Friday Reports

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 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...

With the General Assembly set to adjourn sine die next Thursday, both chambers held what will likely be the last set of subcommittee and committee meetings of the 2024 session. The Senate also debated...

The House and Senate met in perfunctory session this week, meaning there were no bills debated in either chamber. However, several subcommittees and committees met despite impacts from Winter Storm...

The House spent time on the floor moving through their calendar in preparation for debate on the budget bill on the House floor in a couple weeks. The Senate continued work in subcommittees and...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...