Acts
2023 Session
Listed below are the Acts from the 2023 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 (R3, H3783) Word format
- -- Department of Employment and Workforce. Effective March 1, 2023
- Act No. 2 (R4, S361) Word format
- -- Construction Contract Extensions. Effective March 20, 2023
- Act No. 3 (R6, H3604) Word format
- -- Appropriations. Effective March 20, 2023
- Act No. 4 (R7, H3741) Word format
- -- Code Volume Adoption. Effective March 20, 2023
- Act No. 5 (R1, S381) Word format
- -- Ratification of Constitutional amendment. Effective February 28, 2023
- Act No. 6 (R10, S604) Word format
- -- American Rescue Plan. Effective April 20, 2023
- Act No. 7 (R9, S490) Word format
- -- Fairplay Welcome Center. Effective April 25, 2023
- Act No. 8 (R16, S39) Word format
- -- Educational Scholarship Trust Fund. Effective June 3, 2023
- Act No. 9 (R17, S299) Word format
- -- Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children. Effective May 8, 2023
- Act No. 10 (R18, S341) Word format
- -- Probate Courts. Effective May 8, 2023
- Act No. 11 (R19, S581) Word format
- -- Official Carnivorous Plant. Effective May 8, 2023
- Act No. 12 (R20, S593) Word format
- -- Orangeburg County Precincts. Effective May 8, 2023
- Act No. 13 (R21, H3605) Word format
- -- Earn and Learn Act of 2023. Effective May 8, 2023
- Act No. 14 (R22, H4099) Word format
- -- Lancaster County Precincts. Effective May 8, 2023
- Act No. 15 (R24, S101) Word format
- -- Hunting and Fishing Licenses. Effective May 12, 2023
- Act No. 16 (R25, S120) Word format
- -- Executions. Effective May 12, 2023
- Act No. 17 (R53, H3908) Word format
- -- Paid family leave. Effective June 26, 2023
- Act No. 18 (R23, S92) Word format
- -- Election protest deadlines. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 19 (R26, S146) Word format
- -- Sexually Violent Predators Act. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 20 (R27, S164) Word format
- -- State Health Facility Licensure Act. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 21 (R28, S256) Word format
- -- Sunscreen at School. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 22 (R29, S259) Word format
- -- Structured Settlement Payments. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 23 (R30, S342) Word format
- -- Homeless Youth Definition. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 24 (R31, S363) Word format
- -- Carolina Squat. Effective November 12, 2023
- Act No. 25 (R32, S380) Word format
- -- Kinship Guardianship. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 26 (R33, S394) Word format
- -- Neonatal Testing. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 27 (R34, S405) Word format
- -- Certificates of Ascertainment of Appointment of Electors. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 28 (R35, S449) Word format
- -- Feral Hog Sunset Strike. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 29 (R36, S500) Word format
- -- Department of Insurance. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 30 (R37, S520) Word format
- -- Pharmacy benefits. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 31 (R38, S566) Word format
- -- South Carolina Craft Beer Economic Development Act. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 32 (R39, S603) Word format
- -- Grain and Cotton Producers Guaranty Fund. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 33 (R40, S612) Word format
- -- Child Welfare. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 34 (R42, H3142) Word format
- -- Robert Smalls Day. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 35 (R43, H3204) Word format
- -- Psypact. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 36 (R44, H3231) Word format
- -- Department of Health and Human Services. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 37 (R45, H3269) Word format
- -- Department of Natural Resources. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 38 (R46, H3681) Word format
- -- Omnibus Tobacco Enforcement Act of 2023. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 39 (R47, H3689) Word format
- -- Airboats. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 40 (R48, H3797) Word format
- -- Military Temporary Remote School Enrollment Act. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 41 (R49, H3857) Word format
- -- Doctoral/Professional Universities. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 42 (R50, H3868) Word format
- -- Women in Hunting and Fishing Awareness Day. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 43 (R51, H3870) Word format
- -- Narcotic Treatment Programs. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 44 (R52, H3905) Word format
- -- Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 45 (R54, H3952) Word format
- -- Consumer affairs. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 46 (R56, H4017) Word format
- -- Internal Revenue Code conformity. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 47 (R57, H4122) Word format
- -- Administration of lifesaving medication in schools. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 48 (R58, H4177) Word format
- -- Spartanburg County Voting Precincts. Effective July 1, 2023
- Act No. 49 (R59, H4291) Word format
- -- Clog Dancing Day. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 50 (R60, H4350) Word format
- -- Cherokee County voting precincts. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 51 (R72, S549) Word format
- -- Auto Dealers. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 52 (R73, S564) Word format
- -- Jasper County Voting Precincts. Effective May 18, 2023
- Act No. 53 (R75, S639) Word format
- -- York County Precincts. Effective May 18, 2023
- Act No. 54 (R82, H3583) Word format
- -- Gavin's Law, Sextortion. Effective May 18, 2023
- Act No. 55 (R64, S36) Word format
- -- Driver's license; suspended due to DUI. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 56 (R65, S252) Word format
- -- Law Enforcement and Judicial Personal Info Protection. Effective July 1, 2024
- Act No. 57 (R66, S284) Word format
- -- Development of Workforce Housing. Effective May 19, 2023
- Act No. 58 (R67, S317) Word format
- -- Veterans Trust Fund Reorganization. Effective May 19, 2023
- Act No. 59 (R68, S343) Word format
- -- Crisis Stabilization Units. Effective May 19, 2023
- Act No. 60 (R70, S399) Word format
- -- DHEC restructuring. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 61 (R71, S459) Word format
- -- Alcohol Sales at Airports. Effective May 19, 2023
- Act No. 62 (R74, S569) Word format
- -- Alzheimer's State Plan. Effective May 19, 2023
- Act No. 63 (R79, H3340) Word format
- -- Missing person alerts. Effective May 19, 2023
- Act No. 64 (R80, H3433) Word format
- -- Saltwater privileges, suspension. Effective May 19, 2023
- Act No. 65 (R81, H3538) Word format
- -- Harvest reporting. Effective July 1, 2024
- Act No. 66 (R83, H3691) Word format
- -- Coroners - First Responders. Effective May 19, 2023
- Act No. 67 (R84, H3726) Word format
- -- Statewide Education and Workforce Development Act. Effective May 19, 2023
- Act No. 68 (R86, H4049) Word format
- -- Remote Annual Meetings. Effective May 19, 2023
- Act No. 69 (R87, H4115) Word format
- -- Contractors. Effective May 19, 2023
- Act No. 70 (R88, S474) Word format
- -- Abortion - Fetal Heartbeat. Effective May 25, 2023
- Act No. 71 (R63, S31) Word format
- -- Municipal Audit. Effective June 7, 2023
- Act No. 72 (R97, H3503) Word format
- -- Trafficking in Fentanyl. Effective June 15, 2023
- Act No. 73 (R85, H3890) Word format
- -- Youthful offenders, eligibility. Effective June 14, 2023
- Act No. 74 (R90, S96) Word format
- -- Boating safety and education program. Effective August 18, 2023
- Act No. 75 (R91, S108) Word format
- -- Death Benefits for Law Enforcement Killed in the Line of Duty. Effective June 19, 2023
- Act No. 76 (R92, S330) Word format
- -- Malicious Injury to Public Utilities. Effective June 19, 2023
- Act No. 77 (R94, S397) Word format
- -- Athletic Trainers Act. Effective June 19, 2023
- Act No. 78 (R95, S407) Word format
- -- Narcan OTC. Effective June 19, 2023
- Act No. 79 (R96, H3360) Word format
- -- Center for School Safety and Targeted Violence. Effective June 19, 2023
- Act No. 80 (R99, H3553) Word format
- -- Adoption. Effective June 19, 2023
- Act No. 81 (R100, H4023) Word format
- -- First Steps. Effective June 19, 2023
- Act No. 82 (R101, H4217) Word format
- -- Beaufort County Voting Precincts. Effective January 1, 2024
- Act No. 83 (R98, H3532) Word format
- -- Bond Reform. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 84 (R102, H4300) Word format
- -- Appropriations Bill, 2023-2024. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 85 (R89, H4299) Word format
- -- Continuing Resolution. Effective July 1, 2023
- Act No. 86 (R103, H4301) Word format
- -- Capital Reserve Fund. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 87 (R78, H3209) Word format
- -- Economic Development. Effective May 19, 2023
- Act No. 88 (R76, S739) Word format
- -- SC Housing Tax Credit. Effective May 19, 2023
- Act No. 89 (R13, H3312) Word format
- -- Child Food and Nutrition Services Study Committee. Effective April 25, 2023
- Act No. 90 (R5, S478) Word format
- -- Broadway Water and Sewer District. Effective March 29, 2023
- Act No. 91 (R55, H3987) Word format
- -- Anderson School Districst 1 and 5. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 92 (R11, S654) Word format
- -- Barnwell County School Districts, consolidation. Effective April 25, 2023
- Act No. 93 (R93, S335) Word format
- -- Hilton Head Redistricting. Effective June 19, 2023
- Act No. 94 (R12, S657) Word format
- -- Chester County Natural Gas Authority. Effective April 25, 2023
- Act No. 95 (R2, H3254) Word format
- -- Dorchester County School District 2 & 4. Effective March 3, 2023
- Act No. 96 (R8, H3961) Word format
- -- Dorchester School District 2. Effective March 20, 2023
- Act No. 97 (R14, H4215) Word format
- -- Spartanburg School District 5, reapportionment. Effective April 25, 2023
- Act No. 98 (R15, H4216) Word format
- -- Spartanburg School District 7, reapportionment. Effective April 25, 2023
- Act No. 99 (R61, H4412) Word format
- -- Inman-Campobello Water District. Effective May 16, 2023
- Act No. 100 (R69, S360) Word format
- -- Composition of Williamsburg County School District Board of Trustees. Effective May 18, 2023
- Act No. 101 (R77, S764) Word format
- -- Rock Hill School District 3 in York County. Effective May 19, 2023
- Act No. 102 (R41, S698) Word format
- -- Clemson - JR to Approve Regulation Doc No. 5108. Effective May 16, 2023