Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 9-11-10, Relating To Definitions For The South Carolina Police Officers Retirement System, So As To Include The Catawba Nation Within The Definition Of Employer; And By Adding Section 9-11-43 So As To Provide That The Catawba Nation Is Eligible For Admission To The Police Officers Retirement System And To Provide For The Process For Admission. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 8-11-165, Relating To Salary And Fringe Benefit Surveys For Agency Heads, Limits On Salaries Of Agency Employees And Presidents Of A Technical College, Agency Head Salary Adjustments, And New Members Of Agency Governing Boards, So As To Remove The Maximum Limits Of Compensation For An Employee Of An Agency Reviewed By The Agency Head Salary Commission.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "south Carolina Juvenile Justice Reform Act"; By Amending Section 63-1-20, Relating To Policy Regarding The South Carolina Children's Code, So As To Include Within The Statement A Provision To Establish A Policy Regarding The Care And Guidance Of Children Within The Juvenile Justice System; So As To Add Article 6 To Chapter 19, Title 63, So As To Require Each Circuit Solicitor To Establish A Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program To Provide A Civil Diversion Program For Children Who Have Committed Acts Of Delinquency, And To Establish Eligibility And Participation Requirements; By Amending Section 16-17-425, Relating To Student Threats, So As To Establish That It Is Unlawful For A Student To Make A Threat To Commit An Act Of Mass Violence At A School, College, Or University, Or At A School, College, Or University Sponsored Activity, And To Provide Penalties; By Amending Section 16-23-430, Relating To Carrying A Weapon On School Property, So As To Provide That It Is Unlawful For Any Person To Carry, While On Elementary Or Secondary School Property, A Knife, Firearm, Or Other Weapon With The Intent By The Person To Inflict Serious Bodily Injury Or Death; By Amending Section 63-1-40, Relating To Definitions, So As To Remove From The Definition The Playing Or Loitering In A Billiard Room; By Amending Section 63-3-520, Relating To The Traffic And Wildlife Jurisdiction, So As To Increase The Age Of Concurrent Jurisdiction From Persons Under Seventeen Years Of Age To Persons Under Eighteen Years Of Age; By Amending Section 63-7-310, Relating To Persons Required To Report, So As To Remove The Requirement That A Person Employed By A Lawyer Must Report Suspected Abuse If The Suspicion Arises In The Course Of The Legal Representation; By Amending Section 63-19-20, Relating To Definitions, So As To Remove From The Definition The Playing Or Loitering In A Billiard Room; By Adding Article 2 To Chapter 19, Title 63, So As To Establish The "children's Bill Of Rights," To Provide That A Child Has The Right To Be Treated With Basic Human Dignity, To Be Provided Necessary Care, Medical Treatment, Food, Education, Access To Family, Advocates, And Lawyers, And To Be Free From Abuse, Neglect, And Harassment, And To Provide For The Application Of These Rights; By Adding Section 63-19-210 So As To Require That Law Enforcement Must Arrange For A Child Fifteen Years Of Age Or Younger To Meet With Legal Counsel Prior To A Custodial Interrogation Except For Certain Circumstances; By Amending Section 63-19-340, Relating To Annual Reports, So As To Provide That The Report Must Include Specific Statistics Relating To Children Referred To The Department; By Amending Section 63-19-350, Relating To Community Services, So As To Require The Department To Develop And Utilize Structured Decision-making Tools For All Key Points Of The Juvenile Justice Process; By Amending Section 63-19-360, Relating To Institutional Services, So As To Require The Child Evaluation To Be Conducted By The Department To Include A Biopsychosocial Assessment And A Determination Of The Child's Mental Health Functioning; By Adding Section 63-19-362 So As To Require That Before Submitting A Petition For A Child In Its Custody For A Misdemeanor That Would Carry A Maximum Term Of Imprisonment Of Five Years Or Less, The Department Of Juvenile Justice Must Attempt To Resolve The Situation Through Available Administrative Approaches; By Adding Section 63-19-365 So As To Prohibit The Use Of Solitary Confinement On A Child And Provide Limits For The Use Of Corrective Room Restrictions Upon Children Within The Custody Of The Department; By Amending Section 63-19-370, Relating To Interdepartmental Agreements, So As To Allow The Department Of Juvenile Justice To Establish Agreements With The Department Of Mental Health And The Department Of Education To Provide Reentry Services For Children Returning To Schools And Communities From The Department's Custody; By Adding Section 63-19-500 So As To Require That The Department Establish At Least One Pre-detention Intervention Program In Each Judicial Circuit And To Establish Program Requirements And Eligibility; By Adding Section 63-19-520 So As To Establish The Juvenile Justice Improvement Fund, To Allow The Department Of Juvenile Justice To Divert Moneys Saved From Decreased Reliance On Out-of-home Placement To Fund Community Intervention Programs Including Educational, Mental Health, And Behavioral Health Services; By Amending Section 63-19-810, Relating To Taking A Child Into Custody, So As To Remove A Duplicative Notification Provision By Law Enforcement To School Principals And To Require That Any Child Seventeen Years Of Age Or Older, Who Has Been Taken Into Custody But Who Has Not Been Released To A Parent Or Guardian, Must Have A Bond Hearing Before A Magistrate; By Amending Section 63-19-820, Relating To Out-of-home Placement, So As To Limit Secure Pretrial Detention To Circumstances Where It Is The Least Restrictive Appropriate Option And If The Child Is Charged With A Crime That Would Be A Five-year Felony Or Greater, Has Exhausted Community Based Alternatives, Or Is Charged With Unlawful Student Threats Or Failure To Stop For A Blue Light, To Remove The Eligibility Of Juveniles Charged As An Adult To Be Housed In Adult Detention Facilities; By Amending Section 63-19-830, Relating To Detention Hearings, So As To Allow The Court To Order A Child Detained In An Approved Home, Program, Or Facility Other Than A Secure Juvenile Detention Facility While Awaiting Trial; By Amending Section 63-19-1010, Relating To Intake And Probation, So As To Require That A Child Brought Before The Family Court Shall Have A Presumption For Diversion If Certain Conditions Are Met Or If The Solicitor Has Good Cause To Believe That Diversion Would Be Insufficient; By Amending Section 63-19-1020, Relating To Instituting Proceedings, So As To Require Services To Be Offered Before The Department May Accept A Referral For A Status Offense Or For School-based Offenses; By Amending Section 63-19-1030, Relating To Prehearing Inquiry, So As To Establish That The Prehearing Investigation Is Optional And To Establish The Parents' Right To Receive Notice Of The Charges And Their Rights To An Attorney; By Amending Section 63-19-1030, Relating To Prehearing Inquiry, So As To Establish That The Prehearing Investigation Is Optional And To Establish The Parents' Right To Receive Notice Of The Charges And Their Rights To An Attorney; By Adding Section 63-19-1050 So As To Prohibit Charging A Fee To A Child As A Condition Of Diversion And To Limit The Amount Of Restitution Required Of A Child In Diversion To Five Hundred Dollars; By Adding Section 63-19-1070 So As To Establish That The Family Court May Adjourn A Criminal Proceeding Against A Juvenile In Contemplation Of Dismissal Upon Completion Of Certain Conditions Established By The Court; By Amending Section 63-19-1210, Relating To Transfer Of Jurisdiction, So As To Eliminate The Transfer To General Sessions For A Child Fourteen Or Fifteen Years Of Age, To Allow A Child Who Is Transferred To General Sessions Who Has Been Charged With Murder To Be Eligible To Receive A Sentence Less Than The Mandatory Minimum, And To Allow The Determination By The Court To Transfer The Child's Case To General Sessions To Be Immediately Appealable To The Supreme Court; By Amending Section 63-19-1410, Relating To Adjudication, So As To Require The Court To Order The Least Restrictive Appropriate Placement For A Child Adjudicated Delinquent, To Limit The Length Of Probation, To Limit Probation To Not Extend After A Child's Twentieth Birthday, To Limit The Imposition Of Restitution For A Child Under The Age Of Sixteen Unless It Is Proven That The Child Has The Ability To Pay, To Prohibit The Child From Being Ordered To Pay For Drug Screens Unless The Child Has Insurance To Cover The Cost, And To Allow For The Department Of Juvenile Justice To Place The Child On Administrative Supervision To Pay For Restitution Or Complete Community Service; By Adding Section 63-19-1415 So As To Allow The Circuit Solicitors To Operate One Or More Specialty Treatment Courts If Allowed By The Supreme Court; By Amending Section 63-19-1440, Relating To Commitment, So As To Limit The Placement Of A Child Into The Custody Of The Department Of Juvenile Justice Under Certain Circumstances, To Require The Court To Issue Individualized Findings As To Why The Commitment Is The Least Restrictive Sentencing Option To Protect The Public And Rehabilitate The Child, To Prohibit The Commitment Of A Child Who Has Been Adjudicated For A Status Offense Or A Probation Revocation Related To A Status Offense, To Allow The Court To Sentence A Child Who Has Committed An Offense Which Carries Fifteen Years Or More To A Determinate Sentence Of Up To One Hundred Eighty Days, And To Limit The Consecutive Sentencing To Not Exceed The Time Eligible For An Indeterminate Sentence, To Limit The Eligibility For Residential Evaluations, And To Allow For The Child To Get Time Served Credit For Commitments To Short-term Alternative Placements; By Amending Section 63-19-1450, Relating To Commitment Of Juvenile With Mental Illness Or Mental Retardation, So As To Clarify That A Child May Not Be Committed To The Department Of Juvenile Justice Who Is Handicapped By Mental Illness Or A Developmental Disability; By Adding Section 63-19-1480 So As To Provide That The Family Court May Conduct Post Dispositional Reviews To Determine If The Purposes Of The Criminal Sentencing Have Been Met And The Child's Sentence May Be Closed, The Hearing Being Held Only After One Year Or If The Child Is In The Custody Of The Department Of Juvenile Justice, Then After Six Months; By Amending Section 63-19-1810, Relating To Determination Of Release, So As To Remove The Authority Of The Court To Commit A Child To Secure Custody For A Probation Revocation If The Child Is On Probation For A Status Offense; By Amending Section 63-19-1820, Relating To Board Of Juvenile Parole, So As To Require The Releasing Entity To Determine The Length Of Stay Guidelines Are Based On Evidence Based Best Practices, The Risks Of Reoffending, And The Severity Of The Offense; By Amending Section 63-19-1835, Relating To Compliance Reductions For Probationers And Parolees, So As To Require The Department Of Juvenile Justice To Develop And Implement Administrative Community-based Sanctions For Technical Violations Of Probation Or Parole; By Amending Section 63-19-2020, Relating To Confidentiality, So As To Remove A Reference To A Deleted Criminal Offense, To Require The Department Of Juvenile Justice To Notify The Administration Of A College Or University Of An Enrolled Student's Charges Delineated Within This Section, And To Add Assault And Battery In The First Or Second Degrees To The List Of Crimes That Must Be Disclosed To School Officials; By Amending Section 63-19-2030, Relating To Law Enforcement Records, So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Amending Section 63-19-2050, Relating To Petition For Expungement Of Official Records, So As To Require The Expungement Of All Official Records Related To The Adjudication Or Disposition Of A Status Offense Upon The Person Reaching Eighteen Years Of Age Or As Soon Thereafter As He Completes Any Pending Family Court Disposition And To Require That A Child Shall Not Be Charged For The Expungement Of His Records Ordered Under This Section; By Adding Section 59-18-1970 So As To Require That A School District For A Student Who Has Transferred Because Of Homelessness, Status As A Victim Of Abuse Or Neglect, Adjudications Of Delinquency, Or Placement In A Facility For Mental Health Or Developmental Disabilities Must Contact The Student's Prior School Within Two Days Of Enrollment And To Require The Previous School District To Send The Student's Records Within Two Days Of Request To The New School, And To Require That The Student Receive Timely Assistance, Equal Access, And Priority Placement Relating To The Transfer; By Adding Section 59-18-1980 So As To Require School Districts To Provide School Liaisons To Assist Students Transferring Due To Involvement In The Juvenile Justice System; By Amending Section 59-24-60, Relating To Requirement Of School Officials To Contact Law Enforcement Authorities When Criminal Conduct Occurs, So As To Provide That School Officials Must Contact Law Enforcement If A Person Commits An Action At A School Or School-sponsored Event That Would Be A Felony Or A Crime Punishable By Five Years Or More, Or If The Action Results In Serious Injury; By Amending Section 59-63-210, Relating To Grounds For Which Trustees May Expel, Suspend, Or Transfer Pupils, So As To Limit The Authority Of A School District To Expel, Suspend, Or Transfer A Pupil Except For Certain Circumstances; By Amending Section 59-63-1320, Relating To Referral Or Placement Of Students In Alternative School Programs, So As To Restrict The Automatic Placement Of A Child Returning From The Custody Of The Department Of Juvenile Justice To An Alternative School Except For Certain Circumstances; By Repealing Section 63-19-2420 Relating To Loitering In A Billiard Room; And By Repealing Section 63-19-2430 Relating To Playing Pinball.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-36-810 So As To Provide That Eligible Schools That Participate In The School Breakfast Program Shall Provide Breakfast And Lunch Without Charge To All Students And To Provide Guidelines; And By Amending Section 59-10-350, Relating To Length Of Lunch Period And Factors, So As To Require Schools To Provide Thirty Minute Lunch Periods To All Students.

An Amendment To Section 7, Article Vi Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, Relating To The Constitutional Officers Of This State, So As To Delete The Comptroller General From The List Of Constitutional Officers And To Provide That The General Assembly Shall Provide By Law The Duties Of The Comptroller General; Proposing An Amendment To Section 12, Article Iv Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, Relating To Disability Of The Governor, So As To Remove The Comptroller General As An Officer Who, Along With Other Officers, May Cause The Governor To Be Removed From Office; And Proposing An Amendment To Section 13, Article X Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, Relating To Bonded Indebtedness Of The State, So As To Require The Governor Perform The Former Duties Of The Comptroller General.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 30-2-500, Relating To Definitions In The Law Enforcement Personal Privacy Protection Act, So As To Revise The Definiton Of "personal Contact Information" And To Define "disclosed Records"; By Amending Section 30-2-510, Relating To The Means For Active And Former Law Enforcement Officers To Make Their Personal Contact Information Confidential And Not Subject To Public Disclosure, So As To Provide Additional Means For Making Such Information In Disclosed Records Restricted From Publicly Available Internet Websites Of State And Local Governments Upon Request And To Make Provisions For Home Addresses Or Tax Map Numbers That Cannot Be Restricted From A Disclosed Record Within An Index Or From Being Displayed On An Image Of An Official Record, To Provide Such Information Must Remain Within The Official Record Held Or Maintained By The State Or Local Government Agency, And To Allow Disclosure To Certain Individuals Or Entities, Among Other Things; By Adding Section 30-2-515 So As To Provide Active And Former Law Enforcement Officers May Seek Certain Judicial Relief For Noncompliance And To Prevent Liability From Accruing To State Or Local Government Employees Or Agents For Claims Or Damages That Arise From Personal Contact Information On The Public Record; By Amending Section 30-2-700, Relating To Definitions In The Judicial Personal Privacy Protection Act, So As To Include Additional Information In The Definition Of "personal Contact Information" And To Define "disclosed Records"; By Amending Section 30-2-710, Relating To The Means For Active And Former Judges To Make Their Personal Contact Information Confidential And Not Subject To Public Disclosure, So As To Provide Means To Restrict Such Information In Disclosed Records Restricted From Publicly Available Internet Websites Of State And Local Governments Upon Request And To Make Provisions For Home Addresses Or Tax Map Numbers That Cannot Be Restricted From A Disclosed Record Within An Index Or From Being Displayed On An Image Of An Official Record, To Provide Such Information Must Remain Within The Official Record Held Or Maintained By The State Or Local Government Agency, And To Allow Disclosure To Certain Individuals Or Entities, Among Other Things; By Adding Section 30-2-715 So As To Provide Active And Former Judges May Seek Certain Judicial Relief For Noncompliance And To Prevent Liability From Accruing To State Or Local Government Employees Or Agents For Claims Or Damages That Arise From Personal Contact Information On The Public Record; To Delay The Effective Date Of Act 56 Of 2023, Which Enacted The "law Enforcement Personal Privacy Protection Act" And The "judicial Personal Privacy Protection Act," From July 1, 2025, Until January 1, 2026; And To Direct The Office Of Court Administration And The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy To Collaborate And Create The Designated Form For Law Enforcement Officers And Judges To Use To Request State And Local Government Agencies Regstrict Public Access To Personal Contact Information In Disclosed Records, To Provide Requirements For The Contents Of The Form, And To Provide State Or Local Government Agencies May Provide Supplmental Forms To Identify Information Needed By State Or Local Government Agencies To Address Requests From Eligible Requesting Parties. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 5 To Chapter 19, Title 59 So As To Provide A School Board Member Code Of Ethics; And By Adding Section 59-19-45, Relating To Mandatory Training For School District Trustees, So As To Revise The Training Content Requirements, Applicability, And Compliance Requirements, Among Other Things. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 58-31-205 So As To Authorize The Public Service Authority To Jointly Own, As Tenants-in-common Or Through A Limited Liability Company, With Investor-owned Utilities, Electrical Generation And Transmission Facilities.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 7-5-120, Relating To Persons Disqualified From Registering Or Voting, So As To Provide That Disqualification Due To A Felony Conviction Is Removed, And The Person's Voting Rights Automatically Restored, Upon Release From Prison; By Amending Section 7-5-170, Relating To Information Contained On Voter Registration Forms, So As To Delete The Requirement That An Applicant Affirm, Among Other Things, He Has Never Been Convicted Of A Felony Or Offense Against The Election Laws; And By Amending Section 7-5-185, Relating To Electronic Applications For Voter Registration, So As To Make Conforming Changes.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-3-605 So As To Create An Enhanced Penalty For Convictions By Persons Under Section 16-3-600 Against Educational Professionals During The Performance Of Their Official Duties.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-37-220, Relating To Property Tax Exemptions, So As To Provide That The Exemption For Certain Property Of A Nonprofit Housing Corporation Only Applies To The Percentage Of Property That Equals The Corporation's Ownership Interest In The Property, To Provide An Exception, And To Provide Certain Certification And Notice Requirements.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 61-2-140, Relating To Suspension Or Revocation Of Licenses And Permits For The Sale Of Alcoholic Liquors, Beer, And Wine, So As To A Person Licensed Or Permitted Under The Provisions Of This Title Who Maintains A Liquor Liability Insurance Policy Or A General Liability Insurance Policy With A Liquor Liability Endorsement Pursuant To Section 61-2-145 Must Surrender His License Upon The Third Occurrence During Any One Calendar Year Of An Event Or Series Of Events That Activates Coverage For The Insured; By Amending Section 61-2-145, Relating To Liquor Liability Insurance Coverage Required For On-premises Consumption, So As To Reduce The Requirement From One Million Dollars To Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars; By Amending Section 15-3-530, Relating To A Three Year Time Period For The Commencement Of Actions Other Than For The Recovery Of Real Property Shall Be As Prescribed In The Following Sections So As To Add Any Action On A Policy Of Insurance Required Pursuant To Section 61-2-145; By Adding Section 15-38-12 So As To Provide A Necessary Definition; By Amending Section 15-38-15, Relating To Joint And Several Liability, So As To Provide A Plaintiff That Is Fifty Percent Or Greater At Fault For The Incident Resulting In The Damages For Which He Is Seeking Recovery, Then The Jury Shall Return A Verdict For The Defendant, And If The Plaintiff Is Not Fifty Percent Or More At Fault Then The Defendants Are Liable For Damages In Direct Proportion To Their Percentage Of Fault; And By Amending Section 15-33-135, Relating To Punitive Damages, So As To Prohibit Punitive Damages On Any Action On A Policy Of Insurance Required Pursuant To Section 61-2-145.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-1-455, Relating To The Requirement That Schools Allot Time For The Recitation Of The Pledge Of Allegiance, So As To Require Pupils To Salute The United States Flag And Recite The Pledge Of Allegiance.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 23-31-9010 So As To Provide That Residents Of This State Who Own Or Possess Firearms Shall Obtain And Carry Liability Insurance That Covers Losses Or Damages Resulting From Any Negligent Or Accidental Use Of The Firearm, To Provide That Proof Insurance Must Be Displayed Upon Demand By Law Enforcement Officers, And To Provide Penaltie For Violations.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "south Carolina Job Creation And Competitiveness Act Of 2025"; By Repealing Chapters 6 And 20 Of Title 12 Of The South Carolina Code Of Laws, Relating To The South Carolina Income Tax Act And Corporate License Fees; By Adding Chapter 7 To Title 12, Relating To Income Tax, To Provide That South Carolina Taxable Income For Individuals, Estates, And Trusts Is Equal To The Three And One-half Percent Of The Difference Between The Federal Taxable Income Of The Taxpayer And The State Standard Deduction, To Provide For The State Standard Deduction, To Provide For An Earned Income Tax Credit, To Provide For Income Taxes Paid To Another State, And To Provide For The Technical Aspects Of The Department Of Revenue Implementing This Chapter; And By Amending Section 12-36-2120, Relating To Exemptions From Sales Tax, So As To Repeal Certain Exemptions.