Statehouse Update Jan 10-12
Hello! The 2023 S.C. legislative session starts today. To kick off the year, we are rolling out a new project: the Statehouse Update. Each week SCPC will provide updates on…
Weekly Legislative Update – March 17 – 19, 2020
What they did: This week, the General Assembly reconvened briefly to pass H.4014, which appropriates $45 million of surplus dollars to the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) to address…
Weekly Legislative Update. January 8 – 10, 2019.
The legislative session began this week, and lawmakers have filed another 100 bills – in addition to the 700+ bills prefiled in advance of session (click here for an overview…
Weekly Legislative Update. January 15 -17, 2019.
This week lawmakers filed an additional 84 bills, a number of which would increase the regulatory burden on citizens and businesses. H.3629 would outlaw the use of hand-held cell phones…
Weekly Legislative Update. January 22 – 24, 2019
This week, one of the most noteworthy bills to be filed was H.3759, an 85-page bill overhauling the education system. This bill addresses education standards and required tests and contains…
Weekly Legislative Update. January 29 – 31, 2019
This week, the massive House bill that would overhaul the state education system received its first subcommittee hearing. The meeting was largely to hear input from citizens and no official…
Weekly Legislative Update. February 5 – 7, 2019
This week, lawmakers filed 130 new bills, 80 of which were congratulatory/honorary/sympathy resolutions. 60 individual resolutions honored boy scouts, and some of the other resolutions honored a school wrestling team,…
Weekly Legislative Update. February 12 – 14, 2019
Lawmakers filed 82 new pieces of legislation this week, 31 of which were honorary/sympathy resolutions. One of the most notable bills in the “time waster” category is S.500, which allows…
Weekly Legislative Update. February 19 – 21, 2019
What lawmakers did: This week, the House Ways and Means Committee finalized their draft of the appropriations bill, adopting a state spending plan of $30 billion. Spending highlights include a…
Weekly Legislative Update. February 26 – 28, 2019
What they did This week, a couple of significant bills passed out of committee and were added to the House floor calendar, one of which was H.3759, the education omnibus…
Weekly Legislative Update. March 5 – 7, 2019
What they did This week, the House amended and passed the education omnibus bill (H.3759) after six hours of debate. The bill’s primary takeaways remain the same: the “Zero to…
Weekly Legislative Update. March 11- 14, 2019
What they did This week, the House passed a $30 billion budget – the largest in state history. Spending highlights include increased revenue to colleges and universities in exchange for…
Weekly Legislative Update. March 19 – 21, 2019
What they did This week, both the House and Senate appropriations committees passed legislation to give taxpayer-backed incentives to the Carolina Panthers. The companion bills would add special definitions of…
Weekly Legislative Update. March 26 – 28, 2019
What they did This week, the House passed legislation to give taxpayer-backed incentives to the Carolina Panthers. The bill would add special definitions of key terms (like “new job” and…