Senate Bills - February 14, 2025

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S. 329 (Sen. Elliott) — Establishes a section to authorize and encourage electrical utilities to create and implement targeted investment programs aimed at enhancing the reliability, resiliency, and modernization of distribution and transmission systems.

S. 330 (Sen. Gambrell) — Adds a section that defines terms and references the Federal Internal Revenue Code for cost-sharing related to health care services covered by a health plan.

S. 331 (Sen. Adams) — Amends the section regarding safe havens for abandoned babies to allow the use of newborn safety devices/containers at designated places such as a hospitals and fire stations.

S. 338 (Sens. Climer and Kimbrell) — Creates the "Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act," defining terms like "ammunition" and "firearm." It prohibits government entities from keeping records of privately owned firearms and their owners under certain circumstances and establishes penalties for violations.

S. 339 (Sen. Campsen) — Designates March through May and August through October as the "Lights Out Nights in South Carolina Season,” urging residents to turn off non-essential lights at night to protect birds.

S. 340 (Sens. Jackson, Ott, and Zell) – Makes it illegal for a person to smoke a tobacco product in a motor vehicle when there is a passenger 12 or younger and establishes a penalty for violations.

S. 343 (Sens. Corbin, Cash, Rice, Garrett, Kimbrell, Leber and Zell) – Establishes a required informed-consent protocol before administering a specific COVID-19 vaccine.

S. 344 (Sens. Johnson, Ott, Graham, Adams, Peeler, Kimbrell, Leber and Young) – Enacts the "South Carolina Equine Advancement Act" to establish the South Carolina Equine Commission as a grant program for the equine industry. It outlines guidelines for pari-mutuel wagering, defines the powers of the commission, creates the Equine Industry Development Fund, and includes definitions related to horse racing.

S. 346 (Sen. Alexander) – Amends the section on assault and battery to state that unlawfully injuring a health care professional during their duties, or injuring someone in a healthcare facility, constitutes high-and-aggravated assault and battery, with specified penalties.