Statehouse Update

Statehouse Update April 14-16

Last week was a little slower at the statehouse with the House off and the Senate holding a few committee hearings. Lawmakers in both chambers are back in the swing of things with a busy week ahead of them.

Written by Brendan Connors
April 13, 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...

Written by Brendan Connors
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...

Written by Brendan Connors
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...

Written by Brendan Connors
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...

Written by Brendan Connors
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...

Written by Brendan Connors
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...

Written by Brendan Connors
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....

Written by Brendan Connors
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...

Written by Brendan Connors
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...

Written by Brendan Connors
February 02, 2026