The South Carolina Policy Council was established in 1986 as an independent, private, non-partisan research organization with a mission to promote the principles of limited government, free enterprise, and individual liberty and responsibility in South Carolina.
Update 4/5/24: Bills that passed or made progress this week are specified below. As we near the end of South Carolina’s 2024 legislative session, a critical...
Update 4/4/24: The bill passed the House and is now in the Senate Judiciary Committee. RATEPAYERS COULD BE CHARGED FOR ABANDONED UTILITY PROJECTS A massiv...
Recently, several resolutions were filed proposing noteworthy changes to the S.C. House rules. Two of them (H.5219 and H.5221) seek to improve transparency a...
Update 3/13/24: The House on Wednesday passed an initial draft of the next state budget, unchanged from the summary below. The week saw healthy debate and co...