Senate Bills - March 17, 2023

S. 620 (Sen. Davis) – Amends Section 12-51-50, relating to sales of property by a county resulting from delinquent taxes, to allow an electronic sale and to provide for the procedures of an electronic sale.

S. 621 (Sens. Reichenbach, Stephens, Cromer, Kimbrell, M. Johnson, Fanning and Setzler) – Adds Chapter 79 to Title 39 to create the "South Carolina-Ireland Trade Commission," to provide for the members of the Trade Commission, and to establish the duties of the Commission.

S. 622 (Sens. Bennett, Hembree, Massey, Adams, Kimbrell, M. Johnson, Turner and Davis) – Adds Section 9-1-5 to close the South Carolina Retirement System.

S. 623 (Sen. Verdin) – Amends Section 44-63-100, relating to the process through which a person may make changes to his birth certificate, to provide that gender changes to a person's birth certificate may only be to change from male to female or from female to male.

S. 624 (Sen. Verdin) – Adds Section 16 to provide that a person's biological sex at birth constitutes that person's gender for the purposes of the State Constitution and laws.

S. 627 (Sens. Verdin, Cash, Martin, Climer, Bennett, Campsen, Hembree, Peeler, Loftis, Goldfinch, Cromer, Grooms, Kimbrell, Adams, Young, Gambrell, Gustafson, Talley, Rice, Shealy, Turner, Alexander, Garrett, Corbin, Reichenbach and Massey) – Adds Section 40-47-300 to define gender, sex, and other terms.

S. 635 (Sen. Bennett) – Amends Sections 56-3-253, 56-3-376, 56-3-377, and 56-3-385, relating to the establishment of biennial vehicle registration periods, to establish annual vehicle registration periods.

S. 638 (Sen. Bennett) – Adds Section 23-31-1100 relating to firearms, to require SLED to establish the South Carolina Voluntary Do-Not-Sell Firearms list to provide a list of names to firearms dealers' background check system of those individuals who voluntarily waive their right to purchase a firearm.

S. 639 (Sen. Climer) – Amends Section 7-7-530, relating to designation of voting precincts in York County, to redesignate the map number on which these precincts may be found on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.

S. 645 (Sens. Grooms, Goldfinch, McElveen, Young, Fanning, Adams, Alexander, Bennett, Campsen, Cash, Climer, Corbin, Davis, Gambrell, Garrett, Gustafson, Harpootlian, Hembree, Hutto, K. Johnson, M. Johnson, Kimbrell, Loftis, Malloy, Martin, Massey, McLeod, Peeler, Rankin, Reichenbach, Rice, Sabb, Senn, Stephens, Talley, Turner and Verdin) – Finds that Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom has willfully neglected his duties in office and invokes Article XV, Section 3 of the South Carolina Constitution to remove Comptroller General Eckstrom from office.