Friday Reports

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...

Both chambers spent the final week of the 2025 legislative year going through their calendars to advance bills of high priority and bills returned to them with amendments. The House also debated and...

Senators began the week addressing amendments made by the House to S. 62 , the “Education Scholarship Trust Fund Act.” The Senate also set H. 3127 , failure to stop, and H. 3276 , the “South Carolina...

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 )...

The Senate worked through several bills on the floor and took up numerous bills in committees and subcommittees in preparation for their debate of the budget bill ( H. 4025 ) on the floor next week...

The full Senate met in perfunctory session this week while the Senate Finance Committee debated and passed their version of the budget bill, H. 4025 , and the Capital Reserve Fund bill, 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...

The Senate worked until 10 p.m. Wednesday to reach a compromise on the tort reform bill, S. 244 . After the compromise amendment was presented and explained to members, the Senate adopted it and gave...

The Senate spent a large portion of their time this week on the floor debating several amendments to S. 244, the tort reform bill, in a continued effort to reach a compromise. As of Thursday, the bill...

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 in chamber debating their version of the tort reform bill ( S. 244). An amendment introduced Thursday afternoon changed the trajectory of the original legislation and turned...

The House continued their work in chamber debating and passing several bills, including the school voucher bill ( S. 62 ), in preparation to debate the budget bill on the floor in a few weeks. House...