Friday Reports

The Senate debated and gave second and third readings to the FY 24-25 Appropriations Act ( H. 5100) and Capital Reserve Fund ( H. 5101) this week. The House worked on the floor and in committees...

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...

The Senate Finance Committee adopted its version of the budget bill ( H. 5100) and Capital Reserve Fund ( H. 5101) this week. Although several other committees also met, the Senate was in perfunctory...

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...

Both chambers worked through their respective calendars in advance of the April 11 crossover deadline. Bills that have not crossed over from their originating chamber will require a two-thirds vote...

It was a productive week at the State House. The House debated and passed H. 5164 to revise the Education Scholarship Trust Fund Program enacted in 2023. The Senate finished debate and gave third...

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...

Legislators met in a Joint Assembly this week and elected Hon. John W. Kittredge as the new Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. The Senate spent most of the week debating a Judicial...

After weeks of the judicial elections being held up in the Senate, legislators reached a resolution by placing a judicial reform bill ( S. 1046) in the special order status. Senators began debating...

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 Senate Finance Committee met for the first time in 2024 and took up several bills of interest to counties. When not in committee meetings, members of the Senate spent time on the floor debating H...

The House continued meeting in budget subcommittees to hear from various state agencies and groups on requests for FY 2024-25. The Senate spent time on the floor debating and passing H. 3690, a bill...