South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 21)
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3302
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "stop Surprise Bills Act" By Adding Section 38-71-292 So As To Prohibit Insurers And Healthcare Providers From Engaging In Surprise Billing; And By Adding Section 39-5-45 So As To Make It An Unfair Trade Practice For An Insurer Or Healthcare Provider To Engage In The Practice Of Surprise Billing.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3303
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 7, Title 58 So As To Establish Provisions Relating To Petroleum Pipelines, To Provide For Applications, Permitting, And Hearings, To Set Requirements For Rendering Final Orders, To Provide For Rehearings, To Promulgate Regulations, To Allow The Office Of Regulatory Staff To Require Records Production, To Provide For Discovery, To Employ Expert Witnesses, To Provide That A Petroleum Pipeline Company May Request Reasonable Access To Property On A Proposed Site For Survey Purposes, To Provide Reporting Requirements For A Spill Or An Accidental Release, To Provide For Eminent Domain And Hearings Before The Administrative Law Court, And To Define Necessary Terms; And To Designate Sections 58-7-10 Through 58-7-70 As Article 1, Entitled "special Provisions Affecting Gas, Water, Or Petroleum Pipeline Companies."
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3304
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 36-1-201, Relating To Commercial Code General Definitions, So As To Add The Definition Of "central Bank Digital Currency" And To Amend The Definition Of "money" To Exclude Central Bank Digital Currency; By Amending Section 26-6-160, Relating To Control Of Transferable Records Pursuant To The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, So As To Make A Technical Change; By Amending Section 34-3-210, Relating To The General Powers Of A Banking Corporation, So As To Prohibit A Banking Corporation From Offering Any Service Or Approving Of Or Conducting Any Transaction That Involves Central Bank Digital Currency; And To Require The State Board Of Financial Institutions To Promulgate Regulations To Prohibit Entities Within Its Jurisdiction From Offering Or Providing Any Service Or Conducting Any Transaction That Would Utilize Central Bank Digital Currency.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3305
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Engrossed
3/26/25
Refer
3/26/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 7 To Chapter 3, Title 15 So As To Establish The "south Carolina Public Expression Protection Act," Regarding A Cause Of Action Asserted In A Civil Action Based Upon A Person's Communication In Certain Circumstances, And To Establish Requirements For These Proceedings.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3306
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 14-8-10, Relating To The Court Of Appeals, So As To Increase The Number Of Judges From Nine To Fifteen; By Amending Section 14-8-20, Relating To The Terms Of Office For Judges On The Court Of Appeals, So As To Establish Staggered Terms; By Amending Section 14-8-80, Relating To The Court Sitting In Panels Or As A Whole, And The Assignment Of Members To Panels By The Chief Judge, And The Distribution Of Cases Between The Panels, So As To Provide That The Chief Judge Establish Two Panels To Preside Over Criminal Matters, Two Panels To Preside Over Civil Matters, And A Fifth Panel To Maintain Approximately Equal Caseloads Between The Panels; And By Amending Section 14-8-90, Relating To When The Court May Sit En Banc, So As To Increase The Number Of Judges For A Petition Or Motion For The Court To Sit En Banc From Six To Ten, And To Provide That Ten Justices Constitute A Quorum.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3307
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 58-12-15 So As To Require A Cable Service Provider To Issue Refunds To Customers Due To An Interruption In Service.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3308
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "defend The Guard Act" By Adding Section 25-1-1930 So As To Provide That The South Carolina National Guard May Not Be Released From The State Into Active-duty Combat Unless The United States Congress Has Taken Certain Actions.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3309
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Engrossed
2/13/25
Refer
2/18/25
Refer
2/18/25
Enrolled
5/7/25
Passed
5/12/25
Chaptered
5/19/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "south Carolina Energy Security Act" By Amending Section 58-3-140, Relating To The Public Service Commission's Powers To Regulate Public Utilities, So As To Establish A Schedule For Certain Testimony And Discovery In Contested Proceedings, To Permit Electrical Utility Customers To Address The Commission As Public Witnesses, And To Establish Requirements For An Independent Third-party Consultant Hired By The Commission; By Amending Section 58-3-250, Relating To Service Of Orders And Decisions On Parties, So As To Make A Technical Change; By Amending Section 58-4-10, Relating To The Office Of Regulatory Staff And Its Representation Of Public Interest Before The Commission, So As To Establish Its Considerations For Public Interest; By Adding Section 58-4-150 So As To Require The Office Of Regulatory Staff To Prepare A Comprehensive State Energy Assessment And Action Plan And To Establish Requirements For This Plan; By Adding Section 58-33-195 So As To Encourage Dominion Energy, The Public Service Authority, Duke Energy Carolinas, And Duke Energy Progress To Evaluate Certain Electrical Generation Facilities And Provide For Considerations Related To These Facilities; By Adding Section 58-31-205 So As To Permit The Public Service Authority To Jointly Own One Or More Natural Gas-fired Generation Facilities And Related Transmission Facilities With Dominion Energy South Carolina In Colleton County, And To Provide Requirements For Joint Ownership; By Adding Section 6-29-1220 So As To Establish Requirements For Solar Energy System Plans If A County Does Not Have Related Rural Zoning Or Ordinances For The Development And Operation Of Solar Energy Systems Requiring More Than Thirteen Acres Of Land; By Amending Article 9 Of Chapter 7, Title 13, Relating To The Governor's Nuclear Advisory Council, So As To Establish The Council In The Sc Nexus For Advanced Resilient Energy At The Department Of Commerce, To Provide For Its Duties And Membership, And To Provide For The Council's Director; By Adding Article 24 To Chapter 27, Title 58 So As To Allow Electric Utilities To Request The Public Service Commission Adjust Their Rates Annually, Adjust Utility Rates, Establish The Baseline Rate Order And Requirements For Adjustments In Rates, To Provide Protections For Customers, And To Authorize Additional Positions For The Office Of Regulatory Staff; By Adding Section 58-33-196 So As To Encourage Consideration Of Deployment Of Fusion Energy And Advanced Nuclear Facilities And To Provide Related Requirements; By Adding Section 58-37-70 So As To Permit The Evaluation Of Small Modular Nuclear Facilities In This State And To Establish Requirements; By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 37, Title 58 So As To Provide For State Agency Review Of Energy Infrastructure Project Applications, To Establish Requirements, To Provide A Sunset Provision, And To Designate All Sections Currently In Chapter 37 As Article 1, Entitled "planning For Energy Supply"; By Amending Section 58-40-10, Relating To The Definition Of "customer-generator," So As To Establish Characteristics For A "customer-generator"; By Amending Section 58-41-30, Relating To Voluntary Renewable Energy Programs, So As To Provide Additional Requirements And Considerations For These Programs; By Amending Section 58-41-10, Relating To Definitions, So As To Add The Definition Of "energy Storage Facilities"; By Amending Section 58-41-20, Relating To The Review Of And Approval Proceedings For Electrical Utilities' Avoided Cost Methodologies, Standard Offers, Form Contracts, And Commitment To Sell Forms, So As To Reiterate The Section; By Adding Chapter 42 To Title 58 So As To Establish Competitive Procurement Program Standards For Renewable Energy And Energy Storage, And To Require The Public Service Commission To Open A Docket To Establish A Competitive Procurement Program For Energy Storage Facilities; By Amending Section 58-33-20, Relating To Definitions, So As To Add The Definition "like Facility" And Amend The Definition Of "major Utility Facility," So As To Reiterate The Definition; By Amending Article 3 Of Chapter 33, Title 58, Relating To Certification Of Major Utility Facilities, So As To Provide For A Like Facility, To Establish Requirements And Considerations For Proposed Facilities, To Provide What Actions May Be Taken Without Permission From The Commission, And To Make Technical Changes; By Amending Section 58-37-40, Relating To Integrated Resource Plans, So As To Add Consideration Of A Utility's Transmission Report, To Establish Procedural Requirements And Evaluation By The Commission, And Require Parties To Bear Their Own Costs; By Amending Section 58-3-260, Relating To Communications Between The Commission And Parties, So As To Modify Requirements For Allowable Ex Parte Communications And Briefings, And To Permit Commission Tours Of Utility Plants Or Other Facilities Under Certain Circumstances; By Amending Section 58-3-270, Relating To Ex Parte Communication Complaint Proceedings At The Administrative Law Court, So As To Permit An Order Tolling Any Deadlines On A Proceeding Subject To A Complaint If True To The Extent The Proceeding Was Prejudiced So That The Commission Could Not Consider The Matter Impartially; By Amending Section 58-33-310, Relating To An Appeal From A Final Order Or Decision Of The Commission Issued Pursuant To Chapter 33, Title 58, So As To Establish A Timeline For A Petition For Rehearing Or Reconsideration, And To Require A Final Order Be Immediately Appealable To The South Carolina Supreme Court; By Amending Section 58-33-320, Relating To Judicial Jurisdiction, So As To Reiterate The Section; By Adding Section 58-4-160 So As To Require The Office Of Regulatory Staff To Conduct A Study To Evaluate Various Third-party Administrator Models For Energy Efficiency And Demand-side Management Programs; By Amending Section 58-37-10, Relating To Definitions, So As To Add A Reference To "demand-side Management Program" And Provide Definitions For "cost-effective" And "demand-side Management Pilot Program"; By Amending Section 58-37-20, Relating To Commission Procedures Encouraging Energy Efficiency Programs, So As To Expand Commission Considerations For Cost-effective, Demand-side Management And Energy Efficiency Programs, Require Each Investor-owned Electrical Utility To Submit An Annual Report To The Commission Regarding Its Demand-side Management Programs, And To Require The Commission To Review These Portfolios On At Least A Triennial Basis; By Amending Section 58-37-30, Relating To Reports On Demand-side Activities, So As To Make Technical And Conforming Changes; By Adding Section 58-37-35 So As To Permit Programs And Customer Incentives To Encourage Or Promote Demand-side Management Programs For Customer-sited Distributed Energy Resources, And To Provide Considerations For These Programs; By Amending Section 58-37-50, Relating To Agreements For Energy Efficiency And Conservation Measures, So As To Establish Certain Terms And Rate Recovery For Agreements For Financing And Installing Energy Efficiency And Conservation Measures, And For Application To A Residence Occupied Before The Measures Are Taken; By Amending Section 58-3-70, Relating To Compensation Of Public Service Commission Members, So As To Establish Salaries In Amounts Equal To Ninety Percent Of Supreme Court Associate Justices; By Adding Section 58-41-50 So As To Provide Requirements And Consideration For Co-located Resources Between An Electrical Utility And Its Customer Under Certain Circumstances; To Encourage Development Of A Diverse Mix Of Long-lead, Clean Generation Resources, And To Permit The Public Service Commission To Find Certain Actions In The Public Interest To Permit An Electrical Utility To Capture Available Incentives For Ratepayers; To Permit Deferral Of Certain Reasonable And Prudent Costs For Consideration By The Public Service Commission; By Amending Section 58-40-10, Relating To Definitions, So As To Amend The Definition Of "renewable Energy Resource"; By Adding Chapter 43 To Title 58, So As To Establish Considerations For Electricity Rate And Conditions For Certain Economic Development Projects; By Adding Section 58-37-135 So As To Transfer A Pending Appeal Regarding Energy Infrastructure Permits To The South Carolina Supreme Court; By Amending Section 58-3-530, Relating To The Public Utilities Review Committee's Duties, So As To Require An Annual Review Of The Division Of Consumer Advocacy Related To Its Representation Of Consumers In Utility Matters; By Adding Section 58-3-65 So As To Establish The Public Service Commission's Chief Clerk's Salary Be Based On Recommendations By The Agency Head Salary Commission; By Adding Section 58-33-200 So As To Require The Office Of Regulatory Staff To Retain An Independent Construction Analyst For Any Construction Project Budget Of At Least Five Hundred Million Dollars; To Require A Report By The Office Of Regulatory Staff Regarding The Implementation Of Article 24, Chapter 27, Title 58; To Require Dominion Energy To Evaluate Converting The Wateree Generation Station To Biomass-fired Generation, And To Provide A Report To The General Assembly And The Public Service Commission; And By Amending Section 58-4-50, Relating To Office Of Regulatory Staff Duties, So As To Include Consideration Of Public Service Commission Requirements For Settlement Negotiations. - Ratified Title
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3310
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-5-115 So As To Provide That A Person Is Not Allowed To Vote In A Partisan Primary Election Or Partisan Advisory Referendum Unless The Person Has Registered As Being A Member Of That Party; By Amending Section 7-5-110, Relating To Registration In Order To Vote, So As To Provide That A Person Is Not Allowed To Vote In A Partisan Primary Election Or Partisan Advisory Referendum Unless The Person Has Registered As Being A Member Of That Political Party; By Amending Section 7-5-170, Relating To The Requirements For Voter Registration, So As To Provide The Requirement Of Stating Political Party Affiliation, If Any, On The Form And Including It In The Oath, And To Require The State Election Commission To Assist In Capturing This Data; And By Amending Section 7-9-20, Relating To Qualifications For Voting In Primary Elections, So As To Include, As A Requirement, Registering As A Member Of The Party And To Provide A Procedure For Changing Political Party Affiliation Or Nonaffiliation After A Selection Has Been Made.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3311
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-13-1625 So As To Provide That Any Voting System Purchased For Use In South Carolina Must Utilize Hand-marked Paper Ballots That Are Counted By Hand.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3312
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-10-225, Relating To The Maintenance Of Proof Of Insurance In A Vehicle, So As To Clarify That A Motor Vehicle May Not Be Confiscated Based On A Violation Of This Section.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3313
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 56-3-2210 And 56-3-2230, Both Relating To Classification Of Certain Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles As Antique, So As To Clarify That Antique Motor Vehicles May Be Used At Night For Purposes Identified In These Sections If Equipped With Working Headlights And Rear Lights.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3314
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 1-1-668 So As To Designate The Restoration, Exhibition, Showing, And Enjoyment Of Classic And Antique Motor Vehicles As The Official Family-friendly Pastime Of The State.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3315
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 22-5-190, Relating To Warrants Issued In Other Counties Or By Municipal Authorities, So As To Authorize Correctional Officers To Serve Warrants Issued By Municipal Jurisdictions Within The Same County On A Person Incarcerated In That County's Jail Or Detention Center Without The Necessity Of A Magistrate Endorsing The Warrant.
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South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
South Carolina House Bill H3316
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.