Listed below are the Acts from the 2020 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. 113 (R114, S11) Word format

-- Daylight saving time. See Act

Act No. 114 (R116, H3174) Word format

-- Bicycles, electric-assisted. Effective February 3, 2020

Act No. 115 (R117, H4244) Word format

-- Service contract requirements. See Act

Act No. 116 (R129, H4014) Word format

-- COVID-19; funding for DHEC. Effective March 19, 2020

Act No. 117 (R119, S16) Word format

-- Emergency prescription refills. Effective March 24, 2020

Act No. 118 (R120, S474) Word format

-- Finfish. Effective March 24, 2020

Act No. 119 (R121, S475) Word format

-- Finfish. Effective March 24, 2020

Act No. 120 (R122, S525) Word format

-- Superb Account and the Superb Financial Responsibility Fund. Effective March 24, 2020

Act No. 121 (R123, S580) Word format

-- SC Life and Accident and Health Insurance Guaranty Association. Effective March 24, 2020

Act No. 122 (R124, S919) Word format

-- Voting precincts; Beaufort county. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 123 (R125, S920) Word format

-- Voting precincts; Jasper County. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 124 (R126, S1003) Word format

-- Voting precincts; Laurens County. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 125 (R127, H3357) Word format

-- Vehicle registration, private passenger-carrying vehicle. Effective March 24, 2021

Act No. 126 (R128, H3695) Word format

-- Private passenger vehicles. Effective March 24, 2020

Act No. 127 (R130, H4246) Word format

-- Criminal Background checks for real estate professionals. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 128 (R132, H4702) Word format

-- Richland-Lexington Airport Commission. Effective March 24, 2020

Act No. 129 (R134, H4811) Word format

-- Erosion control structures or devices. Effective March 24, 2020

Act No. 130 (R135, H4944) Word format

-- Voting precincts, Spartanburg County. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 131 (R136, H4439) Word format

-- Atomic Veterans Day. Effective April 10, 2020

Act No. 132 (R137, H4743) Word format

-- Horry and Georgetown county lines. Effective April 10, 2020

Act No. 133 (R138, S635) Word format

-- Absentee ballot provisions for June 2020 primary. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 134 (R139, H3309) Word format

-- SLED. Effective May 14, 2020

Act No. 135 (R140, H3411) Word format

-- Continuing Resolution, COVID-19 appropriations. Effective May 18, 2020

Act No. 136 (R141, H3967) Word format

-- Inmate restraint. Effective May 14, 2020

Act No. 137 (R142, H3998) Word format

-- Workforce and Senior Affordable Housing Act. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 138 (R143, S76) Word format

-- Energy efficient manufactured homes incentive program; extend the program for five years. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 139 (R144, S455) Word format

-- Professional licenses, temporary. Effective May 26, 2020

Act No. 140 (R145, S601) Word format

-- Foster care or adoption placement. Effective May 26, 2020

Act No. 141 (R146, H3200) Word format

-- SC Lactation Support. Effective July 25, 2020

Act No. 142 (R148, H5202) Word format

-- CARES appropriations. Effective June 25, 2020

Act No. 143 (R149, H5305) Word format

-- Absentee ballots. Effective September 16, 2020

Act No. 144 (R150, S181) Word format

-- Adoption. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 145 (R151, S207) Word format

-- Assessment ratios. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 146 (R152, S217) Word format

-- Accommodations and hospitality tax expenditures. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 147 (R155, S545) Word format

-- Property assessment of merchants and other businesses. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 148 (R157, S719) Word format

-- Raffles. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 149 (R158, S753) Word format

-- Insurance premium tax. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 150 (R161, S977) Word format

-- To adopt revised Code Volumes 11A and 20. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 151 (R163, S1048) Word format

-- Aeronautics Commission. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 152 (R164, S1068) Word format

-- Animal classification; classify certain birds as waterfowl. See Act

Act No. 153 (R169, S1263) Word format

-- Kershaw County; Voting precincts. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 154 (R170, H3210) Word format

-- CARES Act. Effective September 25, 2020

Act No. 155 (R177, H3800) Word format

-- Hunting licenses, apprentice. Effective November 27, 2020

Act No. 156 (R178, H4021) Word format

-- Swimming prohibition and use of cabins in state parks. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 157 (R179, H4327) Word format

-- Building Codes. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 158 (R181, H4663) Word format

-- Flu vaccine protocol for pharmacists. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 159 (R182, H5149) Word format

-- Saluda County Voting precincts. Effective January 1, 2021

Act No. 160 (R185, H4938) Word format

-- Electronic prescriptions. Effective January 1, 2021

Act No. 161 (R188, H4963) Word format

-- Alcohol. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 162 (R189, H5030) Word format

-- Dorchester County Transportation Committee, membership increased. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 163 (R153, S259) Word format

-- SC Resilience Revolving Fund Act. Effective September 29, 2020

Act No. 164 (R156, S613) Word format

-- School of Science and Mathematics' Endowment Fund. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 165 (R159, S881) Word format

-- Reinsurance credits. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 166 (R160, S882) Word format

-- SC Private Flood Insurance Act. Effective November 27, 2020

Act No. 167 (R162, S993) Word format

-- Alcohol. Effective September 29, 2020

Act No. 168 (R165, S1071) Word format

-- Firefighter Cancer Health Care Benefit Plan. Effective July 1, 2021

Act No. 169 (R166, S1099) Word format

-- Alcohol. Effective September 30, 2020

Act No. 170 (R171, H3257) Word format

-- Health Education Act. Effective September 29, 2020

Act No. 171 (R172, H3351) Word format

-- Archives and History. Effective September 29, 2020

Act No. 172 (R173, H3485) Word format

-- Archives and history, fees for certifying historic rehabilitation tax credit. Effective September 29, 2020

Act No. 173 (R174, H3596) Word format

-- Ad valorem taxes. Effective January 1, 2021

Act No. 174 (R175, H3755) Word format

-- Auto insurance coverage. Effective September 30, 2020

Act No. 175 (R176, H3780) Word format

-- Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Program. Effective September 29, 2020

Act No. 176 (R180, H4431) Word format

-- SC Business License Tax Reform. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 177 (R184, H4831) Word format

-- Native reptiles and amphibians. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 178 (R187, H4945) Word format

-- Erosion control structures. Effective September 29, 2020

Act No. 179 (R190, H4262) Word format

-- Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act. Effective September 29, 2020

Act No. 180 (R154, S426) Word format

-- Georgetown County water recreational resource fund. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 181 (R118, S996) Word format

-- Public Utilities Review Committee. Effective February 6, 2020

Act No. 182 (R147, H5034) Word format

-- Charleston County School District. Effective June 29, 2020

Act No. 183 (R115, S975) Word format

-- Clarendon County School Districts 1 and 3. See Act

Act No. 184 (R167, S1121) Word format

-- Hampton County School Districts. Effective October 28, 2020

Act No. 185 (R168, S1191) Word format

-- Act No. 476, Sec. 001, Jasper County Board of Education. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 186 (R183, H4724) Word format

-- Veteran Study Committee created to study veteran homelessness. Effective September 28, 2020

Act No. 187 (R186, H4940) Word format

-- Electricity Market Reform Measures Study Committee. Effective September 29, 2020