Sean M. Bennett

S136 Dismissal of Gun-possession Charges (Passed 40 to 2 on 5/28/2025). Dismisses and expunges pre-2024 unlawful-handgun-possession charges or one prior conviction, shields such cases from civil suits, and requires applications within five years.

HCR3008 Con-Con: Term Limits (Passed 29 to 14 on 5/7/2025). Applies to Congress for an Article V constitutional convention limited to proposing an amendment that would impose term limits on members of the U.S. House and Senate.

S477 Pharmacist-prescribed Birth Control (Passed 44 to 0 on 5/6/2025). Expands access to hormonal birth control by allowing pharmacists to dispense “self-administered hormonal contraceptives” without a patient-specific doctor’s prescription.

S163 Central Bank Digital Currency Ban (Passed 38 to 1 on 5/1/2025). Prohibits state and local governments from accepting or requiring payment in a central bank digital currency (CBDC) or participating in CBDC testing.

S102 Millage Rates: Property-tax Increase (Passed 37 to 2 on 5/1/2025). Allows municipalities without an existing operating millage to impose one, capped at one-third of the previous year’s general fund or proposed budget.

S425 "Free" School Meals (Passed 45 to 0 on 4/1/2025). Forces South Carolina school districts to track student poverty, expand taxpayer-funded school meals, assist with applications, ban “lunch shaming,” and consider joining the federal Community Eligibility Provision.

H5100 State Budget (passed 41 to 0 on 5/8/2024). Serves as the $14.5 billion General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024-25.

H4624 Ban on Sex Mutilation of Children (passed 28 to 8 on 5/2/2024). Bans a health care professional from engaging in the provision or performance of “gender transition procedures” to a person under 18 years of age.

J35 Defeating James Smith for Circuit Court Judge (passed 24 to 21 on 4/17/2024). Prevented former State Rep. and Democratic gubernatorial candidate James Smith from being elected to the position of Circuit Court Judge, 5th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1.

S1126 U.S. Citizenship Requirement to Vote (passed 40 to 3 on 4/3/2024). Proposes to amend the state's constitution to provide that only a citizen of the United States and South Carolina who is at least 18 years of age and properly registered is entitled to vote.

S915 South Carolina "Health Czar" Bill (passed 44 to 1 on 2/21/2024). Would create the office of the Secretary of Public Health and Policy to develop a “cohesive, coordinated, and comprehensive State Health Services Plan.”

SA13-H3594 "Gun-Free Zones" (passed 22 to 20 on 1/30/2024). Mandates stiffer criminal penalties for persons who carry handguns into various locations specified by law, regardless of whether they have a concealed weapons permit.

H726 Statewide Education and Workforce Development Act (Passed 41 to 2 on 5/10/2023). Establishes the Office of Statewide Workforce Development Coordination (SWDC) within the Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW).

SJR739 Housing Tax Credit (Passed 43 to 0 on 5/3/2023). Grants a one-time approval for South Carolina Housing Tax Credits, not to exceed $29,806,029.

S576 Alien Ownership of Property (Passed 31 to 5 on 3/23/2023). Prohibits corporations controlled by foreign adversaries, as defined in the bill, from acquiring any real property within the state.

S241 Genetic Counselors (Passed 39 to 6 on 3/22/2023). Establishes the South Carolina Board of Genetic Counselors within the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation (LLR).

H3604 Infrastructure (Passed 36 to 4 on 3/14/2023). Allocates funds received by South Carolina from the ARPA bill to a corporate welfare project, specifically earmarking $1.2 billion for the construction of a site in Columbia to benefit Volkswagen.

S39 Educational Scholarship Trust Fund (Passed 28 to 15 on 1/31/2023). Establishes an educational scholarship initiative aimed at offering financial assistance to eligible elementary and secondary students to cover approved educational costs.

H3205 Con Con (Passed 27 to 13 on 3/9/2022). Applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

H4408 ARPA Funds (Passed 41 to 0 on 4/19/2022). Authorizes the expenditure of federal funds that have been disbursed to the state in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

H3126 Vaccine Mandates (Passed 29 to 12 on 4/6/2022). Prohibits state and local government entities from accepting federal funds to enforce illegal federal mask or vaccine mandates. Also, no government body or school district in the state can impose a vaccine mandate.

H3094 Amendment 3B Constitutional Carry (Passed 25 to 21 on 5/5/2021). Tables constitutional carry and would leave it so the requirement that you must possess a permit when carrying a concealable weapon or firearm.

H4100 Amendment 16 Planned Parenthood Funding (Rejected to table 23 to 23 on 4/28/2021).  Directs that none of the state funds appropriated for family planning shall be expended to directly or indirectly subsidize abortion services or organizations.

H3770 Rental Assistance (Passed 41 to 0 on 3/24/2021). Disburses funds from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 to assist eligible households that are unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.