Friday Reports

The Senate spent most of the week in chamber working its way through the calendar in preparation of the full Senate debate on the budget bill ( H. 5100) and Capital Reserve Fund ( H. 5101) next week...

In the final week of the General Assembly’s session, both chambers scrambled to clear their calendars to get desired bills across the finish line. The sine die resolution ( S.1192) allows the House...

Gov. Henry McMaster gave his State of the State address Wednesday night, focusing on South Carolina’s achievements in attracting people and businesses over the past year. He also mentioned tax cuts...

Members of the House Ways and Means Committee met Tuesday and Wednesday to debate and pass their version of the 2025-26 state budget ( H. 4025 ). The House continued their work in chamber debating and...

Members of the House worked Monday through the early morning Wednesday to debate and pass their version of the $14 billion FY 2025-26 state budget ( H. 4025 ) and Capital Reserve Fund ( H. 4026 ). The...

The Senate spent the week debating H. 3309 , the comprehensive energy reform bill. Members worked late into the night Wednesday debating over 30 amendments before giving the bill a second reading. The...

Members of the Senate worked throughout the day Tuesday and Wednesday debating and passing their version of the $14 billion FY 2025-26 state budget ( H. 4025 ) and Capital Reserve Fund ( H. 4026 )...

Tuesday marked the beginning of the second year of the 125 th session of the South Carolina General Assembly. Any bills that were introduced last year but did not become law do not need to be filed...

Members of the General Assembly returned to Columbia on Wednesday, pursuant to the sine die resolution ( S. 292 ), to take up the conference report on the FY 2025-26 budget bill, H. 4025 as well as...

The Senate spent most of the week on the floor debating and ultimately passing H. 3594, the “Open Carry Without Training Act.” The House continued meeting in budget subcommittees and also spent time...

The House this week passed the 2024-25 state budget including an increase to the Local Government Fund. A Senate Medical Affairs subcommittee took up S. 763, a bill that would alleviate the financial...

The Senate spent most of this week on the floor working through its calendar in preparation for the Thursday, April 11 crossover deadline. This deadline requires any bill that has not crossed over to...