South Carolina Votes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.