Newly-Introduced Legislation and Ratifications - March 8, 2024
House
H. 5100 (Ways and Means Committee) — Make appropriations and provide revenues to meet the ordinary expenses of state government for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, to regulate the expenditure of such funds and to further provide for the operation of state government during this fiscal year and for other purposes.
H. 5101 (Ways and Means Committee) — A joint resolution to appropriate monies from the capital reserve fund for fiscal year 2023-2024 and to allow unexpended funds appropriated to be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years and expended for the same purposes.
H. 5202 (Rep. Hyde) — Amends Section 48-52-870, relating to the Energy Efficient Manufactured Homes Incentive Program, to extend the program for five more years and amends Section 12-36-2110, relating to the maximum tax on sale or lease of certain energy efficient manufactured homes to extend the provision for five more years.
H. 5203 (Rep. Bannister) — Enacts the "Budget Proviso Codification Act of 2024", to provide for the codification in the S.C. Code of certain provisos contained in the annual General Appropriations Act, and to codify other related provisions pertaining to the annual General Appropriations Act, including provisions by adding Sections 59-17-170, 59-1-471, 59-17-180, 59-17-190, 59-67-310, 59-67-800, 59-67-330, 59-67-340, 59-17-200, 59-17-210, 59-1-472, and 59-1-407 to codify certain provisos relating to the Department of Education.
H. 5206 (Rep. W. Jones) — Amends Section 12-37-220, relating to property tax exemptions, to provide an exemption for certain affordable housing and adds Section 59-17-170 to provide that a school district is authorized to use surplus land for the development of certain affordable housing.
H. 5218 (Reps. A. M. Morgan, May, Magnuson, T. A. Morgan, Kilmartin, Cromer, Pace, S. Jones, O'Neal, Oremus, Burns, Harris, Chumley, Beach, McCabe and White) — A House Resolution to amend Rule 4.6 of the rules of the House of Representatives, relating to committees and their procedures, to require the chairmen of committees to set bills and resolutions with 15 or more sponsors for consideration by the full committee or subcommittee within seven days of a written request of a sponsor or cosponsor.
H. 5219 (Reps. A. M. Morgan, May, Magnuson, T. A. Morgan, Kilmartin, Cromer, Pace, Harris, S. Jones, Oremus, Chumley, Burns, Long, Beach, McCabe, O'Neal and White) — A House Resolution to amend Rule 4.4 of the rules of the House of Representatives, relating to committees and their procedures, to require the live-streaming of all committee meetings, including subcommittee meetings.
H. 5220 (Reps. A. M. Morgan, May, Magnuson, T. A. Morgan, Kilmartin, Cromer, Pace, Harris, S. Jones, Oremus, Burns, Chumley, Beach, McCabe, O'Neal and White) — Amends Rule 10 of the rules of the House of Representatives by adding Rule 10.17 to restrict a legislative caucus from instituting rules that restrict a member's ability to speak in the public forum or that attempts to restrict political speech.
H. 5221 (Reps. A.M. Morgan, May, Magnuson, T.A. Morgan, Kilmartin, Cromer, Pace, S. Jones, Oremus, Long, Burns, Harris, Ott, Chumley, Beach, McCabe and White) — Amends Rule 7.2 of the rules of the House of Representatives, relating to roll call voting requirements, to provide that in judicial elections, the ayes and nays must be entered in the House journal and the electronic roll system must be used regardless of if the election is contested.
H. 5222 (Reps. A.M. Morgan, May, Magnuson, T.A. Morgan, Kilmartin, Cromer, Pace, Harris, O'Neal, Burns, Chumley, Beach, Oremus, McCabe and White) — Amends Rule 8.9 of the rules of the House of Representatives, relating to motion procedures, to allow a motion to vacate the speakership.
H. 5226 (Reps. M. M. Smith, Crawford, Elliott, B. J. Cox, Wetmore, Hewitt, Neese, West, Sessions, B. Newton, Bannister, Herbkersman, Rutherford and Wooten) — Amends Section 44-7-170, relating to Certificate of Need exemptions, to require the Department of Health and Environmental Control or a successor agency to promulgate regulations for licensing acute hospital care at home programs and services.
H. 5227 (Rep. Pace) — Adds Section 1-3-70 to provide that the Governor is responsible for the hiring and removal of all state agency heads.
H. 5228 (Rep. Pace) — Adds Section 8-11-164 to provide that the General Assembly may suspend a state agency head by the passage of a concurrent resolution.
H. 5229 (Reps. Mitchell, Henegan, Murphy, Yow, Robbins, Guffey, Wheeler and B. Newton) — Amends Section 38-53-70, relating to issuance of bench warrants, to require the clerk of court to issue a bench warrant if a defendant violates the conditions of release on bond.
H. 5232 (Reps. Brewer, Hewitt, Guffey, Mitchell, Murphy and Stavrinakis) — Adds Section 27-1-80 to provide that any regulation regarding the use, disposition, sale, or any imposition of any prohibition, restriction, fee imposition, or taxation of a co-owned home must be done by the General Assembly.
H. 5247 (Reps. Beach, Pace, Magnuson, Harris, O'Neal, Cromer, Bailey, A.M. Morgan, Kilmartin, Guffey, Thayer, May, Yow, Sessions, Pope, Ligon, Gilliam, Vaughan, T. Moore, Burns and Chumley) — Amends Section 58-23-1120, relating to compliance by motor carriers, to provide county sheriffs' departments may enforce the commercial motor carrier laws and provide county sheriffs' departments must retain any fines collected for traffic tickets issued.
Senate
S. 1133 (Sen. Goldfinch) — Adds Section 6-1-525 to authorize certain counties and municipalities to impose a supplemental local accommodations tax, to cap the rate that may be imposed, and to provide for the limited use of the proceeds of the tax.
S. 1134 (Sen. Adams) — Adds Section 27-1-80 to provide that any regulation regarding the use, disposition, sale, or any imposition of any prohibition, restriction, fee imposition, or taxation of a co-owned home must be done by the General Assembly.
S. 1139 (Sen. Bennett) — Amends Section 40-11-410, relating to general contractor license classifications and subclassifications, to remove residential swimming pools from the swimming pool subclassification for general contractors with a specialty classification.
S. 1143 (Sen. Gambrell) — Amends Section 12-43-220, relating to property tax classifications, to define owner-occupant for the purposes of the legal residence tax exemption.
Ratifications
The following bills have passed both the House and the Senate and have been sent to the Governor for approval or veto:
(R120, H. 3116) — Reps. Felder, Carter, Pope, Guffey, O'Neal, Hart, Caskey, Williams, Blackwell and Gilliam: An Act to amend Section 12-37-610, relating to persons liable for taxes and assessments on real property, to provide that certain disabled veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States and certain spouses are exempt from property taxes in the year in which the disability occurs; and to amend Section 12-37-220, relating to property tax exemptions, to provide that a qualified surviving spouse includes certain spouses regardless of whether the deceased spouse applied, filed for, or claimed an exemption and to provide that a property tax exemption for two private passenger vehicles may be claimed by certain spouses of a disabled veteran or certain trustees.
(R121, H. 3594) — Reps. B.J. Cox, G.M. Smith, Lowe, Wooten, Hiott, Bailey, Beach, Burns, Caskey, Crawford, Cromer, Elliott, Forrest, Haddon, Hardee, Hixon, Hyde, Jordan, Ligon, Long, Magnuson, May, McCabe, McCravy, A.M. Morgan, T.A. Morgan, T. Moore, B. Newton, Nutt, Oremus, M.M. Smith, S. Jones, Taylor, Thayer, Trantham, Willis, Yow, West, Lawson, Chapman, Chumley, Leber, Mitchell, Pace, Harris, O'Neal, Kilmartin, Murphy, Brewer, Robbins, Hager, Sandifer, Connell, Gilliam, Davis, B.L. Cox, Vaughan, White, Collins, J.E. Johnson, Gagnon, Gibson, W. Newton, Bustos, Herbkersman, Landing, Moss, Pope and Guest: An Act to enact the "South Carolina Constitutional Carry/Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2024."