Listed below are the Acts from the 2025 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 Effective Date.

Act No. 1 (R5, H3523) Word format

-- Organized Retail Crime. Effective March 7, 2025

Act No. 2 (R7, S157) Word format

-- Storm Damage Recovery. Effective March 13, 2025

Act No. 3 (R10, S2) Word format

-- Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 4 (R11, S126) Word format

-- Law Enforcement Personal Privacy Protection and Judicial Personal Privacy Protection. Effective January 26, 2026

Act No. 5 (R12, S218) Word format

-- South Carolina Veterans Homes. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 6 (R17, H3247) Word format

-- Excused school absences. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 7 (R18, H3529) Word format

-- Family Court Judges, additional. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 8 (R19, H3654) Word format

-- Child Welfare. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 9 (R21, H3932) Word format

-- Clarendon County precincts. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 10 (R22, H3933) Word format

-- Public Service Districts. Effective April 28, 2025

Act No. 11 (R27, S62) Word format

-- Education Scholarship Trust Fund. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 12 (R41, H3196) Word format

-- Educator Assistance Act. See Act for Effective Date