Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-7-25 So As To Require The Installation And Use Of Video Cameras In Each Resident Room In Certain Residential Care Facilities, To Provide Legal Guardians Of Such Patients Must Be Allowed To Remotely Monitor Care Of The Patients Using These Cameras, And To Provide Any Recordings Made Using The Cameras Must Be Secured And Available Only To The Resident, His Family Member, Or His Legal Guardian, In Order To Ensure Compliance With The Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act Of 1996.

Express The Intention Of The South Carolina General Assembly To Ensure Legislation Introduced In The One Hundred Twenty-sixth South Carolina General Assembly Clearly Articulates Its True Intent As It Pertains To Matters Of Certain Public Importance, And To Characterize This Intention As The "cradle To Grave Commitment."

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "u.s. Senate Accountability Act" By Adding Chapter 21 To Title 2 So As To Provide For The Manner In Which The Two United States Senators From South Carolina Shall Appear Annually Before A Joint Session Of The General Assembly To Discuss And Review Various Topics And Actions Taken By The United States Senate And By Them.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-110-60, Relating To Scholarships, Student Loans, And Grants Under The South Carolina Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Act, So As To Expand The Availability Of Loans For Nursing Education To Students Who Contractually Agree To Practice Nursing In Certain Critical Needs Geographic Areas, And To Provide Required Terms And Conditions Of Such Contracts.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 20-3-130, Relating To Alimony, So As To Define "supported Spouse."

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-1-355 So As To Provide A Minimum Wage Scale For Public School Support Staff, To Require Publication Of The Minimum Wage Scale By The State Department Of Education, And To Provide Means For Redress; And To Make The Provisions Of This Act Effective July 1, 2026.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-1-456 So As To Provide That An Employee May Be Granted By His Employer A Specified Amount Of Additional Paid Leave Each Year For The Purpose Of Attending Certain Elementary And Secondary School Conferences Or Activities During The Employee's Work Hours Or To Engage In Certain Volunteer Teaching Activities In The Schools, To Provide That The Employers Of These Employees Are Entitled To A Specified State Income Tax Deduction For These Activities, And To Provide The Procedures Necessary To Implement The Provisions Of This Section.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 22-3-545, Relating To Transfer Of Certain Criminal Cases From General Sessions Court, So As To Provide That Criminal Cases In Which The Penalty Does Not Exceed Three Years, Rather Than One Year, May Be Transferred From General Sessions Court.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-61-125 So As To Require That Every Ambulance Operating In The State Be Equipped With Epinephrine Auto-injectors And For Other Purposes.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-26-42 So As To Provide The State Department Of Education Shall Annually Develop And Approve Guidelines For A Professional Development Program In All Teaching Areas, To Provide Requirements For The Program, To Provide All Districts Annually Shall Provide The Program As In-service Training To Teachers Employed By The District At No Cost To The Teachers, To Provide All Teachers Annually Shall Complete The Program, To Provide Annual Completion Of The Program During Each Year Of A Professional Educator Certificate Renewal Cycle Will Satisfy All Renewal Credit Requirements For Educator Professional Certificate Renewal In That Cycle, Among Other Things, And To Provide For The Application Of This Requirement To Certificate Renewal Cycles That Begin After June 30, 2026 And Certificate Renewal Cycles That Began Before June 30, 2026.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 22-1-10, Relating To The Appointment, Term, And Jurisdiction Of Magistrates, So As To Establish Two Classes Of Magistrates, And To Provide For The Appointment, Term, And Qualifications Of Class 2 Magistrates; By Amending Section 22-1-15, Relating To Magistrates Presently Serving, So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Amending Section 22-1-30, Relating To Suspension, Removal, Or Nonreappointment Of Magistrates, So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Amending Section 22-2-5, Relating To Eligibility Examinations For Magistrates, So As To Make Conforming Changes And Subject Class 2 Magistrates To The Requirements Of Chapter 19, Title 2 Of The S.c. Code; By Amending Section 22-3-10, Relating To Concurrent Civil Jurisdiction, So As To Clarify The Jurisdiction Of The Two Classes Of Magistrates, And To Increase The Civil Jurisdiction Of Magistrates; By Amending Section 22-3-540, Relating To Exclusive And Concurrent Jurisdiction In Criminal Cases, So As To Clarify The Jurisdiction Of The Two Classes Of Magistrates; By Amending Section 22-3-800, Relating To Suspension Of Imposition Or Execution Of A Sentence In Certain Cases, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And By Amending Section 22-8-40, Relating To Full-time And Part-time Magistrates' Salaries, So As To Establish The Salary Schedule For Class 2 Magistrates.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "competitive Education Employment Act" By Amending Section 59-18-300, Relating To The Adoption Of Educational Standards In Certain Core Academic Areas, So As To Include Spanish Among These Areas, And To Require The State Board Of Education To Establish Educational Standards For Spanish Before December 1, 2026, To Be Implemented Beginning With The 2026-2027 School Year; By Amending Section 59-18-310, Relating To The Statewide Assessment Program To Promote Student Learning And Measure Student Performance On State Standards, Section 59-18-320, Relating To The Review And Administration Of The Statewide Assessments, Section 59-18-325, Relating To The Summative Assessment System, Section 59-18-350, Relating To The Cyclical Review Of Statewide Standards And Assessments, And Section 59-18-900, Relating To Performance Ratings Of Schools, All So As To Make Conforming Changes.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "budget Transparency Act" By Adding Section 11-11-60, Section 6-1-2020, And Section 30-4-170 So As To Require Certain Public Bodies To Make Available Certain Salary Information With Either The Department Of Administration Or On Its Own Website.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 8-13-100, Relating To Definitions, So As To Amend "public Member" To Include A Person Nominated And Appointed To A Noncompensated Part-time Position On A Board, Commission, Or Council; By Adding Section 8-13-1100 So As To Outline Responsibilities For Disclosing Economic Interests; By Amending Section 8-13-1110, Relating To Statements Of Economic Interests, So As To Address Agency Requirements For Filing Disclosure Forms; By Amending Section 8-13-1170, So As To Provide That A Public Member Who Files The Initial Statement Of Economic Interests Within Ten Days After Notice From The State Ethics Commission Shall Not Be In Violation Of Chapter 13, Title 8; And By Amending Section 8-13-1356, Relating To Filing Deadlines For Economic Interests Statements, So As To Provide When Certain Candidates For Elective Office Must File A Statement Of Economic Interests.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 23-3-540, Relating To Electronic Monitoring Of Persons Convicted Of Certain Sex Offenses And Penalties, So As To Require Active Electronic Monitoring For Persons Convicted Of The Criminal Sexual Conduct With A Minor In The Second Degree With Exceptions.