Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 9-1-1790 And 9-11-90, Relating To The Amount Which May Be Earned Upon Return To Covered Employment Under The South Carolina Retirement System And The Police Officers Retirement System, Respectively, So As To Provide That A Retired Member Does Not Have To Pay Certain Employee Contributions To The System.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 41-8-20, Relating To Requirements For Employment Eligibility Verification Of New Employees By Private Employers, So As To Provide The Approval And Use Of Additional Work Authorization Program Options.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-37-2645, Relating To Assessment Ratio For A Private Passenger Motor Vehicle, So As To Increase The Weight Limit For Pickup Trucks; By Amending Section 56-3-630, Relating To Vehicles Classified As Passenger Motor Vehicles, So As To Increase The Weight Limit For Trucks; And By Amending Section 12-28-1920, Relating To Operation Of Permanent Or Portable Weigh Stations, So As To Make A Conforming Change.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Student Physical Privacy Act" By Adding Article 5 To Chapter 23, Title 59 So As To Provide Various Measures To Promote And Ensure Privacy Among Sexes Using Certain Facilities In Public Schools And Public Institutions Of Higher Learning, To Define Necessary Terms, And To Provide Penalties For Noncompliance, Among Other Things. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-101-35 So As To Create A Mandatory Orientation Training Program For New Members Of The Boards Of Trustees Of The Public Institutions Of Higher Learning In This State, To Provide Specific Requirements For The Program, And To Provide Related Duties Of The President And Board Secretary Of Each Institution.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 40-15-120, Relating To Actions Deemed Unlawful Concerning The Practice Of Dentistry, Practice Of Dental Hygiene, Or Performance Of Dental Technological Work, So As To Provide That Dental Insurance Policy Writers, Among Others, May Not Own Or Otherwise Participate In The Business Operations Of Certain Entities That Engage In The Practice Of Dentistry, Practice Of Dental Hygiene, Or Performance Of Dental Technological Work, And To Provide Penalties For Violations.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-63-33, Relating To Residency Requirements Compliance, So As To Provide Flexibility In Enrollment Requirements For Military Families.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-1-335 So As To Authorize School Districts And Charter Schools To Implement Certain Volunteer School Chaplain Policies; And By Adding Section 59-1-485 So As To Provide For The Display Of The Ten Commandments And Other Historical Documents In Public School And Postsecondary Classrooms.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 5-3-105 So As To Authorize The Governing Body Of A Municipality To Annex An Area By Ordinance If The Area Is Completely Surrounded By The Municipality, And To Provide Exceptions And Procedures.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Community Data Protection And Responsible Surveillance Act" So As To Provide No State Or Local Entity May Participate In Any Surveillance System That Stores Surveillance Data On Third Party Servers Or Use Artificial Intelligence Or Automated Systems To Track Vehicles Under Certain Circumstances, To Provide For Surveillance Data Retention And Storage, And Judicial Oversight, To Provide For The Publishing Of Certain Annual Reports, And To Provide Penalties.

Memorialize The United States Congress To Adopt The Major Richard Star Act To Allow All Medically Retired Service Members To Receive Full Access To Their Retirement Pay And Benefits.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 42-9-10, Relating To Amount Of Compensation For Total Disability Under Workers' Compensation Law, So As To Increase The Minimum Weekly Amount To One Hundred Fifty Dollars, And To Establish A Mechanism For Periodic Inflation-based Increases.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 63-7-710, Relating To Probable Cause Hearings, So As To Require The Department Of Social Services To Begin Facilitating Visitation Between The Parent And The Child Following The Probable Cause Hearing If The Child Is Placed Outside Of The Home At The Probable Cause Hearing, With Exceptions; And By Amending Section 63-7-1680, Relating To Placement Plans, So As To Address The Appropriateness Of Supervised Or Monitored Visitation After A Certain Time.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 40-11-360, Relating To Exemptions From Application Of The Chapter, So As To Include The Installation, Repair, Or Maintenance Of Billboard Structures.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "insurance Rate Reduction And Policyholder Protection Act;" By Amending Section 38-3-110, Relating To Duties Of The Director Of The Department Of Insurance, So As To Expand Those Duties; By Adding Section 38-55-172 So As To Prohibit Residential Builders And Registered Residential Specialty Contractors From Certain Actions Made On Behalf Of Owners Or Possessors Of Residential Real Estate On Insurance Claims In Connection With Roofing System Repairs Or Replacements To Prohibit Residential Builders And Registered Residential Specialty Contractors From Advertising Or Promising To Pay Or Rebate An Insurance Deductible As An Inducement To The Sale Of Goods Or Services, To Provide Penalties For Violations, To Provide The Insurance Fraud Division Of The Department Of Insurance May Investigate Claims Of Fraudulent Activity Relating To The Performance Of Goods Or Services For A Roofing System Pursuant To A Written Contract And Refer Certain Findings To The Department Of Labor, Licensing And Regulation; By Amending Section 38-55-520, Relating To The Purpose Of The Article, So As To Make A Technical Change; By Amending Section 38-55-530, Relating To Definitions, So As To Amend The Definitions Of "authorized Agency" And "false Statement Or Misrepresentations"; By Amending Section 38-55-550, Relating To Civil Penalties, So As To Prescribe Duties Of The Director Of The Department Of Insurance; By Amending Section 38-55-560, Relating To The Insurance Fraud Division, So As To Establish The Insurance Fraud Division In The Department Of Insurance And To Provide The Duties For The Division, The Attorney General, And The State Law Enforcement Division; By Amending Section 38-55-570, Relating To Notification Of False Statements Or Misrepresentations And Ability To Share Information, So As To Require The Insurance Fraud Division To Prosecute Criminal Violations Of Title 38 And Any Other Crimes Related To Insurance, As Well As Division Staff Requirements, And To Provide For Investigative Duties Of The Attorney General And The State Law Enforcement Division; By Amending Section 38-55-590, Relating To Annual Reports By The Director Of The Insurance Fraud Division, So As To Make A Conforming Change; By Amending Section 38-73-1095, Relating To Essential Property Insurance And Rating Plan Factors, So As To Provide Additional Requirements For Any Insurer Required To Submit Rates And Rating Plans To The Department Of Insurance Related To Adjustments To Reduce Premiums And For Owners Of Insurable Property Claiming A Credit Or Discount; By Amending Section 38-75-470, Relating To Membership Of The Advisory Committee For The Director Of Insurance, So As To Provide Mitigation Of Property Losses Due To Wildfire Among The Issues To Be Considered And To Provide For Terms Of Service For Advisory Committee Members; By Amending Section 38-75-480, Relating To The Loss Mitigation Grant Program, So As To Provide For When Grants May Be Given To Local Governments; By Amending Section 38-75-485, Relating To The South Carolina Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program, So As Establish The "sc Safe Home Program" And To Establish Requirements; By Amending Section 38-77-122, Relating To Prohibited Factors For Issuing Automobile Insurance Policies Or Premium Rates, So As To Add Uninsured And Underinsured Motorist Claims; By Amending Section 38-77-123, Relating To Prohibited Factors For Automobile Insurance Policy Renewals Or Cancellations, So As To Add Uninsured And Underinsured Motorist Claims; By Adding Section 38-77-145 So As To Prohibit Noneconomic Damages For Persons Operating A Motor Vehicle While Knowingly Not In Compliance With Automobile Insurance Requirements And To Provide Exceptions; By Amending Section 38-77-280, Relating To Automobile Collision And Comprehensive Insurance, So As To Require Insurers To Offer A Zero Dollar Deductible For Automobile Safety Glass And To Prohibit Insurers From Considering Uninsured Or Underinsured Motorists Claims For Certain Insurance Policy Decisions; By Amending Section 12-6-1620, Related To Catastrophe Savings Accounts, So As To Include Certain Approved Retrofits To Primary Residences For Hurricane Or Wind Damage Resilience, And For The Department Of Revenue To Provide An Annual Report To The General Assembly; By Amending Section 12-6-3660, Relating To Tax Credits For Hurricane Resistant Retrofits To Residences, So As To Increase The Tax Credit Option From One Thousand To Two Thousand Dollars; By Adding Section 12-6-3662 So As To Establish A "disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday" And To Provide For Its Requirements; By Amending Section 12-6-3670, Related To Tax Credits For Excess Paid For Property And Casualty Insurance, So As To Increase The Credit Amount To Three Thousand Dollars; By Amending Section 42-9-440, Relating To Suspected False Statements Or Misrepresentations Required To Be Reported To The Insurance Fraud Division, So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Adding Section 40-11-125 So As To Provide The Department Of Insurance Has The Exclusive Authority To Enforce Any Violations Related To Insurance Or Insurance Fraud Arising From Roofing Systems Contracts Or The Delivery Of Goods Or Services Related To Roofing Systems Involving Licensees Of The South Carolina Contractor's Licensing Board; By Amending Section 40-59-25, Relating To Roofing Contract Cancellations For Insurance Coverage Denials, So As To Remove Certain Provisions Transferred To The Department Of Insurance And To Revise The Provisions; By Adding Section 40-59-27 So As To Provide The Department Of Insurance As The Exclusive Authority To Enforce Any Violations Related To Insurance Or Insurance Fraud Arising From Roofing Systems Contracts Or The Delivery Of Goods Or Services Related To Roofing Systems Involving Licensees And Registrants Of The South Carolina Residential Builders Commission; To Require The Director Of The Department Of Insurance To Submit An Annual Report To The General Assembly Regarding The Impact On Insurance Rates And Require Annual Testimony Before The House Labor, Commerce And Industry Committee And The Senate Banking And Insurance Committee; And To Make Conforming Or Technical Changes.