Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-6-1120, Relating To Modifications To Gross Income For Individual Income Tax Purposes, So As To Exclude Overtime Pay And Certain Bonus Pay From Gross Income.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 63-3-635 So As To Authorize Discovery As A Matter Of Right In Certain Family Court Cases.

Place A Moratorium On The Enforcement Of Architectural Review Ordinances For Commercial Properties Until July 1, 2028.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 15-38-15, Relating To Joint And Several Liability And The Apportionment Of Percentages Of Fault And Alcoholic Beverage Or Drug Exceptions, Among Other Things, So As To Further Modify Provisions Relating To Joint And Several Liability, To Remove The Exception To The Provisions Of The Section Applying To The Use, Sale, Or Possession Of Alcohol, To Provide Procedures For The Inclusion Of Additional Tortfeasors In A Cause Of Action And For The Trier Of Fact To Allocate Fault To Additional Tortfeasors, And To Provide Circumstances Under Which Additional Nondefendant Tortfeasors Shall Be Added To A Verdict Form And Circumstances Under Which They Shall Not Be Added; By Amending Section 61-6-2220, Relating To Alcohol Sales, So As To Prohibit A Person From Knowingly Selling Alcohol To An Intoxicated Person; By Adding Chapter 3 To Title 61 So As To Establish An Alcohol Server Training Requirement; By Amending Section 61-2-60, Relating To Regulations Of The Department Of Revenue, So As To Authorize Regulations For The Alcohol Server Training Requirements; By Amending Section 61-4-580, Relating To Prohibited Acts By Holders Of Permits Authorizing The Sale Of Beer Or Wine, So As To Provide Penalties For Violations; By Adding Section 61-4-523 So As To Provide Procedures For The Sale Of Beer And Wine At Collegiate Sporting Events Under Certain Circumstances; By Adding Section 38-73-550 So As To Require The Director Of The Department Of Insurance To Make Certain Reports Regarding Liquor Liability Coverage In This State; By Amending Section 38-90-20, Relating To Licensing, Required Information And Documentation, Fees, And Renewal, So As To Include Liquor Liability Insurance; By Amending Section 61-2-145, Relating To The Requirement Of Liability Insurance Coverage, So As To Provide For Liquor Liability Risk Mitigation; And By Adding Section 61-2-147 So As To Provide That Tortfeasors Charged With Certain Driving Under The Influence Offenses Shall Appear On The Jury Verdict Form Upon Motion Of The Defendant Under Certain Circumstances, And To Provide If A Verdict Is Rendered Against Both A Licensee And A Defendant Charged With Certain Driving Under The Influence Offenses That The Licensee Is Jointly And Severally Liable For Fifty Percent Of The Plaintiff's Actual Damages. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-37-250, Relating To The Homestead Exemption For The Elderly And Disabled, So As To Require That A Person Be A Resident Of The State For At Least Five Years, Instead Of One Year, To Obtain The Exemption.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-53-520, Relating To Controlled Substances And Forfeiture Procedures For Property Seized Accordingly, So As To Provide For The Expedited Return Of Certain Property And Monies Seized When Forfeiture Proceedings Have Not Been Instituted And Charges Have Not Been Filed Within Thirty Days Of Seizure, To Provide That The Lawful Owner May Not Be Required To Prove That The Property Or Monies Seized Were Legally Acquired, To Prohibit The Seizing Authority From Requiring A Lawful Owner Of Property Or Monies To Sign A Release Absolving The Seizing Authority From Civil Liability Relating To An Unlawful Seizure Before Property Or Monies Are Returned, And To Provide That Criminal Charges May Be Brought At A Later Date If Evidence Warrants; By Amending Section 44-53-530, Relating To Controlled Substances And Forfeiture Procedures For Property Seized Accordingly, So As To Allow Forfeiture Proceedings To Be Held In Magistrates Court If The Value Of The Property Seized Does Not Exceed Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, Change The Method Of Allocating Various Assets Obtained Through Drug Forfeitures So That After The First One Thousand Dollars Retained By The Appropriate Law Enforcement Agency, The Remaining Assets Must Be Forwarded To The Prosecuting Agency, And Make Technical Changes Reflecting The New Distribution Of These Assets; And By Amending Section 44-53-586, Relating To The Return Of Seized Items Under Drug Forfeiture Laws To Innocent Owners, So As To Allow Proceedings To Be Held In Magistrates Court If The Value Of The Property Seized Does Not Exceed Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 9-1-1790 And 9-11-90, Relating To Retirement Benefits After Returning To Covered Employment Under The South Carolina Retirement System And The Police Officers Retirement System, Respectively, So As To Remove The Ten Thousand Dollar Earnings Limitation On Employees Returning To Employment Who Retired Before January 2, 2026.

An Amendment To Repeal Section 4, Article Xi Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, 1895, Relating To The Prohibition Against The State Or Its Political Subdivisions Providing Direct Aid To Religious Or Other Private Educational Institutions.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 63-15-245 So As To Provide For Additional Parenting Time For A Parent Who Has Been Denied Court-ordered Parenting Time For Certain Reasons.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 41-43-40, 41-43-70, And 41-43-280, All Relating To The South Carolina Jobs-economic Development Authority, So As To Revise Obsolete Language And References; By Amending Section 2-7-65, Relating To Requirements That State Agencies Justify Their Annual Budget Appporiations Requests, So As To Revise Obsolete Language; And By Repealing Section 41-43-170 Relating To The Creating And Purposes Of The Guaranty Fund By The Authority, Section 41-43-180 Relating To Determination Of Economically Distressed Areas, And Section 41-43-200 Relating To Collection And Dissemination Of Information And Data.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-1-485 So As To Establish A Statewide Workforce Readiness Goal; By Adding Section 59-29-245 So As To Provide Remediation In Courses In Literacy And Mathematics To High School Seniors Seeking Post-secondary Studies But Lacking Requisite Academic Preparation, To Provide This Coursework May Be Used To Meet High School Graduation Requirements, And To Provide Related Implementation Requirements Of The State Department Of Education, State Board Of Education, And The State Technical College System; By Adding Section 59-39-105 So As To Provide High School Seniors Shall Complete And Submit A Free Application For Federal Student Aid Before Graduating From High School, To Provide Exemptions, To Provide Related Requirements For The Implementation Of These Provisions, And To Make These Provisions Applicable Beginning With The 2026-2027 School Year; By Amending Section 59-26-35, Relating To Educator Preparation Program Evaluations And The South Carolina Educator Preparation Report Card, So As To Transfer Primary Responsibility For Conducting These Evaluations And Producing This Report Card To The State Department Of Education, Among Other Things; And By Adding Section 41-1-140 So As To Provide The Department Of Employment And Workforce Shall Maintain And Provide Free Online Access To Information Regarding The Economic Value Of College Majors, Among Other Things.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 2-19-5, Relating To South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission Creation, Appointment, And Terms, So As To Require Attorney-legislators Who Serve On The Commission To Recuse Themselves From The Vote And Screening Process Of Judges Or Justices They Appear Before Or Have Appeared Before In The Preceding Five-year Period; And By Amending Section 2-19-90, Relating To Election Of Judges And Justices By The General Assembly In Joint Session, So As To Require Attorney-legislators Who Serve On The Commission To Recuse Themselves From The Vote And Screening Process Of Judges Or Justices They Appear Before Or Have Appeared Before In The Preceding Five-year Period.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-3-605 So As To Create An Enhanced Penalty For Assault And Battery Convictions Against An Educational Professional Or Law Enforcement Officer During The Performance Of Their Official Duties.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Repealing Section 44-53-398 Relating To The Sale Of Nonprescription Products Containing Ephedrine Or Pseudoephedrine; And By Repealing Article 14 Of Chapter 3, Title 23 Relating To The Sled Electronic Monitoring System To Monitor The Sale Of Such Nonprescription Products.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-20-50, Relating To Public School Teacher Salary Schedules, So As To Provide Each School District Shall Pay Each Certified Special Education Teacher Who Is Teaching Special Education Courses Full-time In The District An Annual Salary Of At Least Fifty-two Thousand Dollars Beginning With The 2026-2027 School Year.