Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 12-6-3830 So As To Provide For An Income Tax Credit For A Grocer That Opens A New Location In A Food Desert; And By Amending Section 12-36-2120, Relating To Exemptions From Sales Tax So As To Provide A Sales Tax Exemption For Certain Purchases Made By A Grocer That Operates A New Store Located In A Food Desert.

An Amendment To Section 7, Article Vi Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, 1895, Relating To The Constitutional Officers Of This State, So As To Delete The Commissioner Of Agriculture From The List Of State Officers Which The Constitution Requires To Be Elected And Provide That The Commissioner Of Agriculture Must Be Appointed By The Governor, Upon The Advice And Consent Of The Senate, For A Term Coterminous With The Governor Upon The Expiration Of The Term Of The Commissioner Of Agriculture Serving In Office On The Date Of The Ratification Of This Provision.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 4-9-36, Relating To Duties Of County Public Library Boards Of Trustees, So As To Revise Qualification And Credential Requirements For Chief Librarians And Other Library Staff.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 44-63-140, Relating To Birth Certificates For Adopted Individuals, So As To Allow An Adopted Individual Who Is Seventy Years Of Age Or Older To Obtain Copies Of Records Pertaining To The Individual's Adoption, Including The Original Birth Certificate.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 40-43-210, Relating To The Definition Of A "self-administered Hormonal Contraceptive" In The Pharmacy Practice Act, So As To Revise The Definition; By Amending Section 40-43-230, Relating To Pharmacists Permitted To Dispense Self-administered Hormonal Contraceptives In Certain Circumstances, So As To Provide Such Dispensations May Be Made Pursuant To Certain Written Joint Protocols; And By Amending Section 40-43-240, Relating To Written Joint Protocols By The Board Of Medical Examiners And The Board Of Pharmacy To Authorize Pharmacists To Dispense Self-administered Hormonal Contraceptives Without Patient-specific Written Orders, So As To Instead Provide The Dispensations May Be Made Under Standing Orders Or Without Standing Orders When Dispensed Or Administered Pursuant To Certain Written Joint Protocols. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 44-6-230 So As To Establish Minimum Compensation Requirements For Direct Care Workers Providing Personal Care Services Through Medicaid Home And Community-based Service Providers And To Provide For Phased In Upward Adjustments To The Compensation Paid; To Require Certain Reporting By Provider Agencies To The South Carolina Department Of Health And Human Services; And To Authorize The Department To Take Certain Enforcement Actions To Address Possible Inaccuracies Or Fraud.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 7-7-1000, Relating To Pooling Precincts In Municipal General Elections, So As To Provide That The Total Number Of Registered Voters In Municipal Pooled Precincts May Not Exceed Three Thousand; And By Amending Section 7-7-1000, Relating To Pooling Precincts In Municipal Primary Elections, So As To Provide That The Total Number Of Registered Voters In Municipal Pooled Precincts May Not Exceed Five Thousand.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-40-40, Relating To Definitions In The South Carolina Charter Schools Act, So As To Change References From "sponsor" To "authorizer," And To Revise And Provide Other Definitions; By Amending Section 59-40-50, Relating To Legal Exemptions, Powers, And Duties Of Charter Schools, So As To Impose Certain Fiscal Accountability And Transparency Measures, To Impose Certain Admissions And Enrollment Standards And Transparency Measures, To Revise Bylaw Requirements And Board Ethics Requirements, And To Require Additional Powers And Duties Concerning Operations And Management; By Amending Section 59-40-55, Relating To Charter School Authorizers, So As To Make Conforming Changes, To Revise Their Powers And Duties, To Increase Charter Authorizer Oversight, To Prohibit Certain Financial Conflicts, To Increase Enforcement Powers Of The State Department Of Education, And To Provide Procedures For Authorizer Revocation And School Transfers; By Amending Section 59-40-60, Relating To Charter School Application Requirements, So As To Revise Charter School Application Requirements, To Increase Governance And Financial Disclosures, To Create Rules For Virtual Schools, And To Create A Streamlined Replication Process For Successful Charter Schools, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-40-65, Relating To Virtual Instruction Requirements In Charter Schools, So As To Provide Necessary Definitions And Impose Certain Requirements On Virtual Charter Schools; By Amending Section 59-40-70, Relating To Charter School Applicants To Authorizers, So As To Revise Charter Application And Approval Procedures, To Impose Certain Review Timelines, To Revise Evaluation Requirements, To Provide Conditional Approvals, To Impose Planning-year Requirements, And To Revise Authorizer Oversight; By Amending Section 59-40-75, Relating To Charter School Authorizer Board Member Ethics, Conduct, And Removal, So As To Include Authorizers, To Revise The Grounds For Removal, To Revise The Manner Of Filling Vacancies, And To Prohibit Certain Conflicts Of Interest; By Amending Section 59-40-90, Relating To Appeals Of Final Decisions Of Charter School Authorizers, So As To Provide That Appeals Of Final Decisions By Authorizers Must Be Made To The Administrative Law Court; By Amending Section 59-40-110, Relating To Charter Durations, Renewals, And Closures, So As To Include Certain Charter School Performance Assessments By Authorizers And Related Guidance And Response Procedures; By Amending Section 59-40-111, Relating To Alternative Education Campuses, So As To Impose Accountability Requirements; By Amending Section 59-40-115, Relating To Charter School Transfers Among Authorizers, So As To Impose Requirements For Such Transfer Processes And To Require Certain Transparency Measures, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-40-120, Relating To The Ownership Of Dissolved Charter School Assets, So As To Provide That Certain Assets Become Property Of The State Of South Carolina Instead Of The Charter School's Authorizer; By Amending Section 59-40-140, Relating To Charter School Authorizer Management And Reporting, So As To Make Conforming Changes And To Authorize Charter Schools To Contract With Management Organizations For Certain Purposes, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-40-150, Relating To Charter School Formations And Operations, So As To Impose Requirements On The State Department Of Education Concerning Charter School Applications, Compliance Guidance, And Evaluations, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-40-155, Relating To Charter School Trustee Training And Removals, So As To Make Certain Training Provisions Applicable To Charter School Authorizer Board Members, To Revise The Orientation Program For New Board Members, And To Provide Additional Training Requirements, Among Other Things; By Amending Section 59-40-180, Relating To Regulations And Guidelines, Grandfather Provisions, And Penalties For Violations, So As To Exempt Certain Existing Authorizers From The Application Process, And To Subject Authorizers To Funding Reductions For Wilful Or Knowing Violations; And By Amending Section 59-40-230, Relating To The South Carolina Public Charter School District Board, So As To Correct An Obsolete Reference. - Ratified Title

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 16-3-605 So As To Define The Term "strangulation," Create The Offenses Of Strangulation And Aggravated Strangulation, Provide Penalties For The Offenses, And Provide An Exception.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 59-13-20, Relating To Qualifications Of Superintendents, So As To Allow School District Board Of Trustees To Petition The State Board Of Education For A Modified District Superintendent Certificate For Individuals Not Meeting The Requirements Of State Board Of Education Regulations.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-67-75 So As To Provide That All Newly Purchased Or Leased School Buses Must Be Equipped With An Interior Camera.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 1-23-110, Relating To Procedures For The Publication Of Notice Of A Proposed Promulgation Of Regulations, Public Participation, And A Contest Of Regulation For Procedural Defects, So As To Provide For Notice And To Provide That All Written Submissions, Transcripts, Or Recordings Of Oral Submissions Must Be Provided To The Small Business Regulatory Review Committee; By Amending Section 1-23-120, Relating To Approval Of Regulations, So As To Provide For Methods Of Repeal Or Automatic Approval Of Regulations; By Adding Section 1-23-121 So As To Provide That Regulations May Not Contain Verbatim Statutory Text; And By Amending Section 1-23-280, Relating To The Small Business Regulatory Review Committee Membership, So As To Add Agribusiness Representation.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-11-600, Relating To Notice Of Trespassing, So As To Include Enclosing The Land With A Fence As Notice For A Trespass Violation; And By Amending Section 16-11-620, Relating To Entering Premises After Warning Or Refusing To Leave On Request, So As To Make It A Misdemeanor Offense For A Person To Knowingly Without Authorization, Invitation, Or Legal Cause Enter The Dwelling House, Place Of Business, Or Structure Of Another Person Or Fail To Leave When Requested And To Provide Graduated Penalties For Conviction.

A Senate Resolution To Proclaim Wednesday, March 26, 2025, As "south Carolina Professional Land Surveyors Day" Throughout The State And To Recognize The Importance Of The Services Provided By This Group Of Professionals To The Palmetto State.

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 50-21-128 So As To Prohibit Swimming Within Fifty Feet Of A Public Boat Landing Or Ramp Maintained By The South Carolina Public Service Authority If Appropriately Marked. - Ratified Title