Statehouse Update

  • 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...
    Brendan Connors

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    January 27, 2026

  • Statehouse Update January 20-22

    Update 1/22/26: Adjustments were made to this summary to reflect developments that occurred during the week. It is week two at the Statehouse and lawmakers have their hands full with tax reform in the Senate and judicial reform in the House. Members in both chambers are also looking to move on...
    Brendan Connors

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    January 19, 2026

  • Statehouse Update January 13-15

    Update 1/15/26: Adjustments were made to this summary to reflect developments that occurred during the week. The second half of the 2025-26 legislative session starts this week. Lawmakers are wasting no time picking up where they left off—and we’re right alongside them. Each week, the Policy Council will bring you...
    Brendan Connors

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    January 12, 2026

  • Statehouse Update May 6-8

    Update 5/08/25: Adjustments were made to this summary to reflect developments that occurred during the week. The House still has the budget to address, along with many education bills that advanced to the floor last week. The newly amended income tax bill is also on the House floor. The Senate has...
    Neil Wolin

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    May 06, 2025

  • Statehouse Update April 29-May 1

    The budget, big energy bill, and film industry incentives are on the House floor this week. School choice is on the Senate floor, and many important education bills including schoolboard livestreaming are set to be heard in a House k-12 subcommittee.
    Neil Wolin

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    April 28, 2025

  • Statehouse Update April 22-24

    The House ways and means committee is hearing testimony on Tuesday from our Senior Economic Fellow, Vance Ginn, Ph.D. and Manish Bhatt, Senior Policy Analyst with the Center for State Tax Policy at the Tax Foundation(Livestream can be viewed here). Keep an eye out for our upcoming report from Dr....
    Neil Wolin

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    April 21, 2025