Listed below are the Acts from the 2017 Legislative Session. Following each Act number are the Ratification number (preceded by an R), the bill number (preceded by an H for House or an S for Senate), a brief description and the date the Act became effective. An Act will not be added to this page until it has been assigned an Act Number. The full text of an Act is included in the linked page. There is also a list of new laws listed by Act Number.

Acts With Multiple Effective Dates
(These acts have multiple effective dates or other special circumstances. They are not listed below by effective date.)

Act No. 15 (R39, H3150) Word format

-- Special elections. See Act

Act No. 32 (R52, S279) Word format

-- Appraisal Management Company Registration Act. See Act

Act No. 40 (R51, H3516) Word format

-- SC Infrastructure and Economic Development Reform Act. See Act

Act No. 45 (R66, S116) Word format

-- Alcohol license requirements. See Act

Act No. 51 (R72, S321) Word format

-- Recreational vehicles. See Act

Act No. 54 (R80, S462) Word format

-- Uniform high school diplomas. See Act

Act No. 56 (R82, S480) Word format

-- Denmark Technical College. See Act

Act No. 68 (R103, H3406) Word format

-- Maintenance tax imposed by Workers' Comp Commissions. See Act

Act No. 86 (R57, H3531) Word format

-- Wild cats, Apes, and Bears. See Act

Act No. 87 (R34, S415) Word format

-- Probate Court. See Act

Act No. 89 (R99, H3247) Word format

-- Mopeds. See Act

Act No. 97 (R128, H3720) Word format

-- Appropriations Bill, 2017-2018. See Act

Act No. 98 (R129, H3721) Word format

-- Capital Reserve Fund. See Act

Effective November 19, 2017

Act No. 44 (R65, S114) Word format

-- Alcoholic beverages. Effective November 19, 2017

Effective November 10, 2017

Act No. 34 (R54, S444) Word format

-- Motor vehicles. Effective November 10, 2017

Effective September 16, 2017

Act No. 93 (R75, S366) Word format

-- Mortgage lending and licensing. Effective September 16, 2017

Effective July 1, 2017

Act No. 13 (R22, H3726) Word format

-- SC Retirement system. Effective July 1, 2017

Act No. 58 (R91, S637) Word format

-- Spartanburg County voting precincts. Effective July 1, 2017

Act No. 72 (R108, H3665) Word format

-- Hunting and Fishing. Effective July 1, 2017

Act No. 96 (R126, S289) Word format

-- SC Crime Victim Services Act. Effective July 1, 2017

Effective June 10, 2017

Act No. 94 (R130, H3969) Word format

-- Education Oversight Committee. Effective June 10, 2017

Act No. 95 (R125, S179) Word format

-- Drug or Alcohol-Related Overdose Medical Treatment. Effective June 10, 2017

Effective June 6, 2017

Act No. 106 (R86, S562) Word format

-- Consolidation of Sumter County School District. Effective June 6, 2017

Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 42 (R63, S9) Word format

-- Medical expense policy. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 43 (R64, S61) Word format

-- State health plan. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 46 (R67, S173) Word format

-- Law Enforcement Training Council new definitions. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 47 (R68, S234) Word format

-- Medical information confidentiality. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 48 (R69, S254) Word format

-- Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Act. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 49 (R70, S271) Word format

-- Inmates. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 50 (R71, S275) Word format

-- Breweries. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 52 (R73, S325) Word format

-- Disabilities. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 53 (R76, S411) Word format

-- Central Carolina Technical College Commission. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 55 (R81, S463) Word format

-- Insurance. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 57 (R85, S488) Word format

-- Dealer license and demonstration plates. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 59 (R92, S651) Word format

-- Berkeley County voting precincts. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 60 (R93, H3041) Word format

-- Criminal background check requirements of Real Estate Commission. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 61 (R94, H3132) Word format

-- Hospice programs. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 62 (R95, H3137) Word format

-- Sale of the alcoholic liquors. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 63 (R96, H3176) Word format

-- Individual retirement accounts. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 64 (R97, H3215) Word format

-- Impersonating a lawyer. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 65 (R100, H3256) Word format

-- Palmetto Cross Special License Plates. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 66 (R101, H3289) Word format

-- Safe following distance. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 67 (R102, H3352) Word format

-- Office of Freedom of Information Act Review. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 69 (R104, H3429) Word format

-- Bankruptcy exemptions. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 70 (R105, H3488) Word format

-- Insurance. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 71 (R106, H3601) Word format

-- Bear hunting. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 73 (R109, H3667) Word format

-- Saluda County voting precincts. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 74 (R110, H3719) Word format

-- Fires. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 75 (R111, H3742) Word format

-- Probation, Parole and Pardon. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 76 (R112, H3817) Word format

-- Pharmacies. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 77 (R114, H3861) Word format

-- Real-estate commission authority. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 78 (R115, H3864) Word format

-- Child passenger restraint. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 79 (R116, H3898) Word format

-- Adoption disclosure information. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 80 (R117, H3927) Word format

-- Interest rates on bonds approved by Fiscal Accountability Authority. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 81 (R119, H4033) Word format

-- Speeding in work zones. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 82 (R120, H4178) Word format

-- Newberry County voting precincts. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 83 (R121, H4179) Word format

-- Abbeville County voting precincts. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 84 (R122, H4183) Word format

-- Clarendon County voting precincts. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 85 (R123, H4204) Word format

-- Greenwood County voting precincts. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 88 (R79, S443) Word format

-- Night hunting. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 90 (R107, H3647) Word format

-- Time shares. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 91 (R113, H3824) Word format

-- Prescription drug monitoring program. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 92 (R118, H4003) Word format

-- Produce Safety Act. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 105 (R98, H3231) Word format

-- Civil service commission in the City of Spartanburg. Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 116 (R77, S421) Word format

-- General Regulations (D. No. 4686). Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 117 (R78, S422) Word format

-- Natural Resources Department (D. No. 4741). Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 118 (R83, S485) Word format

-- SC National Guard Assistance Program (D. No. 4730). Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 119 (R84, S486) Word format

-- Free tuition for residents sixty years of age (D. No. 4728). Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 120 (R87, S601) Word format

-- Certification requirements (D. No. 4698). Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 121 (R88, S602) Word format

-- Credential Classification (D. No. 4699). Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 122 (R89, S603) Word format

-- Requirements for additional areas of certification (D. No. 4701). Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 123 (R90, S604) Word format

-- Administrative and professional personnel qualifications, duties, and workloads (D No. 4695). Effective May 19, 2017

Act No. 124 (R124, H4247) Word format

-- Terms and Conditions for the public's use of state lakes and ponds (D. No. 4727). Effective May 19, 2017

Effective May 10, 2017

Act No. 27 (R46, S200) Word format

-- Sign erection and maintenance. Effective May 10, 2017

Act No. 28 (R47, S315) Word format

-- Hurricane, Earthquake and Fire Advisory Committee. Effective May 10, 2017

Act No. 29 (R48, S359) Word format

-- Unfair trade practices for motor fuel retailers. Effective May 10, 2017

Act No. 30 (R49, S465) Word format

-- Shellfish. Effective May 10, 2017

Act No. 31 (R50, S570) Word format

-- Misdemeanors. Effective May 10, 2017

Act No. 33 (R53, S334) Word format

-- Permits for alcohol at motorsport and tennis events. Effective May 10, 2017

Act No. 35 (R55, H3220) Word format

-- S.C. Education and Economic Development Coordinating Council. Effective May 10, 2017

Act No. 36 (R58, H3538) Word format

-- Persons with Disabilities Right to Parent Act. Effective May 10, 2017

Act No. 37 (R59, H3559) Word format

-- Industrial hemp cultivation. Effective May 10, 2017

Act No. 38 (R61, H3879) Word format

-- Workers' Compensation burial expenses. Effective May 10, 2017

Act No. 39 (R62, H3883) Word format

-- Pyramid Promotional Scheme Prohibition Act. Effective May 10, 2017

Act No. 41 (R56, H3349) Word format

-- Nurse Licensure Compact. Effective May 10, 2017

Act No. 125 (R60, H3587) Word format

-- Seizure Safety in Schools Study Committee. Effective May 10, 2017

Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 16 (R25, S181) Word format

-- S.C. Hazardous Waste Management Act. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 17 (R26, S213) Word format

-- College and University Trustee Screening Commission. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 18 (R27, S342) Word format

-- Engineer immunity. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 19 (R28, S344) Word format

-- Driver's license or permit. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 20 (R36, S530) Word format

-- Pelham-Batesville Fire District. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 21 (R37, S617) Word format

-- Special License Plates. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 22 (R38, H3034) Word format

-- In-state tuition. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 23 (R41, H3221) Word format

-- Fiscal practices and budgetary conditions. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 24 (R43, H3441) Word format

-- Workers' Compensation. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 25 (R44, H3792) Word format

-- Football stadiums. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 26 (R45, H3936) Word format

-- Charleston county voting precincts. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 101 (R40, H3171) Word format

-- Charleston County School District. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 104 (R42, H3346) Word format

-- Pickens County School Board of Trustees. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 110 (R29, S372) Word format

-- Health Care Administrators. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 111 (R30, S374) Word format

-- Tuberculosis. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 112 (R31, S375) Word format

-- Drycleaning facility restoration (D. No. 4705). Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 113 (R32, S376) Word format

-- Underground Storage Tanks (D. No. 4706). Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 114 (R33, S378) Word format

-- Pharmacy Board. Effective May 9, 2017

Act No. 115 (R35, S453) Word format

-- WIC Vendors (D. No. 4671). Effective May 9, 2017

Effective May 3, 2017

Act No. 107 (R19, S568) Word format

-- Williamsburg County School District Board of Trustees. Effective May 3, 2017

Effective April 24, 2017

Act No. 10 (R18, S354) Word format

-- Certificate of need. Effective April 24, 2017

Act No. 11 (R20, H3438) Word format

-- Drug substitutions. Effective April 24, 2017

Act No. 12 (R21, H3517) Word format

-- Hunting and fishing. Effective April 24, 2017

Act No. 14 (R23, H3793) Word format

-- Higher Ed mission and goals. Effective April 24, 2017

Act No. 103 (R24, H4067) Word format

-- Florence County Board of Trustees. Effective April 24, 2017

Effective April 5, 2017

Act No. 2 (R8, S198) Word format

-- Beginner's permit, instruction permit, or driver's license for minors. Effective April 5, 2017

Act No. 3 (R9, S218) Word format

-- Employee benefit. Effective April 5, 2017

Act No. 4 (R10, S250) Word format

-- Internal Revenue Code. Effective April 5, 2017

Act No. 5 (R11, S365) Word format

-- Special license plates. Effective April 5, 2017

Act No. 6 (R13, H3358) Word format

-- Id cards. Effective April 5, 2017

Act No. 7 (R14, H3582) Word format

-- Voting precincts. Effective April 5, 2017

Act No. 8 (R15, H3661) Word format

-- Calhoun county voting precincts. Effective April 5, 2017

Act No. 9 (R16, H3803) Word format

-- Dillon County voting precincts. Effective April 5, 2017

Act No. 108 (R12, S496) Word format

-- Shellfish (D. No. 4736). Effective April 5, 2017

Act No. 109 (R17, H3908) Word format

-- State of emergency management standards (D. No. 4703). Effective April 5, 2017

Effective April 4, 2017

Act No. 102 (R6, S457) Word format

-- Board of Trustees Fairfield County School District. Effective April 4, 2017

Effective March 10, 2017

Act No. 1 (R5, S263) Word format

-- Clemson license plates. Effective March 10, 2017

Act No. 126 (R7, H3677) Word format

-- Code volumes revised and adopted. Effective March 10, 2017

Effective February 28, 2017

Act No. 99 (R3, S338) Word format

-- School start date. Effective February 28, 2017

Act No. 100 (R1, S42) Word format

-- School District 4. Effective February 28, 2017