Listed below are the Acts from the 2019 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. 32 (R45, S132) Word format

-- PA Act of 2019. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 47 (R67, S329) Word format

-- Tax credits. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 48 (R68, S359) Word format

-- Pharmacy benefits managers. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 50 (R70, S440) Word format

-- SC Textiles Communities Revitalization Act. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 51 (R71, S575) Word format

-- Hunting and taking of wild turkey. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 56 (R76, H3145) Word format

-- Electric coops, audits. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 91 (R110, H4000) Word format

-- Appropriations Bill, 2019-2020. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 92 (R111, H4001) Word format

-- Capital Reserve Fund. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 102 (R18, H3697) Word format

-- Degree curriculum requirements. See Act for Effective Date

Effective January 1, 2021

Act No. 65 (R85, H3728) Word format

-- Prescription monitoring program. Effective January 1, 2021

Effective November 24, 2019

Act No. 86 (R107, H3789) Word format

-- Driver's license. Effective November 24, 2019

Effective August 1, 2019

Act No. 58 (R78, H3243) Word format

-- Filing and recording fees. Effective August 1, 2019

Effective July 23, 2019

Act No. 87 (R108, H3821) Word format

-- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Act. Effective July 23, 2019

Effective July 1, 2019

Act No. 5 (R10, S358) Word format

-- Property and casualty insurance guaranty association. Effective July 1, 2019

Act No. 6 (R11, S360) Word format

-- Department of Insurance changes. Effective July 1, 2019

Act No. 13 (R22, S160) Word format

-- Tax liens. Effective July 1, 2019

Act No. 26 (R39, H3438) Word format

-- Veterans Affairs. Effective July 1, 2019

Act No. 59 (R79, H3383) Word format

-- State forest land revenues shared with counties. Effective July 1, 2019

Act No. 93 (R61, H4413) Word format

-- Continuing Resolution. Effective July 1, 2019

Effective June 25, 2019

Act No. 90 (R105, H3601) Word format

-- Disorderly conduct. Effective June 25, 2019

Effective June 15, 2019

Act No. 82 (R102, H4380) Word format

-- Samantha L. Josephson Ridesharing Safety Act. Effective June 15, 2019

Effective May 24, 2019

Act No. 84 (R104, H3137) Word format

-- State Aid to Subdivisions Act. Effective May 24, 2019

Act No. 85 (R106, H3602) Word format

-- Health care decisions for unable to consent persons. Effective May 24, 2019

Act No. 88 (R109, H3986) Word format

-- SC ABLE Account renamed SC STABLE Account Program. Effective May 24, 2019

Act No. 89 (R112, H4004) Word format

-- Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST) Act. Effective May 24, 2019

Effective May 22, 2019

Act No. 83 (R103, H4243) Word format

-- Professional sports team. Effective May 22, 2019

Act No. 95 (R113, H4287) Word format

-- Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper). Effective May 22, 2019

Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 42 (R62, S21) Word format

-- Birth certificates prepared after a paternity determination. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 43 (R63, S105) Word format

-- Animal cruelty and care. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 44 (R64, S281) Word format

-- Guide dogs. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 45 (R65, S314) Word format

-- Income tax credit. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 46 (R66, S323) Word format

-- DOR; allow DOR to submit certain information to a financial institution regarding a debtor that has been named on a warrant for distraint. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 49 (R69, S408) Word format

-- Sales and Gross receipts. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 52 (R72, S595) Word format

-- Childcare facilities. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 53 (R73, S621) Word format

-- Bonds. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 54 (R74, H3035) Word format

-- Poll managers and assistants. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 55 (R75, H3036) Word format

-- Neonatal testing. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 57 (R77, H3205) Word format

-- Catawba Tribe. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 60 (R80, H3586) Word format

-- Public Safety Communications Center. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 61 (R81, H3621) Word format

-- Athletic Trainers' Act, definitions. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 62 (R82, H3659) Word format

-- SC Energy Freedom Act. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 63 (R83, H3662) Word format

-- Adoption of Revised Code Volumes. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 64 (R84, H3703) Word format

-- Physical Therapy Examiners Board, licensure. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 66 (R86, H3754) Word format

-- Vacation Time-Sharing Plan Extensions and Termination. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 67 (R87, H3760) Word format

-- Medical Malpractice Liability Joint Underwriting Association. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 68 (R88, H3785) Word format

-- Accountants. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 69 (R89, H3916) Word format

-- Vehicle registration. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 70 (R90, H3951) Word format

-- Sheriff qualifications. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 71 (R91, H3973) Word format

-- Female genital mutilation. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 72 (R92, H4010) Word format

-- Heritage Trust program. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 73 (R93, H4011) Word format

-- Water resource planning and coordination. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 74 (R94, H4012) Word format

-- Land Resources Conservation Commission. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 75 (R95, H4013) Word format

-- Geological Survey Unit. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 76 (R96, H4020) Word format

-- Powers and duties; provide new duties for Parks, Recreation and Tourism. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 77 (R97, H4133) Word format

-- Community Development Corporations and Financial Institutions. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 78 (R98, H4239) Word format

-- Trawling restriction areas. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 79 (R99, H4245) Word format

-- Meat. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 80 (R100, H4276) Word format

-- Dillon County Voting Precincts. Effective May 16, 2019

Act No. 81 (R101, H4330) Word format

-- Greenwood county voting precincts. Effective May 16, 2019

Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 28 (R58, H3698) Word format

-- Coastal management program development. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 29 (R59, H3699) Word format

-- Critical area altering, permits and fees. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 30 (R43, S12) Word format

-- Barbers' Day. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 31 (R44, S109) Word format

-- SC Alarm System Business Act. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 33 (R46, S196) Word format

-- License issuance to an unmarried female and male under 18 when the female is pregnant or had a child. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 34 (R47, S277) Word format

-- Speech-Language Pathologists Assistants exemptions. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 35 (R48, S310) Word format

-- Cigarettes. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 36 (R49, S401) Word format

-- Highway system construction. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 37 (R50, S439) Word format

-- Tax credit, port cargo volume increase. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 38 (R51, S463) Word format

-- Pharmacists and prescriptions. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 39 (R53, S546) Word format

-- Oconee County voting precinct. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 40 (R54, S607) Word format

-- Berkeley County voting precincts. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 41 (R52, S530) Word format

-- Procurement Code. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 107 (R56, S712) Word format

-- Broadway Water and Sewer District. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 108 (R57, H3346) Word format

-- Chesterfield County School District. Effective May 13, 2019

Act No. 110 (R55, S675) Word format

-- Renewable Water Resources (REWA). Effective May 13, 2019

Effective May 7, 2019

Act No. 109 (R35, S735) Word format

-- Clarendon County Board of Education. Effective May 7, 2019

Effective May 1, 2019

Act No. 105 (R41, H3819) Word format

-- Abbeville County School District No. 60. Effective May 1, 2019

Effective April 30, 2019

Act No. 106 (R15, S504) Word format

-- Allendale County Aeronautics and Development Commission. Effective April 30, 2019

Effective April 26, 2019

Act No. 20 (R32, S205) Word format

-- Alzheimer's disease and related disorders resource coordination center. Effective April 26, 2019

Act No. 21 (R33, S214) Word format

-- Sales tax definitions. Effective April 26, 2019

Act No. 22 (R34, S514) Word format

-- Special License Plates. Effective April 26, 2019

Act No. 23 (R36, H3180) Word format

-- SC Service Members Civil Relief. Effective April 26, 2019

Act No. 24 (R37, H3398) Word format

-- Tucker Hipps Transparency Act. Effective April 26, 2019

Act No. 25 (R38, H3420) Word format

-- Youth Access to Tobacco Prevention Act of 2006. Effective April 26, 2019

Act No. 27 (R40, H3483) Word format

-- Automatic repeal of statutory provisions requiring certain coal combustion residuals to be placed in class 3 landfill. Effective April 26, 2019

Act No. 100 (R42, H3929) Word format

-- Waived school days. Effective April 26, 2019

Effective April 3, 2019

Act No. 17 (R27, H3310) Word format

-- Transfer and surrender of vehicles. Effective April 3, 2019

Act No. 18 (R28, H3732) Word format

-- Veterinarians. Effective April 3, 2019

Act No. 19 (R29, H3750) Word format

-- Deer hunting. Effective April 3, 2019

Act No. 98 (R31, H4157) Word format

-- Voting machines. Effective April 3, 2019

Act No. 103 (R26, S540) Word format

-- DEW Director appointment. Effective April 3, 2019

Act No. 111 (R30, H4112) Word format

-- Veterinary medicine and animal shelters (D. No. 4859). Effective April 3, 2019

Effective March 28, 2019

Act No. 14 (R23, H3449) Word format

-- Agriculture Dept. Effective March 28, 2019

Act No. 15 (R24, H3595) Word format

-- Industry Partnership Fund tax credit. Effective March 28, 2019

Act No. 16 (R25, H3985) Word format

-- IRS Code. Effective March 28, 2019

Effective March 20, 2019

Act No. 3 (R6, S75) Word format

-- Insurance. Effective March 20, 2019

Act No. 4 (R9, S327) Word format

-- Interagency Planning and Evaluation Advisory Committee. Effective March 20, 2019

Act No. 7 (R12, S428) Word format

-- Voting precincts; Anderson County. Effective March 20, 2019

Act No. 8 (R13, S441) Word format

-- Greenwood county, voting precincts. Effective March 20, 2019

Act No. 9 (R14, S482) Word format

-- Dorchester County voting precincts,. Effective March 20, 2019

Act No. 10 (R17, H3639) Word format

-- Tuition rates, military personnel and their dependents. Effective March 20, 2019

Act No. 11 (R19, H3798) Word format

-- Voting precincts. Effective March 20, 2019

Act No. 12 (R21, H3987) Word format

-- Abbeville County voting precincts. Effective March 20, 2019

Act No. 94 (R8, S326) Word format

-- SLED; distribute 250,000 dollars to the SC State Firefighters Association to provide PTSD insurance and programs. Effective March 20, 2019

Act No. 97 (R20, H3849) Word format

-- Cigarette stamp tax. Effective March 20, 2019

Act No. 101 (R7, S80) Word format

-- SC American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission. Effective March 20, 2019

Act No. 112 (R16, H3127) Word format

-- Mold Abatement and Remediation Study Committee. Effective March 20, 2019

Effective March 7, 2019

Act No. 104 (R4, S335) Word format

-- Election of the Commissioners of the Bath, Langley, and Clearwater Water and Sewer Districts. Effective March 7, 2019

Effective February 21, 2019

Act No. 2 (R3, S228) Word format

-- Technical College Enterprise Campus Authorities. Effective February 21, 2019

Act No. 96 (R5, H3630) Word format

-- Property tax penalty schedule. Effective February 21, 2019

Act No. 99 (R2, S168) Word format

-- Reporting requirements. Effective February 21, 2019

Effective January 31, 2019

Act No. 1 (R1, S2) Word format

-- Senate Appointments and Reports. Effective January 31, 2019