Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Article 2 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Require National Instant Criminal Background Checks Before Any Sale, Exchange, Or Transfer Of Firearms In This State And To Provide Procedures For The Background Checks; To Require National Instant Criminal Background Checks At Gun Shows And To Provide Procedures For The Background Checks; And To Exempt Records Kept From Disclosure As Public Records Under The Freedom Of Information Act And To Provide A Penalty For Violations Of The Article.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 4-10-330, Relating To Contents Of Ballot Questions And The Use Of Capital Project Sales Tax Proceeds, So As To Add Workforce Housing As A Permissible Type Of Project.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-17-410, Relating To Emergency Admission To A Public Or Private Hospital, Mental Health Clinic, Or Mental Health Facility Of A Person Likely To Cause Serious Harm To Himself Or Others, So As To Extend The Time The Required Certificate Is Valid If Safe Transport Is Unavailable Due To A Natural Disaster Or Some Other Life-threatening Condition; And By Amending Section 44-17-440, Relating To The Custody And Transport Of A Person Requiring Immediate Care, So As To Extend The Time The Required Certificate Is Valid If Safe Transport Is Unavailable Due To A Natural Disaster Or Some Other Life-threatening Condition, To Provide For The Circumstances Under Which A Friend Or Relative May Transport A Mentally Ill Patient, And To Provide For Civil Immunity Under Certain Circumstances.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 9-1-1085 And 9-11-225, Both Relating To Employer And Employee Contribution Rates Under The South Carolina Retirement System And The Police Officers Retirement System, Respectively, So As To Provide That Employers, Up To Certain Limits, May Elect To Pay All Or A Portion Of Required Employee Contributions During A Fiscal Year; By Amending Sections 9-1-10 And 9-11-10, Both Relating To The South Carolina Retirement System Definitions And To The Police Officers Retirement System Definitions, Respectively, So As To Provide What Is Not Earnable Compensation And To Provide That Certain Contributions Paid By Employers Are Accumulated Contributions Or Aggregate Contributions; By Amending Section 9-11-260, Relating To Deposit Of Assets In The System, So As To Provide For Certain Amounts Paid By Employers In Lieu Of Employee Contributions; And By Amending Sections 9-1-1020, 9-1-1160, And 9-11-210, All Relating To Contributions Of Members, So As To Provide That Employers May Pick Up Certain Contributions In The Amount Designated As Employee Contributions In Certain Circumstances.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "free To Speak Act"; By Adding Section 59-1-505 So As To Prohibit Public School Employees From Knowingly And Intentionally Addressing An Unemancipated Minor Who Is A Student At The School Where The Employee Is Employed By A Pronoun Or Title That Is Inconsistent With The Student's Sex Without The Written Permission Of A Student's Parent Or Guardian, And To Protect Public School Employees From Adverse Employment Action For Declining To Address A Student Using A Pronoun That Is Inconsistent With The Student's Sex, For Declining To Identify His Pronouns, And For Other Reasons, And To Require The Governing Body Of Each School District To Adopt Policies Consistent With This Code Section; And By Adding Section 59-101-680 So As To Prohibit Public Institutions Of Higher Learning Employees From Knowingly And Intentionally Addressing An Unemancipated Minor Who Is A Student At The School Where The Employee Is Employed By A Pronoun Or Title That Is Inconsistent With The Student's Sex, And To Protect Employees Of Institutions Of Higher Learning From Adverse Employment Action For Declining To Address A Student Using A Pronoun That Is Inconsistent With The Student's Sex, For Declining To Identify His Pronouns, And For Other Reasons, And To Require The Governing Body Of Each Public Institution Of Higher Learning To Adopt Policies Consistent With This Code Section.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-37-220, Relating To The General Exemption From Property Taxes, So As To Provide A Property Tax Exemption Of Fifty Percent Of The Fair Market Value Of Watercraft.

Provide That A Local School District Board Of Trustees May Waive The Requirement That Public Schools Make Up Full Days Missed Due To Inclement Weather For Up To An Additional Seven Days Provided That The Full Days Of Missed School Were Associated With Hurricane Helene.

Provide That The Governing Body Of A School District May Waive The Statutory Requirement That Public Schools Make Up Full Days Missed Due To Inclement Weather For Public Schools In The Districts Closed Due To Inclement Weather Associated With Hurricane Helene During The 2024-2025 School Year, And To Extend Such Waivers To Home School Programs.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 63-11-400, 63-11-410, And 63-11-420, All Relating To The South Carolina Children's Advocacy Medical Response System Act, So As To Rename The Act The "south Carolina Child Abuse And Neglect Network" And To Make Conforming Changes. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 41-35-40, Relating To The Weekly Unemployment Benefit Amount, So As To Set The Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount At Three Hundred Fifty Dollars And To Remove The Requirement That The Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount Be Published On The Department Of Employment And Workforce Website.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "state Employment Skills-based Hiring Act"; By Adding Section 8-11-188 So As To Require The Office Of Human Resources To Conduct Periodic Reviews Of The Educational, Experiential, And Training Requirements For All Executive Branch Jobs With A Special Emphasis On Whether A Four-year College Degree Is Necessary; To Provide That The Office Of Human Resources Shall Reduce The Requirements In Certain Circumstances; And To Provide That The Office Of Human Resources Shall Report Its Actions Pursuant To This Act; And To Provide That The First Periodic Review Shall Commence Within Ninety Days Of The Effective Date Of This Act.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 42-15-90, Relating To Fees Of Attorneys And Physicians And Hospital Charges Approved By The Commission, So As To Allow The Workers' Compensation Commission To Establish Medical Fee Schedules And Related Systems, And Provide That The Workers' Compensation Commission Shall Review The Fee Schedules On An Annual Basis And When Appropriate To Include Factors Such As The Medical Consumer Price Index And The Fee Schedules Of Other States In The Region.

Provide For The Continuing Authority To Pay The Expenses Of State Government If The 2025-2026 Fiscal Year Begins Without A General Appropriations Act For Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Having Been Enacted, And To Provide Exceptions. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 1-11-10, Relating To The Department Of Administration, So As To Move The Procurement Services Division To The Department; By Amending Section 1-11-20, Relating To The Transfer Of Offices, Divisions, And Other Agencies From The State Budget And Control Board To Appropriate Entities, So As To Remove The Procurement Services Division From The State Fiscal Affairs Authority; And By Amending Section 11-35-310, Relating To The South Carolina Procurement Code, So As To Make Conforming Changes.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 15-39-410, Relating To Property That May Be Ordered To Be Applied Toward The Satisfaction Of A Judgment, So As To Provide That, Instead Of A Complete Exemption Of The Earnings Of A Judgment Debtor For His Personal Services, Only Seventy-five Percent Of The Earnings Of The Debtor For His Personal Services Cannot Be Applied, And That The Earnings Of The Judgment Debtor For His Personal Services To Be Withheld May Not Exceed The Limits Set Forth By The Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act.