South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3030
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Direct County And Municipal Law Enforcement Agencies To Participate In At Least One Of The U.s. Immigration And Customs Enforcement's Section 287(g) Programs And To Require County And Municipal Law Enforcement Agencies, Upon Learning Of Illegal Operations, To Bring Undocumented Individuals To This State To Cooperate Fully With The U.s. Attorney's Office To Commence Rico-based Seizures To Seize All Assets Used In The Efforts To Import Undocumented Individuals To This State.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3031
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-11-420, Relating To Intent And Findings Of The General Assembly Relating To The Article Commonly Referred To As Stand Your Ground, So As To Include Places Of Worship; By Amending Section 16-11-430, Relating To Definitions For Purposes Of Stand Your Ground Provisions, So As To Define The Term "place Of Worship"; And By Amending Section 16-11-440, Relating To The Presumption Of Reasonable Fear Of Imminent Peril When Using Deadly Force Against Another Unlawfully Entering A Residence, Occupied Vehicle, Or Place Of Business, So As To Include Places Of Worship In The Purview Of The Statute.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3032
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-17-530, Relating To Public Disorderly Conduct, So As To Restructure The Offense To Include Disrupting Or Disturbing A Religious Service Or Funeral In The Purview Of The Statute And To Provide Graduated Penalties For A Violation Of A Disorderly Conduct Offense; And By Repealing Sections 16-17-520 And 16-17-525 Relating To Disturbing Religious Services And Funerals, Respectively.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3033
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 2-19-5, Relating To South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission Creation, Appointment, And Terms, So As To Require Attorney-legislators Who Serve On The Commission To Recuse Themselves From The Vote And Screening Process Of Judges Or Justices They Appear Before Or Have Appeared Before In The Preceding Five-year Period; And By Amending Section 2-19-90, Relating To Election Of Judges And Justices By The General Assembly In Joint Session, So As To Require Attorney-legislators Who Serve On The Commission To Recuse Themselves From The Vote And Screening Process Of Judges Or Justices They Appear Before Or Have Appeared Before In The Preceding Five-year Period.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3034
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "fargo's, Hyco's, Rico's, Coba's, Wick's, And Mikka's Law" By Amending Article 11 Of Chapter 3, Title 47, Relating To Taunting, Tormenting, Injuring, Or Killing Police Dogs Or Horses, So As To Expand The Conduct That Results In A Violation, Increase The Penalties, Require Restitution To The Law Enforcement Department Or Agency, And Make Technical Changes.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3035
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-15-260 So As To Create The Offense Of Unlawful Dissemination Of Sexually Explicit Materials.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3036
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 25, Title 16 So As To Enact The "teen Dating Violence Prevention Act," To Define Necessary Terms, Create The Offense Of Teen Dating Violence, Provide A Penalty, Allow Victims To Seek Orders Of Protection Or Restraining Orders Under Certain Circumstances, And Prohibit A Person Who Violates The Provisions Of The Section From Participating In A Pretrial Intervention Program; To Amend Section 59-32-10, Relating To Definitions For Purposes Of The Comprehensive Health Education Act, So As To Define The Term "teen Dating Violence"; And To Amend Sections 59-32-20, 59-32-30, And 59-32-50, All Relating To The Requirements Of The Comprehensive Health Education Act, All So As To Require The Inclusion Of Teen Dating Violence Education In The Comprehensive Health Education Curriculum And Make Conforming Changes.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3037
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 17-13-20, Relating To Circumstances When Citizens May Arrest, So As To Limit The Circumstances In Which A Citizen May Arrest, Including Taking The Life Of The Person, To Arrest A Person Who Has Entered A Dwelling House Without Express Or Implied Permission.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3038
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 21 To Chapter 3, Title 16 By Enacting The "sexual Assault Survivors' Bill Of Rights Act."
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3039
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "senator Clementa C. Pinckney Hate Crimes Act"; And By Adding Article 22 To Chapter 3, Title 16 So As To Entitle The Article "penalty Enhancements For Certain Crimes," To Provide Additional Penalties For Persons Who Commit Certain Delineated Crimes When The Victim Was Intentionally Selected Based On Certain Factors.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3040
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-23-440, Relating To Discharging Firearms At Or Into Dwellings, Structures, Enclosures, Vehicles, Or Equipment; And Associated Penalties, So As To Expand The Purview Of The Offense To Certain Nonexclusive Places, And To Provide For Life Imprisonment Without Parole When Any Type Of Bodily Injury Is Suffered As A Result Of The Offense.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3041
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-23-50, Relating To Penalties For Violations Of Certain Offenses Involving Weapons, So As To Include Assault Weapons In The Purview Of The Statute, Increase The Penalties For A Violation, And Create A Two-tiered Penalty Scheme; By Amending Section 16-23-210, Relating To Definitions For Purposes Of The Article, So As To Define The Term "assault Weapon"; By Amending Sections 16-23-220, 16-23-230, And 16-23-240, All Relating To The Unlawful Transportation, Storing, Keeping, Or Possessing And Sale, Rental, Or Giving Away Of Machine Guns, Military Firearms, Sawed-off Shotguns Or Rifles, Respectively, So As To Include Assault Weapons In The List Of Weapons Banned By The Provisions Of The Statutes; And By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Provide That It Is Unlawful To Sell Or Give A Firearm To A Person Whose Name Appears On The Terrorist Watch List And To Provide A Penalty For A Person Who Violates This Provision.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3042
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-17-470, Relating To The Crimes Of Eavesdropping, Peeping, And Voyeurism, So As To Incorporate The Realistic But False Images, Recordings, Or Digital Electronic Files Created Or Altered Using Generative Adversarial Network Techniques Or Other Digital Technology, To Increase Penalties For Violations, To Require Law Enforcement Agencies To Destroy Items When No Longer Needed As Evidence, And To Require Notification Of Additional Potential Victims By Law Enforcement Agencies.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3043
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-15-375, Relating To Definitions Applicable To Certain Offenses Against Minors, So As To Define The Term "identifiable Minor"; By Amending Section 16-15-395, Relating To First Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor, Section 16-15-405, Relating To Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor, And Section 16-15-410, Relating To Third Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor, All So As To Incorporate Identifiable Minors Into The Purview Of The Statute To Address Morphed Child Images; And By Amending Section 16-15-342, Relating To Criminal Solicitation Of A Minor, Section 16-15-387, Relating To Employment Of A Person Under Eighteen To Appear In Public In A State Of Sexually Explicit Nudity, Section 44-48-30, Relating To Definitions For Purposes Of The Sexually Violent Predator Act, And Section 23-3-430, Relating To The Sex Offender Registry, All So As To Make Conforming Changes.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3044
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 23-3-435 So As To Provide That A Court May Order Surgical Castration For Offenders Eighteen Years Of Age Or Older Convicted Of Certain Tier Ii And Iii Sex Offenses For Which They Must Register On The Sex Offender Registry When Victims Are Thirteen Years Old Or Younger, And To Provide A Penalty For Failure To Comply With A Court Order.