establish the “Pregnancy Resource Act,” an income tax credit, not to exceed fifty percent of total tax liability, for those who make voluntary cash contributions to an eligible charitable organization that is a pregnancy resource center, crisis pregnancy center, maternity home, or residential program for human trafficking victims which provides services for: the prevention and diversion of children from custody with the Department of Social Services; the safety, care, and well-being of children in custody of the Department of Social Services; the express purpose of creating permanency for children through adoption; the prevention of abuse, neglect, abandonment, exploitation, or trafficking of children; or the provision of assistance related to carrying a pregnancy to term, preventing abortion, and promoting healthy childbirth. The legislation is scheduled to sunset at the end of 2030.

S. 534 Removal of the State Treasurer from Office Sen. Grooms

This concurrent resolution serves as the means of addressing the Governor that the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by a two‑thirds vote of the Senate and a two‑thirds vote of the House of Representatives, find that the actions of South Carolina State Treasurer Curtis Loftis constitute a willful neglect of his duty, invoking the provisions of the South Carolina Constitution that direct the Governor to remove any executive or judicial officer on the address of two-thirds of each house of the General Assembly for any willful neglect of duty, or other reasonable cause, which shall not be sufficient ground of impeachment.

H. 4383 South Carolina Medicaid Protection and Expansion Act Rep. Jones

The “South Carolina Medicaid Protection and Expansion Act” would directs the Department of Health and Human Services to take all actions necessary to fully expand Medicaid eligibility as provided for under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including expanding eligibility to individuals earning up to one hundred thirty‑eight percent of the federal poverty level, and accessing the enhanced federal match rate of ninety percent for new enrollees. The legislation creates the “Medicaid Stability Fund, authorized to receive revenue from state general fund appropriations, budget surpluses, reallocated funds as authorized by the General Assembly, and gifts, grants, and donations from private or public sources, which is to be used exclusively to offset reductions in federal Medicaid funding that impact the State of South Carolina or its Medicaid‑eligible populations. The legislation makes provisions for a biannual impact assessment evaluating: coverage gaps in Medicaid‑eligible populations; uncompensated care costs; regional health outcomes by county and zip code; the economic impact of Medicaid expenditures and cuts on local economies; and, workforce needs for Medicaid service providers.

H. 4384 South Carolina Farm Export Relief and Resilience Act Rep. Jones

The “South Carolina Farm Export Relief and Resilience Act” would create in the State Treasury the South Carolina Farm Export Trade Relief Fund, administered by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, to provide: (1) grants or low‑income loans to eligible farmers whose operations have been negatively impacted by federal tariffs, international trade disruptions, or export bans; and (2) emergency working capital assistance for short‑term operations, debt‑servicing, and crop transition support. Under the legislation, the Department of Agriculture must: (1) partner with regional trade offices and federal agencies to open or expand new international markets for agricultural products of this State; (2) develop and promote value‑added agricultural products for export; and (3) host international trade delegations and participate in global trade expositions to elevate the state’s agricultural brand abroad. The Department of Agriculture, in partnership with the South Carolina Department of Insurance and Clemson University Cooperative Extension, must develop a proposal for state‑supported crop insurance enhancements to better protect farmers affected by trade disruptions. The Department of Agriculture is charged with making annual reports to the General Assembly.

H. 4394 Workforce Development Childcare Stipends Rep. J. L. Johnson

This bill charges the Department of Social Services and the Department of Employment and Workforce with collaborating to offer workforce development childcare stipends to unemployed parents or caregivers seeking employment while the parent or caregiver is at a job interview, which may be used for children under the age of twelve years. The childcare centers at which workforce development stipends may be used must be located throughout the state to ensure meaningful access.

H. 4395 Student Athlete Nil Income Tax Exemption Rep. J. L. Johnson

This bill establishes a tax exemption for income received by a student athlete at an institution of higher learning as compensation for the use of his name, image, or likeness, to the extent such income is included in the taxpayer’s federal adjusted gross income and is not otherwise tax exempt.

H. 4400 South Carolina Food Security Emergency Reserve Fund Rep. Jones

This bill creates the South Carolina Food Security Emergency Reserve Fund, to be administered by the Department of Social Services, and provides for the General Assembly to supply the reserve fund with appropriations of no less than twenty‑five million dollars annually from the state general fund or designated recurring revenue to support the continuity of nutrition assistance in the event of reductions to federal food programs.

H. 4401 South Carolina EBT Fraud Reimbursement And Economic Protection Act Rep. Jones

The “South Carolina EBT Fraud Reimbursement and Economic Protection Act” bill establishes a reimbursement program for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries in South Carolina who are victims of electronic benefit transfer card theft, through such means as skimming, cloning, or other unauthorized electronic access, which reimburses up to eighty percent of any lost benefits, subject to annual appropriations and a statewide reimbursement cap tied to SNAP enrollment figures.

Index

H. 3089, 11

H. 3996, 6

H. 4189, 11

H. 4385, 13

H. 4389, 13

H. 4390, 14

Acts

High Growth Small Business Job Creation Act of 2013, 7

Pregnancy Resource Act, 15

Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act, 10

Social Work Interstate Compact Act, 7

South Carolina EBT Fraud Reimbursement and Economic Protection Act, 17

South Carolina Farm Export Relief and Resilience Act, 16

South Carolina Medicaid Protection and Expansion Act, 16

South Carolina Technology Security Act, 15

addressing firefighters’ occupational diseases under Workers’ Compensation, 7

H. 3813, 6

S. 463, 12

Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, 12

American Revolution

license plates commemorating the 250th anniversary of the, 8

anesthesiologist’s supervisory ratio, 6

artifactual items and/or complete and fragmented fossil specimens, 15

bear hunting and dogs, 6

charitable organization registrations, 13

Child Abuse and Neglect Network, 9

children

permanency for children through adoption, 15

prevention and diversion of children from custody with the Department of Social Services, 15

prevention of abuse, neglect, abandonment, exploitation, or trafficking of children, 15

provision of assistance related to carrying a pregnancy to term, preventing abortion, and promoting healthy childbirth, 15

safety, care, and well-being of children in custody of the Department of Social Services, 15

choral anthem of South Carolina, 10

Coastal Tidelands and Wetlands Permit Applications, 7

Committees, 10

communication service and remote computing services customer account information, 5

Community Impact and Opportunity Assessment Act, 14

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, 6

Comptroller General

requires the Comptroller General to confirm each year the accuracy of cash and investments in the treasury for the previous fiscal year, 6

computer-based automated systems compatible with state library systems, repeal of requirement, 9

Curtis Loftis, State Treasurer, 15

Department of Employment and Workforce, 17

Department of Motor Vehicles, 8

Department of Social Services, 17

dogs, 6

driving under the influence, 5, 12

DUAC. See H. 3497, See H. 3497

DUI. See H. 3497, See H. 3497

Dum spiro spero, 10

durable medical equipment, 7

E911, 13

economics and business statistics, 10

Education

H. 3175, 8

H. 3250, 9

H. 3251, 9

H. 3258, 8

H. 3632, 10

H. 3758, 10

H. 3944, 9

H. 3949, 10

H. 4249, 10

H. 4267, 9, 11

S. 078, 10

S. 276, 9

Education and Public Works, 10

electric battery powered motor vehicles, 9

emergency scene management, 10

emergency working capital assistance for short‑term operations, debt‑servicing, and crop transition support, 16

expand new international markets for agricultural products, 16

fair market value, 14

Farm Export Relief and Resilience Act, 16

Farm Export Trade Relief Fund, 16

federal tariffs, 16

food reserve fund

in the event of reductions to federal food, 17

Food Security Emergency Reserve Fund, 17

governor, 15

grants or low‑income loans to eligible farmers, 16

H. 3058, 5

H. 3089, 11

H. 3129, 8

H. 3163, 7

H. 3175, 8

H. 3250, 9

H. 3251, 9

H. 3258, 8

H. 3497, 5, 12

H. 3632, 10

H. 3752, 7

H. 3758, 10

H. 3800, 7

H. 3813, 6

H. 3925, 6

H. 3931, 7

H. 3944, 9

H. 3949, 10

H. 3996, 6

H. 4134, 7

H. 4189, 11

H. 4249, 10

H. 4267, 9, 11

H. 4382, 14

H. 4383, 16

H. 4384, 16

H. 4385, 13

H. 4386, 14

H. 4387, 12

H. 4388, 13

H. 4389, 13

H. 4390, 14

H. 4391, 14

H. 4392, 14

H. 4393, 15

H. 4394, 17

H. 4395, 17

H. 4396, 13

H. 4398, 15

H. 4399, 13

H. 4400, 17

H. 4401, 17

High Growth Small Business Job Creation Act of 2013, 7

hospitals, healthcare facilities, and other medical providers who have provided treatment or another service to an insured patient for a personal injury must file a claim with the patient's health insurer within 30 days of the treatment or service, 11

Hurricane Helene

school days missed, 9

impeachment, 15

Index, 18

initial teaching certificate, 10

international trade delegations and participate in global trade expositions, 16

international wire transfer, 14

intimate images, dissemination of, 5

Judiciary, 12

H. 3058, 5

H. 3497, 5, 12

H. 4387, 12

H. 4388, 13

H. 4396, 13

H. 4399, 13

Labor, Commerce, and Industry, 14

LCI

H. 3129, 8

H. 3163, 7

H. 3752, 7

H. 3931, 7

H. 4382, 14

H. 4386, 14

H. 4391, 14

H. 4392, 14

H. 4393, 15

H. 4398, 15

liquor liability insurance policies, 5

liquor liability insurance reforms, 12

Mayflower Compact Day, 9

Medicaid, 13

Medicaid eligibility

fully expand, 16

Medicaid Protection and Expansion Act, 16

Medicaid Stability Fund

exclusively to offset reductions in federal Medicaid funding, 16

Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs, 11, 13

metric education committee

repeal of, 9

mobile panic alert systems in each public school in the state, 8

Monitoring Law Enforcement Officer Misconduct Case Dismissals, 12

name, image, or likeness, 17

nonprescription products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine

revise provisions governing the sale of, 14

nutrition assistance, 17

officer misconduct, 13

oversight of state finances, 6

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 16

personal delivery devices, 8

Pregnancy Resource Act, 15

Public Service Commission

procedure for the PSC to evaluate an application for a public utility to acquire property or assets used to provide water, sewerage collection, or sewerage disposal owned by a county, municipality, or special purpose district regarding fair market value, 14

reducing premiums paid by licensed premises serving alcoholic beverages for their liquor liability insurance policies, 12

reimbursement program for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries in South Carolina, 17

religious antidiscrimination, 10

Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act, 10

Rep. Bustos, 14

Rep. Edgerton, 15

Rep. Erickson, 10

Rep. Forrest, 14

Rep. Hartnett, 15

Rep. Holman, 13

Rep. Johnson, J. L., 17

Rep. Jones, 13, 14, 16, 17

Rep. King, 10

Rep. Martin, 14

Rep. Pace, 13

Rep. Sessions, 14

Rep. Wetmore, 13

Rep. Yow, 12

repossessing installed removable equipment from a consumer, 14

S. 032, 15

S. 078, 10

S. 276, 9

S. 463, 12

S. 534, 15

SC Senate

finds willful neglect of his duty, 15

school days missed due to inclement weather

wavier due to Hurricane Helene, 9

Secretary of State, 13

Sen. Grooms, 12, 15

Sen. Hembree, 10

Social Work Interstate Compact Act, 7

South Carolina Constitution, 15

South Carolina EBT Fraud Reimbursement and Economic Protection Act, 17

state library systems, 9

State Treasurer, 15

is to establish detailed reporting requirements and duties for the State Treasurer to ensure the accuracy of the financial data and inform the General Assembly of any substantive concerns, 6

to maintain an accounting of cash and investments in the treasury by agency and the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS) fund and produce an annual report of the accounting for the previous fiscal year that is submitted, 6

State Treasurer Curtis Loftis, 15

State Treasurer, removal of, 15

swimming within fifty feet of a public boat landing or ramp maintained, 12

taxes

income tax credit, 15

sales tax exemption on durable medical equipment, 7

tax exemption for income received by a student athlete at an institution of higher learning as compensation for the use of his name, image, or likeness, 17

technical college libraries, 9

Technology Security Act, 15

telecommunications and video surveillance technology from banned Chinese‑owned companies, 15

unlawful alcohol concentration, 5, 12

veterans' homes, 13

voluntary standard revocable living will forms, 13

Ways and Means, 15

While I Breathe, I Hope, 10