S 576
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Bill To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 27-13-30, Relating To Limitation On Alien Land Ownership, So As To Provide That Corporations Controlled By A Foreign Adversary Cannot Acquire An Interest In Real Property In This State; To Define Necessary Terms; And To Reduce The Amount Of Real Property That An Alien Or Corporation May Acquire An Interest In From Five Hundred Thousand Acres To One Thousand Acres.
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Feb 28 2023 |
Scrivener's Error Corrected
Mar 24 2023
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S 483
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Bill To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 37-1-102, Relating To The Purposes Of The Consumer Protection Code, So As To Include The Promotion Of Education For Consumers, Best Practices For Businesses, And To Mediate Complaints; By Amending Section 37-6-106, Relating To Investigatory Powers Of The Administrator, So As To Require The Presentation Of Probable Cause Before Beginning An Investigation; By Amending Section 37-6-108, Relating To Enforcement Orders Of The Administrator, So As To Require Certain Information Be Provided Before A Cease And Desist Order Is Issued To A Business; And By Amending Section 37-2-307, Relating To Motor Vehicle Sales Contract Closing Fees, So As To Require The Closing Fee To Be Prominently Displayed With The Advertised Price.
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Feb 02 2023 |
Scrivener's Error Corrected
Mar 23 2023
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S 546
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Bill To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 41-29-20, Relating To The Appointment Of The Department Of Employment And Workforce'S Executive Director, His Appointment, Removal From Office, And Compensation, So As To Provide That The Executive Director Is Appointed By The Governor With The Advice And Consent Of The Senate; By Amending Section 41-29-35, Relating To Appointment Of The Executive Director, So As To Provide Qualifications For Office; And By Repealing Article 7, Chapter 27, Title 41, Relating To The Department Of Employment And Workforce Review Committee.
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Feb 16 2023 |
Read Third Time And Sent To House
Mar 22 2023
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S 658
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Concurrent Resolution To Congratulate The Pastor And Congregation Of First Presbyterian Church Of Sumter, To Commend Them For Two Hundred Years Of Faith And Distinguished Service To Our State, And To Extend Best Wishes For Continued Success In The Years To Come.
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Mar 22 2023 |
Introduced, Adopted, Sent To House
Mar 22 2023
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S 602
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Bill To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 1-30-35, Relating To The Composition And Governance Of The Department Of Disabilities And Special Needs, So As To Provide That The Department Shall Be Headed By A Director Who Is Appointed By The Governor Upon The Advice And Consent Of The Senate; By Amending Title 44 By Removing Chapter 20 And Inserting It Into Title 43; To Amend Chapter 20 To Eliminate The Commission As The Governing Body Of The Department; To Reenact The Establishment Of The Department And Its Powers And Duties; To Provide That The Department'S Administrative Head Is A Director Appointed By The Governor With The Advice And Consent Of The Senate; To Transfer The Powers And Duties Vested In The Commission To The Director; To Transfer From The Commission Of The Department The Authority To Promulgate Regulations; To Make Conforming Changes; And To Define Necessary Terms; And By Repealing Chapter 20, Title 44.
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Mar 07 2023 |
Committee Report: Favorable With Amendment Family And Veterans' Services
Mar 22 2023
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S 645
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Joint Resolution Finding That Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom Has Willfully Neglected His Duties In Office And Invoking Article Xv, Section 3 Of The South Carolina Constitution To Remove Comptroller General Eckstrom From Office.
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Mar 16 2023 |
Referred To Committee On Finance
Mar 16 2023
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S 533
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Bill To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 15-38-15, 15-38-20(A), 15-38-40(B), And 15-38-50, All Relating To The South Carolina Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act, To Include Persons Or Entities For The Purposes Of Allocation Of Fault And To Make Conforming Changes.
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Feb 14 2023 |
Referred To Subcommittee: Malloy (Ch), Hutto, Campsen, Matthews, Talley, Garrett, M.Johnson
Mar 15 2023
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S 622
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Bill To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 9-1-5 So As To Close The South Carolina Retirement System; By Adding Chapter 22 To Title 9 So As To Establish The "South Carolina Shared-Risk Defined Benefit Plan" To Provide Employees With A Defined Benefit Retirement Plan And To Provide Details Of The Plan; By Adding Chapter 24 To Title 9 So As To Establish The "South Carolina Wealthbuilder-Primary Retirement Savings Plan" To Provide Employees With A Defined Contribution Retirement Plan And To Provide Details Of The Plan; By Amending Section 9-1-310, Relating To Administrative Costs, So As To Add A Reference To The South Carolina Shared-Risk Defined Benefit Plan; By Amending Section 9-1-1340, Relating To Certain Conflicts Of Interest, So As To Add A Reference To The South Carolina Shared-Risk Defined Benefit Plan; By Amending Section 9-11-40, Relating To Definitions, So As To Add The "South Carolina Shared-Risk Defined Benefit Plan" To The Definition Of "Correlated System"; By Amending Section 9-16-10, Relating To Definitions, So As To Add The "South Carolina Shared-Risk Defined Benefit Plan" To The Definition Of "Retirement System"; By Amending Section 9-16-335, Relating To The Assumed Annual Rate Of Return On The Investments Of The System, So As To Provide That The Assumed Annual Rate Of Return On Investments Of The South Carolina Shared-Risk Defined Benefit Plan May Not Exceed The Lesser Of Six Percent Or Three Hundred Basis Points Above The Three-Year Average Of Twenty-Year Treasury Yields; By Repealing Chapter 20, Title 9, Relating To The State Optional Retirement Program; And To Direct The Code Commissioner To Make Certain Changes.
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Mar 14 2023 |
Scrivener's Error Corrected
Mar 15 2023
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S 627
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Bill To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 40-47-300 So As To Define Gender, Sex, And Other Terms; By Adding Section 40-47-310 So As To Prohibit The Provision Of Gender Transition Procedures To A Person Under Eighteen Years Of Age; By Adding Section 40-47-320 So As To Provide Exceptions; By Adding Section 40-47-330 So As To Prohibit The Use Of Public Funds For Gender Transition Procedures; By Adding Section 40-47-340 So As To Provide Penalties; And By Adding Section 59-32-36 So As To Prohibit School Staff And Officials From Withholding Knowledge Of A Minor'S Perception Of Their Gender From The Minor'S Parents.
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Mar 14 2023 |
Referred To Committee On Medical Affairs
Mar 14 2023
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S 618
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Senate Resolution To Congratulate Pastor Eddie W. Davis Upon The Occasion Of His Fortieth Anniversary As Pastor Of Little Zion Baptist Church And To Commend Him For His Many Years Of Service To His Congregation And To The Blythewood Community.
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Mar 14 2023 |
Introduced And Adopted
Mar 14 2023
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S 510
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Senate Resolution To Congratulate World War Ii Veteran Mr. Hal Peck On The Occasion Of His One Hundredth Birthday And To Wish Him A Joyous Birthday Celebration And Much Happiness In The Days Ahead.
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Feb 08 2023 |
Scrivener's Error Corrected
Mar 10 2023
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S 599
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Senate Resolution To Recognize March 7, 2023, As "Clemson Day" In South Carolina.
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Mar 07 2023 |
Scrivener's Error Corrected
Mar 08 2023
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S 600
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Senate Resolution To Recognize March 7, 2023, As "German American Friendship Day" In South Carolina And To Extend Our Best Wishes And Hopes For A Successful Visit To Our Friends From Germany Participating In The German American Partnership Program At Strom Thurmond High School.
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Mar 07 2023 |
Scrivener's Error Corrected
Mar 08 2023
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S 586
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Bill To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-3-80 So As To Create The Offense Of Drug-Induced Homicide, To Provide A Penalty For A Violation, And To Prohibit An Affirmative Defense; And By Amending Section 16-1-10, Relating To A List Of Exceptions For Felonies And Misdemeanors, So As To Add Drug-Induced Homicide.
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Mar 02 2023 |
Referred To Committee On Judiciary
Mar 02 2023
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S 582
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Senate Resolution To Recognize March 2023 As "Theater In Our Schools Month" In South Carolina.
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Mar 01 2023 |
Adopted
Mar 01 2023
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S 563
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Bill To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-13-135, Relating To Retail Theft And Penalties, So As To Define Organized Retail Crime And Organized Retail Crime Of An Aggravated Nature And Related Terms, To Classify Organized Retail Crime As A Felony Offense, And To Define Aggravating Circumstances And Increased Penalties For Organized Retail Crime Of An Aggravated Nature.
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Feb 22 2023 |
Referred To Committee On Judiciary
Feb 22 2023
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S 561
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Senate Resolution To Congratulate The National Wild Turkey Federation Upon The Occasion Of Its Fiftieth Anniversary And To Commend The Organization For Its Many Years Of Dedicated Service To The Nation And The People And The State Of South Carolina.
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Feb 22 2023 |
Introduced And Adopted
Feb 22 2023
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S 414
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Bill To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-95-45 So As To Provide That Political Subdivisions Of This State May Not Enact Any Laws, Ordinances, Or Rules Pertaining To Ingredients, Flavors, Or Licensing Of Cigarettes, Electronic Smoking Devices, E-Liquid, Vapor Products, Tobacco Products, Or Alternative Nicotine Products; And To Provide That Such Laws, Ordinances, And Rules Enacted By A Political Subdivision Prior To December 31, 2020, Are Not Subject To The Preemption Imposed By This Act.
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Jan 18 2023 |
Scrivener's Error Corrected
Feb 21 2023
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S 541
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Concurrent Resolution To Congratulate The North Augusta High School Softball Team, Coaches, And School Officials On An Outstanding Season And To Honor Them For Winning The South Carolina High School League Class 4A State Championship.
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Feb 16 2023 |
Introduced, Adopted, Returned With Concurrence
Feb 21 2023
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S 555
(2023-2024 Regular Session)
A Bill To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 7-3-20, Relating To Duties Of The Executive Director Of The State Election Commission, So As To Require That A Hand-Count Audit Be Conducted Publicly.
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Feb 21 2023 |
Referred To Committee On Judiciary
Feb 21 2023
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