State Legislature Bills

The bill broadly calls for clearer trade standards, transparent reporting, and accountable implementation across South Carolina, but provides no specific policies, enforcement mechanisms, or funding details.

The bill increases penalties for violence, property damage, and credible threats targeting public officials, election workers, or public-gathering participants while protecting lawful protest and speech. It also requires incident reporting, election-official notification, and anonymized annual summaries.

The bill accelerates repairs and modernization for South Carolina roads, bridges, ports, drainage, and hurricane defenses while prioritizing safety and economic need. It limits funding to authorized sources and requires competitive contracts, public timelines, quarterly reports, and independent audits.

The bill would make political violence against active political figures punishable by death, but it does not define “political violence” or “active political figures” and is unclear about state versus federal jurisdiction.

This bill would require South Carolina law enforcement and detention facilities to cooperate with federal immigration authorities by honoring lawful detainers where allowed, giving advance notice of releases, and allowing access for identification and transfer. It also sets statewide compliance standards, quarterly reporting, and grant preferences for agencies that fully cooperate.

This bill would require South Carolina state and local agencies to cooperate with lawful federal immigration detainers and information-sharing requests, while banning local sanctuary-style policies that limit that cooperation. It also lets the State Attorney General investigate violations, seek court orders, and withhold certain state grant funds from jurisdictions that refuse to comply, subject to constitutional and legal exceptions.

This bill would push South Carolina police and agencies to cooperate more closely with federal immigration enforcement, allow sentence enhancements for certain felonies committed by people unlawfully present where legally provable, and require lawful-presence verification for most state-funded public benefits while preserving emergency care, K-12 education, and other legally protected services.

This bill would require South Carolina law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities when unlawfully present individuals are charged with or convicted of crimes, and it would expand mandatory E-Verify use for many employers. It also adds tougher consequences for employer noncompliance and allows immigration status-related aggravating sentencing in some cases while preserving emergency services, K-12 access, due process, and victim/witness cooperation.

The South Carolina Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act proposes increased state funding for local law enforcement to address rising crime rates, enhance community safety, and improve police resources through hiring, training, and equipment upgrades.

The Community Policing Enhancement and Law Enforcement Training Act seeks to increase funding for law enforcement training and enhance community policing initiatives in South Carolina to combat rising crime rates and build trust between police and communities.