Prefiled Bills of Statewide Interest for the 2026 Legislative Session

H. 4616 – Would enact the “Guarantee Banking Act” to provide fairness and transparency in banking.

H. 4622 – Would enact the “Equal Parenting Act.”

H. 4624 – Would enact the “South Carolina Clean Air Act” to regulate unlawful discharge of air contaminants. 

H. 4631 – Would enact the “Social Media Public Service Announcement and Youth Mental Health Act” to require social media platforms to display public service announcements regarding the dangers of social media use by children and teens. 

H. 4632 – Would enact the “Cash Berry Childcare Safety and Quality Rating Act” to require the S.C. Department of Social Services to develop and implement a childcare safety and quality grading system. 

H. 4636/H. 4641 – Would add kratom to the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances.   

H. 4637 – Would prohibit the manufacture, distribution, possession, mailing, transporting, delivery and prescribing of abortion-inducing drugs in South Carolina, with exceptions.  

H. 4638 – Would prohibit the sale or purchase of human embryos created by in vitro fertilization.  

H. 4639 – Would enact the “Reproductive Empowerment and Support through Optimal Restoration (RESTORE) Act.” 

H. 4643 – Would enact the “South Carolina SNAP Nutrition Integrity Act.” 

H. 4648 – Would change the description of what constitutes a regulated kratom product. 

H. 4661 – Would prohibit people from entering critical infrastructure facilities without authorizations and from threatening individuals with the intent to obstruct the operation of an electric utility system. 

H. 4666 – Would enact the “Digital Choice Act” to regulate social media companies in South Carolina. 

H. 4673 – Would make it unlawful to disseminate personally identifying information about an individual with the intent to intimidate, abuse, threaten, harass or frighten.  

H. 4707 – Would create residency requirements for members of the Senate and House of Representatives as well as other statewide offices. 

H. 4711/H. 4805/S. 714 – Would increase the number of circuit court judges in certain circuits. 

H. 4714 – Would permit additional evidence in cases involving battered spouse syndrome. 

H. 4715/S.713 – Would create a cause of action for wrongful death of an unborn child at any stage of development. 

H. 4719 – Would make premeditated murder an aggravating circumstance for which the death penalty may be sought. 

H. 4755 – Would transfer the staffing and appointment process of the JMSC to the governor and prohibit members of the General Assembly from serving on the commission. 

H. 4757 – Would enact the “Parental Rights Act” to affirm fundamental rights of parents. 

H. 4769 – Would allow the S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles to issue special license plates to submarine veterans. 

H. 4812 – Would add a qualified retirement plan for an officer of the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the definition of “retirement income.”  

S. 696 – Would transfer the staffing and appointment process of the JMSC to the governor and amend the process for selecting judges. 

S. 710 – Would require a person responsible for the welfare of a child younger than 16 to provide prior consent to a medical professional for the prescription of medication to the child. 

S. 712 – Would prohibit a solicitor from representing a client for a fee or appearing in court in the district from which he was elected for two years after leaving the office. 

S. 726 – Would require that more than two grains of fentanyl or fentanyl-related substances must be found for a motor vehicle to be subject to civil forfeiture.  

S. 741 – Would provide that no vaccine can be mandated for children younger than 24 months. 

S. 742 – Would exempt baby formula, baby food and baby clothes from sales tax. 

S.749  – A joint resolution to create the “Prescription Medicine Study Committee” to examine and recommend innovative methods to reduce costs for prescription medicines considered critical to South Carolinians.