Statehouse Update

Statehouse Update March 31 - April 2

Update 4/1/26: Adjustments were made to this summary to reflect developments that occurred throughout the week. The General Assembly passed a massive boat tax cut last week that will cut the effective property tax rate on boats from 10.5% to 6% by 2029. On Monday, Governor McMaster signed this bill...

Brendan Connors

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March 30, 2026

  • Statehouse Update March 31 - April 2

    Update 4/1/26: Adjustments were made to this summary to reflect developments that occurred throughout the week. The General Assembly passed a massive boat tax cut last week that will cut the effective property tax rate on boats from 10.5% to 6% by 2029. On Monday, Governor McMaster signed this bill...
    Brendan Connors

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    March 30, 2026

  • Statehouse Update March 24-26

    Update 3/26/26: Adjustments were made to this summary to reflect developments that occurred throughout the week. The Senate is picking up where it left off last week with budget hearings and committee hearings on data center regulations, as well as an interesting AI bill. Meanwhile, the House is back after...
    Brendan Connors

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    March 24, 2026

  • Statehouse Update March 17-19

    Update 3/18/26: Adjustments were made to this summary to reflect developments that occurred during the week. The House is off this week after passing a $15.4B budget last week following two days of intense debate, cutting around $400M from the governor’s proposed budget. The House proposal now heads to the...
    Brendan Connors

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    March 16, 2026

  • Statehouse Update March 10-12

    Update 3/12/26: Adjustments were made to this summary to reflect developments that occurred during the week. Budget debate started in the House on Monday, with the process expected to last all week and possibly into next week. After finalizing a budget proposal, the House will debate tax cuts. Meanwhile, the...
    Brendan Connors

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    March 09, 2026

  • Statehouse Update March 3-5

    Update 3/5/26: Adjustments were made to this summary to reflect developments that occurred throughout the week. Last week, the Senate passed the income tax bill (H.4216) with an amended tax rate, cutting the top rate by an additional 0.18%. Click here to learn more about the proposal in a recent...
    Brendan Connors

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    March 02, 2026

  • Statehouse Update February 24-26

    Update 2/24/26: Adjustments were made to this summary to reflect developments that occurred during the week. The Statehouse saw some exciting floor activity last week when the Senate passed S.768, an increase to the homestead property tax exemption. If passed by the House and signed into law, this bill would add...
    Brendan Connors

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    February 23, 2026

  • Statehouse Update February 17-19

    Update 2/19/26: Adjustments were made to this summary to reflect developments that occurred during the week. The House passed a comprehensive overhaul of the judicial selection process last week empowering the Governor to control judicial nominations while the General Assembly would still confirm judges, more closely mirroring the federal model....
    Brendan Connors

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    February 17, 2026

  • Statehouse Update February 10-12

    Update: Adjustments were made to this summary to reflect developments that occurred during the week. Reform is the word of the week at the Statehouse. Judicial reform is on the House floor, tax reform is on the floor in both chambers, and various committees and subcommittees will hear bills on...
    Brendan Connors

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    February 09, 2026

  • Statehouse Update February 3-5

    Update 2/4/26: Adjustments were made to this summary to reflect developments that occurred during the week. After another snowy weekend in South Carolina, lawmakers in the Senate are starting to work on data center reform with a major reform bill scheduled for committee this week. The House has unveiled its...
    Brendan Connors

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    February 02, 2026

  • Statehouse Update January 28-29

    Update 1/29/26: Adjustments were made to this summary to reflect developments that occurred during the week. Although South Carolina was spared the brunt of the winter storm this past weekend, it was enough for the Statehouse to cancel all but two committee hearings on Tuesday. Despite the one-day delay, lawmakers...
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    January 27, 2026