South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 113)
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0692
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-8-110, Relating To Education Scholarship Trust Fund Definitions, So As To Further Define Eligible Expenses To Include Education Classes Designed To Supplement A Student's Learning Program Provided By An Eligible School And To Further Remove Any Other Education Expenses Approved By The Department To Enable Personalized Learning; And By Amending Section 59-8-115, Relating To The Standard Application Process, So As To Require A Parent To Certify That An Eligible Student Is Not Participating In A Home Based Personalized Learning Program Not Specifically Approved By The State Board Of Education As Provided In Section 59-65-10 And To Delete A Provision Allowing A Parent's Signature To Satisfy The State's Compulsory Attendance Law.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0726
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-53-520, Relating To Forfeitures, So As To Include That More Than Two Grains Of Fentanyl Or A Fentanyl-related Must Be Found For A Motor Vehicle To Be Subject To Civil Forfeiture.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0689
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 58-7-10, Relating To The Rights, Powers, And Privileges Of Eminent Domain Vested With Telegraph And Telephone Companies That Are Conferred On Pipeline Companies So As To Provide That The Power Of Eminent Domain Does Not Extend To Private, For-profit Pipeline Companies, Including Publicly Traded For-profit Companies, That Are Not Defined Within This Title As A Public Utility.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0723
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Engrossed
2/25/26
Refer
2/26/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-15-395, Relating To First Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor Defined; Presumptions; Defenses; Penalties, So As To Increase The Minimum Penalty To Five Years' Imprisonment; By Amending Section 16-15-405, Relating To Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor Defined; Presumptions; Defenses; Penalties, So As To Increase The Minimum Penalty To Three Years' Imprisonment; And By Amending Section 16-15-410, Relating To Third Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor Defined; Penalties; Exception, So As To Establish Penalties Based On The Number Of Images Possessed, Including A Penalty Of Up To Ten Years If There Are One To Twenty-five Images, One To Ten Years If There Are Twenty-six To Two Hundred Fifty Images, And A Penalty Of Two To Ten Years If There Are More Than Two Hundred Fifty Images; And To Establish That A Person Who Is Required To Register As A Sex Offender And Violates The Provisions Of The Section, Upon Conviction, Must Serve A Minimum Of Five Years.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0719
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 17-13-55 So As To Require Certain Information Must Be Provided To Persons Detained By Law Enforcement Officers And Audio And Video Recording Equipment Must Be Activated Upon Detainment Of A Person.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0712
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 1-7-550 So As To Provide That For Two Years After Leaving Office, A Solicitor May Not Represent A Client For A Fee Or Appear In Court In The District From Which He Was Elected.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0706
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "engineering Advancement And Public Safety Act" By Amending Section 40-22-220, Relating To Licensure Requirements For Engineers, So As To Allow Qualified Nondegreed Individuals To Become Licensed Engineers Through Verified Experience And Rigorous National Examinations While Maintaining The Highest Standards Of Public Protection.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0722
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 57-25-40, Relating To Commercial Advertisement Benches And Applications By Regional Transit Authority Or Public Transit Operator To Install Benches, So As To Allow A Political Subdivision To Install And Maintain Commercial Advertisement Benches, To Remove The Provision That Requires A Bench To Be Located At The Applicant's Bus Stop, And To Remove The Expiration Date Of Permits Issued Pursuant To This Section.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0713
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 15-51-10, Relating To Civil Actions For A Wrongful Act Causing Death, So As To Provide That A Wrongful Death Action Can Be Maintained For An Unborn Child At Any Stage Of Development And To Provide That A Violation Of Article 6, Chapter 41, Title 44 Is Prima Facie Evidence Entitling A Parent To Maintain A Wrongful Death Action On Behalf Of Their Deceased Unborn Child; By Amending Section 15-51-20, Relating To The Beneficiaries Of Action For Wrongful Death And Who May Bring An Action, So As To Provide That The Mother, Father, Or Both The Mother And Father May Bring A Wrongful Death Action For A Deceased Unborn Child And The Father And Mother Shall Be The Only Beneficiaries; And By Amending Section 15-51-42, Relating To The Approval Of Settlements Of Wrongful Death Or Survival Actions, So As To Provide That The Parent Initiating The Wrongful Death Action Is Authorized To Settle The Action.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0743
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-55-20, Relating To Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal Definitions, So As To Define "fluoride"; And By Adding Section 44-55-35 So As To Prohibit The Addition Of Fluoride To A Public Water System Or To Water That Will Be Introduced Into A Public Water System.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0701
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 7-15-310, Relating To Absentee Voting Definitions, So As To Include Members Of The United States Space Force As Members Of The Armed Forces; By Amending Section 7-15-610, Relating To Definitions Pertaining To The South Carolina Uniform Military And Overseas Voters Act, So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Amending Section 8-7-10, Relating To Definitions Pertaining To Absences In Military Service, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And By Amending Section 63-5-910, Relating To Definitions Pertianing To The Military Parent Equal Protection Act, So As To Make Conforming Changes.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0702
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-25-10, Relating To Definitions Pertaining To A "dating Relationship" And "coercive Control", So As To Include Persons Who Are Presently In Or Have Formerly Been In A Dating Relationship In The Definition Of "household Member" And To Add The Definitions Of Dating Relationship And Coercive Control; By Amending Section 16-25-20, Relating To Prohibited Acts, So As To Make It Unlawful For A Person To Engage In Coercive Control Over A Person's Own Household; By Amending Section 20-3-10, Relating To Grounds For Divorce, So As To Include Criminal Domestic Violence Against A Spouse, Stalking, And Harassment As Grounds For Divorce; By Amending Section 20-4-20, Relating To Definitions Pertaining To Abuse, So As To Include Harassment, Stalking, And Coercive Control Into The Definitions Of "abuse" And To Further Provide That A Household Member Includes Persons Who Are Presently In Or Have Formerly Been In A Dating Relationship; And By Amending Section 63-15-240, Relating To The Contents Of Order For Custody Affecting Rights And Responsibilities Of Parents And The Best Interests Of The Child, So As To Include The Statutory Reference To Domestic Violence And Add Stalking And Harassment As Activity For A Court To Consider When Determining What Is In The Best Interest Of A Child.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0737
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 15-73-10, Relating To Liability Of Seller For Defective Product, So As To Include Chinese-made Dialysate Or Dialysis Products Are Per Se Deemed To Be In A Defective Condition And Unreasonably Dangerous; By Adding Section 39-24-70 So As To Make It Unlawful To Substitute With Chinese-made Products; And By Adding Section 44-53-60 So As To Make It Unlawful For Dialysate Or Dialysis Product To Be From China Or To Contain Aluminum.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0745
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "help Find Missing Americans Act" By Adding Section 23-3-350 So As To Establish When Wireless Service Providers Must Provide Certain Information To Account Holders In Cases Involving Missing Persons, To Establish Requirements For The Release Of Information, To Create Criminal Penalties For Knowing And Wilful Violations, And To Prohibit Lawsuits Against Wireless Service Providers Acting In Good Faith; And To Require The State Law Enforcement Division To Provide Recommendations To The General Assembly Regarding Ways To Aid Law Enforcement In Missing Persons Cases.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina Senate Bill S0699
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-5-1538, Relating To Definitions Pertaining To Emergency Scene Management, So As To Provide That The Provisions Of This Section Apply To Emergency Scenes; And By Adding Section 56-5-1539 So As To Require A Driver To Move Or Slow The Vehicle When Passing An Authorized Law Enforcement Vehicle That Is Parked Or Standing Within Five Feet Of A Roadway, Conducting A Traffic Related Stop Or Investigation, And Giving Warning Signal By Appropriate Light.