South Carolina Vote Reports

Expands and clarifies the state tax credit for redeveloping abandoned buildings.

Requires public schools and colleges to designate multi-person restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters for use only by members of one sex.

Allows certain municipalities to ask voters to approve a local sales tax of up to one percent.

Establishes a statewide goal of increasing protected land from about 3.4 million acres to seven million acres by 2050.

Sets deceptive rules for selecting and overseeing South Carolina's delegates to a potential Article V convention.

Would strengthen legislative oversight of state regulations and reduce unnecessary burdens on small businesses.

Requires public schools and colleges to designate multi-person restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters for use only by members of one sex.

Would allow adults aged 18 and older to purchase ivermectin intended for human use from a pharmacy without a prescription.

Allows certain municipalities to ask voters to approve a local sales tax of up to one percent.

Expands the number of counties allowed to impose a local sales tax for school construction and other education-related capital improvements.

Creates a 15-member South Carolina-Bahamas Trade Commission to promote ties between South Carolina and the Bahamas.

Sets deceptive rules for selecting and overseeing South Carolina's delegates to a potential Article V convention.

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.

Allows municipalities without an existing operating millage to impose one, capped at one-third of the previous year's general fund or proposed budget.

Prohibits state and local governments from accepting or requiring payment in a central bank digital currency (CBDC) or participating in CBDC testing.

Expands access to hormonal birth control by allowing pharmacists to dispense "self-administered hormonal contraceptives" without a patient-specific doctor's prescription.

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.

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.

Sets deceptive rules for selecting and overseeing South Carolina's delegates to a potential Article V convention, including eligibility, oversight, and compensation.

Bans state and local institutions from promoting DEI programs, requires compliance certification, and allows enforcement by the attorney general.

Bans government gun-owner registries and blocks credit-card companies from using merchant codes to track firearm or ammunition purchases.

Allows electric battery-powered motor vehicles to exceed normal weight limits by up to 2,000 pounds.

Extends the Angel Investor Tax Credit Act through 2035.

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.

Mandates stiffer criminal penalties for persons who carry handguns into various locations specified by law, regardless of whether they have a concealed weapons permit.

Would create the office of the Secretary of Public Health and Policy to develop a "cohesive, coordinated, and comprehensive State Health Services Plan."

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.

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.

Bans a health care professional from engaging in the provision or performance of "gender transition procedures" to a person under 18 years of age.

Serves as the $14.5 billion General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024-25.

Would apply to Congress for a "convention of the states" under Article V of the U.S. Constitution "limited" to proposing a balanced budget amendment.

Would increase the amounts of annual refundable tax credits allocated to the Education Scholarship Trust Fund and expand eligibility to all private and homeschool students.

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.

Would create the office of the Secretary of Public Health and Policy to develop a "cohesive, coordinated, and comprehensive State Health Services Plan."

Struck down an amendment to the FY 2024-25 General Appropriations Act that would have prohibited state agencies from distributing voter registration forms to non-citizens.

Bans a health care professional from engaging in the provision or performance of "gender transition procedures" to a person under 18 years of age.

Establishes an educational scholarship initiative aimed at offering financial assistance to eligible elementary and secondary students to cover approved educational costs.

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.

Establishes the South Carolina Board of Genetic Counselors within the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation (LLR).

Prohibits corporations controlled by foreign adversaries, as defined in the bill, from acquiring any real property within the state.

Grants a one-time approval for South Carolina Housing Tax Credits, not to exceed $29,806,029.

Establishes the Office of Statewide Workforce Development Coordination (SWDC) within the Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW).

Enacts the South Carolina Constitutional Carry/Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2023.

Provides for an enhanced penalty for certain violent crimes committed against a victim who was intentionally targeted due to the offender's belief or perceptions about the victim.

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.

Establishes an educational scholarship initiative aimed at offering financial assistance to eligible elementary and secondary students to cover approved educational costs.

Grants a one-time approval for South Carolina Housing Tax Credits, not to exceed $29,806,029.

Amends the alternative fuel property income tax credit.

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.

Directs that none of the state funds appropriated for family planning shall be expended to directly or indirectly subsidize abortion services or organizations.

Tables constitutional carry and would leave it so the requirement that you must possess a permit when carrying a concealable weapon or firearm.

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.

Authorizes the expenditure of federal funds that have been disbursed to the state in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

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.

Removes the requirement that you must possess a permit when carrying a concealable weapon or firearm.

Applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

Authorizes the expenditure of federal funds that have been disbursed to the state in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Ensures fairness in women's sports in the state and requires the designation of separate sex-specific sports teams to maintain fairness in athletic opportunities for women.

Prohibits abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest.