Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 27-33-60 So As To Provide That Certain Landlords Shall Provide Certain Information To Prospective Tenants Regarding Fees And To Provide For Certain Notices After A Denial.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Rent Control Act" By Adding Section 27-39-370 So As To Provide Restrictions On Raising Residential Rent.

Create The "future Of Higher Education Governance Study Committee," To Provide For The Purposes And Membership Of The Committee, To Require The Study Committee To Report Findings And Recommendations To The General Assembly Before January 1, 2027, And To Provide For The Dissolution Of The Study Committee.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Transparency And Integrity In Education Act" By Adding Article 5 To Chapter 29, Title 59 So As To Provide Necessary Definitions, To Provide Requirements Concerning Curriculum Content And School Employee Training Requirements, Among Other Things, To Provide Means For Addressing Violations, To Provide Related Requirements Of Local Education Agencies And The State Board Of Education, And To Prohibit Schools From Using, Making Available, Promoting, Or Providing Access To Pornographic Or Prohibited Materials; And By Amending Section 59-28-180, Relating To Parental Expectations In The Parental Involvement In Their Children's Education Act, So As To Provide Parents Are Expected To Be The Primary Source Of The Education Of Their Children Regarding Morals, Ethics, And Civic Responsibility, And To Provide A Parental Pledge Of Expectations Must Be Provided To Parents As Part Of The Registration And Enrollment Process.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 17-13-180 So As To Provide That A South Carolina Business Must Treat A Subpoena, Court Order, Or Warrant Issued By Another State As If The Subpoena, Court Order, Or Warrant Were Issued By A South Carolina Court; And By Adding Section 17-13-190 So As To Provide For The Issuance, Execution, And Return Of Search Warrants For Electronic Data Or Information.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-3-620, Relating To Penalties For Violating An Order Of The Family Court, So As To Prohibit Imprisonment For Contempt Of Court.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 40-7-20, Relating To Definitions Concerning Barbers And Barbering, So As To Revise The Definition Of "hair Braiding"; By Amending Section 40-7-390, Relating To Persons Exempt From Regulation By The State Board Of Barber Examiners, So As To Exempt Persons Providing Hair Braiding And Persons Providing Make-up Artistry; By Amending Section 40-13-360, Relating To Persons Exempt From Regulation By The State Board Of Cosmetology, So As To Exempt Persons Providing Hair Braiding And Persons Providing Make-up Artistry; And By Repealing Section 40-7-255 Relating To The Regulation Of Hair-braiding Practitioners.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-2-150 So As To Provide That Questions Of Law Decided By A Court Must Be Made Without Any Deference To Any Determination Or Interpretation Made By The Department Of Revenue.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "educator Assistance Act" By Adding Section 59-101-145 So As To Authorize The Use Of Data Being Collected Under Current Procedures To Report On Certain Postsecondary Matters Concerning Graduates Of South Carolina Public Schools, And To Require The Streamlining Of Data Collection Timelines And Processes; By Amending Section 59-25-47, Relating To Policies Authorizing Payments For Unused Teacher Leave, So As To Require Additional Policies That Allow Teachers To Donate Such Unused Leave To A Leave Bank For Other Employees, And To Provide Requirements For The Policies; By Amending Section 59-25-410, Relating To Annual Notification Of School Teacher Employment And Assignments, So As To Provide The Notification Must Include Certain Salary Information Requirements In The Required Notice, To Provide Notice Of Tentative Teacher Assignments Must Be Provided No Later Than Fourteen Calendar Days Before The Start Of The School Year, And To Prohibit Limitations On Teacher Reassignments; By Amending Section 59-1-425, Relating To Required Days For Collegial Professional Development In The Annual School Calendar, So As To Increase The Number Of Days To Four, To Provide Districts Must Verify Completing Of The Required Collegial Professional Development In A Certain Manner, To Provide Teachers And Instructional Assistants Must Be Provided Self-directed Free Time To Evaluate Student Academic Data, Instructional Planning, And Classroom Preparation, And To Remove A Two-day Maximum Limitation On Use Of These Collegial Professional Development Days For The Preparation And Opening Of Schools; By Amending Section 59-25-160, Relating To Actions Constituting Just Cause Grounds For Teacher Certificate Revocation Or Suspension Purposes, So As To Include Breach Of Contract; By Amending Section 59-25-530, Relating To Unprofessional Conduct And Breach Of Contract By Teachers, So As To Recharacterize Certain Actions As Being Breach Of Contract Instead Of Unprofessional Conduct, To Revise The Penalties And Consequences For Such Breaches Of Contract, And To Provide An Exemption From Breach Of Contract Findings For Teachers Who Move To Bona Fide Residences In Noncontiguous Counties During The Contract Term, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-26-40, Relating To Continuing Contract Status For Teachers, So As To Require Completion Of Collegial Professional Development, And To Provide Employing Districts Shall Award Credits For Professional Teaching Certificate Renewal To Continuing Contract Teachers Who Successfully Complete Such Collegial Professional Development; By Amending Section 59-26-45, Relating To Retired Educator Teaching Certificates, So As To Make Such Certificates Lifetime In Duration Instead Of Renewable, To Provide Such Teachers May Teach On A Full-time Basis Or Part-time Basis, And To Exempt Such Teachers From Certificate Renewal Requirements; By Repealing Section 59-101-130 Relating To High Schools Reporting To The Superintendent Of Education, And Institutions Of Higher Learning Reporting To High Schools; And By Repealing Section 59-101-140 Relating To Tabulation Of Reports. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-25-65, Relating To The Reduction Of A Sentence For Substantial Assistance To The State, So As To Add That The Attorney General Is Also Authorized To File A Motion Under The Provisions Of The Section.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-43-15 So As To Require That Donated Blood, Other Human Tissue, Or Organs Be Tested For The Presence Of Certain Contaminants And Labeled Accordingly Before Distribution For Use In Transfusions Or Transplantations, To Allow Patients To Decline Contaminated Donated Products Without Penalty, To Create A Civil Penalty For Violations Of The Section, To Provide Limited Immunity, And For Other Purposes.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Computer Science Education Initiative Act" By Adding Section 59-29-250 So As To Provide For The Expansion And Enhancement Of Computer Science Education In Public High Schools Through The Creation And Implementation Of A Statewide Computer Science Education Plan And The Requirement That Each Public School Offers At Least One Computer Science Course That Meets Certain Criteria, And To Provide Related Requirements Of The State Board Of Education And The State Department Of Education.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-25-425 So As To Limit Teacher Duties Under School District Salary Schedules To Classroom And Certain Related Duties, To Prohibit The Assignment Of Extracurricular Duties Without Consent And Extra Compensation As Stated In The Teaching Contract, To Require School Districts To Develop Related Plans For Implementing These Provisions, To Define Necessary Terms, And To Make These Provisions Applicable Beginning With Teaching Contracts Issued For The 2026-2027 School Year.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-37-130 So As To Provide That The General Assembly Annually By Joint Resolution Shall Impose A Statewide Millage On All Real And Personal Property Subject To Property Tax In This State For The Purpose Of Raising Revenue For Public School Operations And In The Joint Resolution Imposing The Tax Shall Provide The Plan Of Distributing The Revenue For The Applicable Fiscal Year To The School Districts Of The State; And By Amending Section 12-37-220, Relating To Property Tax Exemptions So As To Exempt One Hundred Percent Of The Fair Market Value Of All Real And Personal Property Subject To Property Tax In This State From Property Tax Millage Imposed By A School District For School Operations.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-6-40, Relating To Application Of Federal Internal Revenue Code To State Tax Laws, So As To Update The Reference To The Internal Revenue Code To The Year 2024 And To Provide That If The Internal Revenue Code Sections Adopted By This State Are Extended, Then These Sections Also Are Extended For South Carolina Income Tax Purposes.