Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "luke Barrett Act" By Adding Section 59-17-165 So As To Provide Definitions, To Provide For The Development And Implementation Of Cardiac Emergency Response Plans In Public Schools And For School-sponsored Athletic Practices And Events, To Provide Requirements For The Development And Contents Of The Plans, To Provide Training Requirements Related To The Program, And To Provide Certain Immunity For Actions Undertaken Pursuant To This Act, Among Other Things; And By Amending Section 59-17-155, Relating To Automated External Defibrillator Programs In Public High Schools, So As To Expand The Provisions To Cover All Public Schools Including Charter Schools, To Provide Public Schools Shall Ensure Accessibility To Automatic External Defibrillators At School And Off-site Athletic Events, To Provide Testing And Maintenance Requirements For The Automatic External Defibrillators, And To Provide Related Training Requirements.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-11-17 So As To Provide That The Qualifications For Any Elected Office In This State Do Not Include Any Higher Education Requirements; By Amending Section 14-23-1040, Relating To Qualifications Of Probate Judges, So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Amending Section 23-11-110, Relating To Qualifications Of Sheriffs, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And By Repealing Section 59-3-10 Relating To The Appointment, Compensation, And Qualifications Of The State Superintendent Of Education.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-7-3450, Relating To Resolution Of A Hospital Patient's Personal Medical Care Concerns, So As To Require Hospitals To Provide A List Of Agencies To The Patient's Family To Which Complaints About A Healthcare Provider Or Facility May Be Reported.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-15-375, Relating To Definitions Applicable To Certain Offenses Against Minors Pursuant To Sections 16-15-385 Through 16-15-425, So As To Define "identifiable Minor" And "morphed Image"; By Amending Section 16-15-395, Relating To First Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor, So As To Incorporate Morphed Images Of Identifiable Children Within The Purview Of This Section; By Amending Section 16-15-405, Relating To Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor, So As To Incorporate Morphed Images Of Identifiable Children Within The Purview Of This Section; By Amending Section 16-15-410, Relating To Third Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor, So As To Incorporate Morphed Images Of Identifiable Children Within The Purview Of This Section; By Amending Section 23-3-430, Relating To The Sex Offender Registry, So As To Incorporate Those Convicted Of Criminal Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor In The First, Second, Or Third Degree Within The Classification Of Tier Ii Offender; And By Amending Section 23-3-462, Relating To Termination Of Registration Requirements, So As To Clarify The Time After Which The Offender May Request Termination Of The Registration Requirement.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 48-23-120, Relating To Forestry Commission Acquisitions, So As To Permit Acquisition Of Timberlands And Agricultural Lands, To Provide For Uses Of Those Lands And Prohibit Acquisition Of Land At A Price Exceeding Its Fair Market Value; By Amending Section 48-23-132, Relating To Revenues From Specified Sources, So As To Outline What The Funds May Be Used For; By Amending Section 48-33-60, Relating To Duties And Powers Of County Forestry Boards And Employees, So As To Specify Duties; By Amending Section 48-33-70, Relating To Forest Fire Protection Activities, So As To Update Plan Requirements; By Amending Section 48-33-80, Relating To Access To Property, So As To Designate Who May Access Land For The Purpose Of Preventing Or Controlling Fires; By Repealing Section 48-23-270 Relating To Use Of Revenue For Scrub Oak Eradication, Reforestation, Timber Stand Improvement, And Harvest Cutting In State Parks; And By Repealing Section 48-23-280 Relating To Use Of Revenue For Scrub Oak Eradication And Reforestation In Manchester And Sandhills State Forests. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-5-200 So As To, Among Other Things, Provide That Only Electors Registered As Affiliated With A Certified Political Party Or As Unaffiliated For A Certain Period Of Time May Participate In A Partisan Primary Or Advisory Referendum Held By That Party, And To Establish Processes By Which Electors Register Or Become Registered As Affiliated With A Political Party; By Amending Sections 7-5-170 And 7-5-185, Both Relating To Applications For Voter Registration, Both So As To Include Information Regarding An Applicant's Political Party Affiliation; By Amending Section 7-11-15, Relating To Qualifications To Run As A Candidate In General Elections, So As To Shorten The Candidate Filing Period, To Require All Candidates From Each Political Party In This State To Pay A Filing Fee, And To Authorize Political Parties To Charge A Certification Fee To All Candidates; By Amending Section 7-11-210, Relating To Filing Of Party Pledges By Candidates, So As To Change The Date By Which A Party Pledge Must Be Filed; And By Amending Section 7-13-40, Relating To The Certification Of Names By A Political Party To Be Placed On Primary Ballots, So As To Provide That Only Persons Who Have Participated In A Political Party's Recent Statewide Primaries And Are Registered As Affiliated With The Party For A Certain Period Of Time Are Eligible To Appear On The Ballot For That Party's Partisan Primary Unless The Party Has Taken Action To Waive These Requirements.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-101-680 So As To Provide Public Institutions Of Higher Learning Are Prohibited From Using Political Ideology Or Statements On Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion In Making Admissions Or Employment Decisions By Public Institutions Of Higher Learning, To Prohibit The Use Of Public Funds For Such Purposes, To Prohibit Such Institutions From Requiring Faculty Or Employees To Complete Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Training Or Take Adverse Action Against Faculty Or Employees Who Refuse Or Fail To Participate In Such Training, To Prohibit Such Institutions From Infringing On First Amendment Rights Of Free Speech Of Students, Faculty, Or Employees, To Provide Reporting Requirements, To Clarify The Applicability Of These Provisions, And To Provide Institutions Shall Provide Electronic Copies Of These Provisions To Students, Employees, And Faculty, Among Other Things.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "earmark Transparency Act" By Adding Section 2-1-270 So As To Set Forth The Manner In Which Earmarks May Be Awarded.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-63-74, Relating In Part To Medical Certifications Of Cause Of Death, So As To Require Hospitals To Provide To A Deceased Patient's Family The Cause Of Death To Be Transmitted To The Bureau Of Vital Statistics, And For Other Purposes.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 27-40-350 So As To Provide That Residential Tenants Who Are Victims Of Certain Domestic Violence Offenses May Terminate A Rental Agreement And To Provide For Necessary Requirements; And By Amending Section 27-40-210, Relating To Definitions, So As To Define Terms. - Ratified Title

Authorize The South Carolina Department Of Administration, Or Its Successor State Agency, To Transfer Ownership Of Dargan's Pond In Darlington County From Clemson University To Francis Marion University.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 5-15-112 So As To Provide That A Person Seeking Election For Certain Municipal Offices By Write-in Votes Must Timely File A Declaration Of Write-in Candidacy In Order For Write-in Votes To Be Counted In His Favor; And By Adding Section 5-15-115 So As To Provide That An Uncontested Candidate For A Municipal Office Is Deemed Elected, And Such Office Is Not Required To Appear On The General Or Special Election Ballot, As Applicable.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-29-15, Relating To The Requirement That Cursive Writing Be Taught In Public Elementary Schools, So As To Specify That The Cursive Writing Instruction Must Begin In Second Grade And Continue In Each Grade Through Fifth Grade.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-101-290, Relating To The Required Notification Of Incoming Students At Public Institutions Of Higher Learning About Meningococcal Disease A And B And Hepatitis B Contraction Risks, So As To Provide Every Student Who Attends A Public Institution Of Higher Learning In This State Must Be Vaccinated For Those Diseases And Document Compliance With These Requirements Prior To Enrollment And Thereafter As Needed To Demonstrate Ongoing Compliance, To Impose Related Requirements On Public Institutions Of Higher Learning, To Provide Exceptions When Medically Necessary, And To Define Necessary Terminology.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 58-36-20, Relating To Definitions, So As To Add Definitions For "commencement Date," "large Project," "large Project Facility Location Agreement," "notice," "pre-marking," "private Facility," "project Initiator," And "soft Digging," And To Amend The Definitions Of "excavate," "excavator," And "operator"; By Amending Section 58-36-50, Relating To The Operators Association Notification Center, So As To Clarify Operator Penalty For Failure To Be A Member Of The Association, The Notification Center's Duties, And Other Changes; By Amending Section 58-36-60, Relating To Notices Of Intent To Excavate Or Demolish, So As To Clarify Certain Notice Requirements, Provide Additional Time For Notice For Certain Excavations Or Demolitions, And Other Changes; By Amending Section 58-36-70, Relating To Information Supplied By Operators, So As To Require Notice To Excavators Prior To The Commencement Date, Require Quarterly Reports Of Damages Caused By Excavations Or Demolitions, And To Clarify Payments Of Civil Penalties In Certain Circumstances; By Amending Section 58-36-80, Relating To Emergency Excavations Or Demolitions Exempt From Notice Requirements And Liability For Damages, So As Establish Additional Notification And Response Requirements In The Event Of An Emergency And To Make A False Claim Of An Emergency A Violation Of This Chapter; By Amending Section 58-36-90, Relating To Notices Of Damages, So As To Require Excavators To Immediately Report Any Known Damages To The Notification Center And Facility Operator; By Amending Section 58-36-100, Relating To Design Requests And Operator Responses, So As To Add References To Large Projects; By Amending Section 58-36-110, Relating To Exemptions From Notice Requirements, So As To Strike Current Provisions; By Amending Section 58-36-120, Relating To Penalties And Civil Remedies, So As To Provide For A Complaint Process And To Provide For Penalties; And By Adding Section 58-36-75 So As To Provide A Process For Large Projects. - Ratified Title