Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 39-25-220 So As To Provide For Certain Food And Beverage Labeling.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-6-3790, Relating To The Educational Credit For Exceptional Needs Children's Fund, So As To Expand The Definition Of "exceptional Needs Child" To Include A Child Who Is In Foster Care.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-5-115 So As To, Among Other Things, Provide That A Person Is Not Allowed To Vote In A Partisan Primary Election Or A Partisan Advisory Referendum Unless The Person Has Registered As Being A Member Of That Party Or Is Registered As An Independent; By Amending Section 7-5-110, Relating To The Requirement Of Registration In Order To Vote, So As To Provide That A Person Is Not Allowed To Vote In A Partisan Primary Election Or Partisan Advisory Referendum Unless The Person Has Registered As Being A Member Of That Political Party Or Registered As An Independent; By Amending Section 7-5-170, Relating To The Requirements For Voter Registration, So As To Provide The Requirement Of Stating Political Party Affiliation, If Any, On The Form And Including It In The Oath And To Require The State Election Commission To Assist In Capturing This Data; And By Amending Section 7-9-20, Relating To The Qualifications For Voting In Primary Elections, So As To Include, As A Requirement, Registration As A Member Of The Party Or Status As A Registered Independent And To Provide A Procedure For Changing Political Party Affiliation Or Nonaffiliation After A Selection Has Been Made.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-3-85, Relating To Homicide By Child Abuse, So As To Increase The Age Of A Child Under This Section From Under The Age Of Eleven To Under The Age Eighteen.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-5-1538, Relating To Emergency Scene Management And Definitions, So As To Revise The Definition Of The Term "emergency Services Personnel" To Include Tow Truck Operators.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-17-530, Relating To Public Disorderly Conduct, So As To Restructure The Offense To Include Disrupting Or Disturbing A Religious Service Or Funeral In The Purview Of The Statute And To Provide Graduated Penalties For A Violation Of A Disorderly Conduct Offense; And By Repealing Sections 16-17-520 And 16-17-525 Relating To Disturbing Religious Services And Funerals, Respectively.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 20-3-130, Relating To Alimony, So As To Establish Parameters As To What Constitutes Reasonably Anticipated Earnings For Marriages Of A Certain Duration.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-71-40, Relating To A School Bond Election, So As To Require Such Election To Be Held On The First Tuesday After The First Monday Of November Of Any Year.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 11-35-1524, Relating To Resident Vendor Preference Under The Consolidated Procurement Code, So As To Provide That For The Purpose Of Making An Award Determination, A Procurement Officer Is Directed To Decrease A Bidder's Price By Two Percent If The Bid Is Submitted By A Business Owned By A Service-disabled Veteran Residing In This State, And To Define "service-disabled Veteran" For This Purpose.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 24-21-430, Relating To Conditions Of Probation, So As To Provide Tests For The Presence Of Marijuana May Not Be Performed During Urinalyses Or Blood Tests Performed On Probationers.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 22-5-190, Relating To Warrants Issued In Other Counties Or By Municipal Authorities, So As To Authorize Correctional Officers To Serve Warrants Issued By Municipal Jurisdictions Within The Same County On A Person Incarcerated In That County's Jail Or Detention Center Without The Necessity Of A Magistrate Endorsing The Warrant.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina State Employee Equal Pay For Equal Work Act" By Adding Article 12 To Chapter 11, Title 8 So As To Prohibit Discrimination By Gender Regardless Of Gender In Compensation Paid State Employees For Same Kind, Grade, And Quality Of State Employment, To Provide Definitions, Exceptions, And To Prohibit Specific Employer Actions With Regard To The Enforcement Of This Act, And To Provide Administrative And, Where Applicable, Judicial Remedies For Violations.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 38-75-70 So As To Require Insurers To Offer Insurance Coverage For Loss Or Damage Resulting From An Earthquake To All Policies Issued In This State.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Lottery Scholarship Increase And Inflation Adjustment Act" By Adding Section 59-150-420 So As To Increase Certain Lottery Scholarships By Twenty-five Percent And To Provide For Future Increases.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-7-40(b), Relating To Safe Haven For Abandoned Babies, So As To Provide That The Safe Haven Must Offer The Person Leaving The Infant Information Prepared By The Department Concerning The Legal Effect Of Leaving The Infant With The Safe Haven; By Amending Section 63-7-1700(a), Relating To Permanency Planning, So As To Decrease The Time In Which A Permanency Planning Hearing Must Be Held From No Later Than One Year To No Later Than Nine Months After The Child Is First Placed In Foster Care; By Amending Section 63-7-1700(e), Relating To The Filing Of A Petition To Terminate Parental Rights, So As To Require The Department To Complete And File With The Court A Background Investigation And Report Regarding The Child Within Sixty Days Of The Filing Of A Petition To Terminate Parental Rights; By Amending Section 63-7-1700(f) And Section 63-7-1700(h), Relating To An Extension For Reunification, So As To Decrease The Time In Which An Extension May Be Granted For Reunification Efforts From Eighteen Months To Fifteen Months; By Amending Section 63-7-1700(i), Relating To Permanency Planning Hearings, By Providing That A Termination Of Parental Rights Hearing May Serve As The Next Permanency Planning Hearing Only If It Is Held No Later Than Nine Months From The Date Of The Previous Permanency Planning Hearing, And So As To Provide That A Permanency Planning Hearing Must Be Held Quarterly Instead Of Annually After The Termination Of Parental Rights Hearing; By Amending Section 63-7-1710, Relating To Termination Of Parental Rights, So As To Require The Department To Complete And File With The Court A Background Investigation And Report Regarding The Child Within Sixty Days Of The Filing Of A Petition To Terminate Parental Rights; By Amending Section 63-7-2550, Relating To Service Of Petition, So As To Provide That An Unmarried Biological Father Must Receive Service Of A Termination Of Parental Rights Action; By Amending Section 63-7-2570, Relating To Grounds, So As To Provide That When Finding That Termination Of Parental Rights Is In The Best Interest Of A Child, The Court Must Find That The Home Of The Child's Parents Is Not Safe For The Return Of The Child At The Time Of The Termination Of Parental Rights Hearing; By Amending Section 63-9-730, Relating To Notice Of Adoption Proceedings, So As To Provide That If Notice Of An Adoption Proceeding Cannot Be Effected By Personal Service, Then Notice May Be Given By Publication Of The Summons In Which The Requested Relief Of Termination Of Parental Rights, Or Adoption, Or Both, Is Set Forth; By Amending Section 63-9-760, Relating To The Effect Of A Final Adoption Decree, So As To Provide That The Final Decree Is Not Affected By A Postadoption Agreement Entered Into Before Or After The Adoption; By Adding Section 63-9-765, So As To Provide For Postadoption Contact Agreements To Be Enforceable If Agreed To By The Parties; By Amending Section 63-7-820, Relating To The Putative Father Registry, So As To Provide That A Registrant Must Include Any Aliases When He Registers; And By Adding Section 12-6-3595, So As To Provide For A Tax Credit For Any Resident Taxpayer That Claims The Federal Tax Credit For Qualified Adoption Expenses Related To A Domestic Adoption.