Acts
2007 Session
Listed below are the Acts from the 2007 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 (R2, S152) -- Word format
- -- S.C. Retirement System. Effective February 13, 2007
- Act No. 2 (R4, S132) -- Word format
- -- Arkansas blue catfish. Effective March 27, 2007
- Act No. 3 (R5, S146) -- Word format
- -- Law enforcement officers. Effective March 28, 2007
- Act No. 4 (R6, S208) -- Word format
- -- Beaufort County voting precincts. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 5 (R7, S294) -- Word format
- -- Board of Juvenile Parole. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 6 (R8, S330) -- Word format
- -- York County voting precincts. Effective March 27, 2007
- Act No. 7 (R10, H3063) -- Word format
- -- Marriage. Effective March 22, 2007
- Act No. 8 (R20, H3396) -- Word format
- -- Cable television services. Effective March 30, 2007
- Act No. 9 (R9, S408) -- Word format
- -- Job tax credit. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 10 (R12, H3226) -- Word format
- -- Conflicts of interest. Effective April 12, 2007
- Act No. 11 (R22, H3345) -- Word format
- -- Airborne Heritage Day. Effective April 18, 2007
- Act No. 12 (R25, S153) -- Word format
- -- Property taxes. Effective April 26, 2007
- Act No. 13 (R27, S156) -- Word format
- -- General Assembly. Effective April 26, 2007
- Act No. 14 (R34, H3218) -- Word format
- -- Beer and wine. Effective May 2, 2007
- Act No. 15 (R26, S155) -- Word format
- -- Treason and eminent domain. Effective April 26, 2007
- Act No. 16 (R28, S431) -- Word format
- -- Base Load Review Act. Effective May 3, 2007
- Act No. 17 (R29, S451) -- Word format
- -- Athletic facilities revenue bonds. Effective May 8, 2007
- Act No. 18 (R30, S498) -- Word format
- -- General Francis Marion Memorial Day. Effective May 2, 2007
- Act No. 19 (R36, H3509) -- Word format
- -- Local Housing Trust Fund Enabling Act. Effective May 15, 2007
- Act No. 20 (R40, S321) -- Word format
- -- Nonpublic Post Secondary Institution License Act. Effective May 15, 2007
- Act No. 21 (R42, S448) -- Word format
- -- Elk. Effective May 16, 2007
- Act No. 22 (R43, S576) -- Word format
- -- Greenwood County voting precincts. Effective May 14, 2007
- Act No. 23 (R44, S597) -- Word format
- -- Youth hunter. Effective May 14, 2007
- Act No. 24 (R45, S609) -- Word format
- -- Richland County voting precincts. Effective May 14, 2007
- Act No. 25 (R46, S613) -- Word format
- -- Phytosanitary certificates. Effective May 14, 2007
- Act No. 26 (R48, H3097) -- Word format
- -- Virtual School Program established. Effective May 15, 2007
- Act No. 27 (R49, H3256) -- Word format
- -- Insurance agents. Effective May 16, 2007
- Act No. 28 (R50, H3310) -- Word format
- -- Firearms. Effective May 14, 2007
- Act No. 29 (R51, H3406) -- Word format
- -- Hospital Patient Safety Act. Effective May 16, 2007
- Act No. 30 (R33, H3115) -- Word format
- -- Sewage collection and disposal. Effective May 24, 2007
- Act No. 31 (R52, S266) -- Word format
- -- Priority Investment Act. Effective May 23, 2007
- Act No. 32 (R54, S312) -- Word format
- -- Joint Municipal Electric Power and Energy Act. Effective May 22, 2007
- Act No. 33 (R56, H3466) -- Word format
- -- Public Waters Nuisance Abatement Act. Effective May 24, 2007
- Act No. 34 (R67, H3289) -- Word format
- -- Sales and use tax exemptions. Effective July 1, 2007
- Act No. 35 (R72, H3490) -- Word format
- -- Alcohol Education Program Act. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 36 (R98, H3659) -- Word format
- -- Excise tax. Effective June 7, 2007
- Act No. 37 (R102, H3991) -- Word format
- -- Lexington County voting precincts. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 38 (R53, S277) -- Word format
- -- Mowing. Effective May 30, 2007
- Act No. 39 (R57, S95) -- Word format
- -- Mobile dental facilities. Effective June 1, 2007
- Act No. 40 (R59, S322) -- Word format
- -- National Guard College Assistance Program Act. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 41 (R61, S481) -- Word format
- -- Organ and tissue donor program. Effective June 4, 2007
- Act No. 42 (R62, S484) -- Word format
- -- Independent institution of higher learning. Effective June 4, 2007
- Act No. 43 (R68, H3290) -- Word format
- -- Voting precincts. Effective June 1, 2007
- Act No. 44 (R70, H3428) -- Word format
- -- Reserve officers. Effective June 4, 2007
- Act No. 45 (R71, H3456) -- Word format
- -- Abandoned Manufactured Home Removal Act. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 46 (R73, H3525) -- Word format
- -- Driver's licenses. Effective June 4, 2007
- Act No. 47 (R75, H3795) -- Word format
- -- African-American Heritage Commission. Effective June 1, 2007
- Act No. 48 (R78, H3890) -- Word format
- -- Town of Summerton. Effective June 1, 2007
- Act No. 49 (R64, S657) -- Word format
- -- Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Act. Effective June 5, 2007
- Act No. 50 (R66, S666) -- Word format
- -- Winthrop University. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 51 (R87, S235) -- Word format
- -- Credit unions. Effective June 7, 2007
- Act No. 52 (R90, S391) -- Word format
- -- Coroner office. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 53 (R91, S459) -- Word format
- -- Jessica Horton Campus Crime Act. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 54 (R92, S504) -- Word format
- -- Building codes. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 55 (R93, S518) -- Word format
- -- Shaking infants video. Effective January 1, 2008
- Act No. 56 (R35, H3505) -- Word format
- -- Jasper County port authority. Effective May 1, 2007
- Act No. 57 (R89, S367) -- Word format
- -- Homestead Exemption Fund. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 58 (R99, H3722) -- Word format
- -- Engineers and land surveyors. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 59 (R74, H3711) -- Word format
- -- Joint Authority Water and Sewer Systems Act. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 60 (R104, S13) -- Word format
- -- Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. Effective June 8, 2007
- Act No. 61 (R105, S15) -- Word format
- -- Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act. Effective June 8, 2007
- Act No. 62 (R121, S770) -- Word format
- -- Sumter County voting precincts. Effective June 8, 2007
- Act No. 63 (R144, H3911) -- Word format
- -- Darlington County voting precincts. Effective June 8, 2007
- Act No. 64 (R146, H4072) -- Word format
- -- Horry County voting precincts. Effective June 8, 2007
- Act No. 65 (R85, S20) -- Word format
- -- Pervasive developmental disorder. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 66 (R86, S139) -- Word format
- -- Motor homes. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 67 (R88, S334) -- Word format
- -- Employment security law. Effective June 7, 2007
- Act No. 68 (R110, S182) -- Word format
- -- Prison industries. Effective August 1, 2007
- Act No. 69 (R112, S268) -- Word format
- -- Charitable organizations. Effective June 13, 2007
- Act No. 70 (R114, S449) -- Word format
- -- REAL ID Act. Effective June 13, 2007
- Act No. 71 (R118, S610) -- Word format
- -- Prescriptions. Effective June 13, 2007
- Act No. 72 (R125, H3199) -- Word format
- -- ATM Safety Act. Effective June 13, 2007
- Act No. 73 (R130, H3358) -- Word format
- -- Office hours of state agencies. Effective June 13, 2007
- Act No. 74 (R131, H3362) -- Word format
- -- Funeral director or embalmer. Effective July 13, 2007
- Act No. 75 (R132, H3476) -- Word format
- -- Teacher Recruitment and Retention Improvement Act. Effective June 13, 2007
- Act No. 76 (R135, H3568) -- Word format
- -- Agriculture real property. Effective June 13, 2007
- Act No. 77 (R137, H3699) -- Word format
- -- Monuments. Effective June 13, 2007
- Act No. 78 (R142, H3820) -- Word format
- -- Omnibus Coastal Property Insurance Reform Act of 2007. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 79 (R95, H3161) -- Word format
- -- Transportation of students. Effective June 7, 2007
- Act No. 80 (R106, S17) -- Word format
- -- Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. Effective June 8, 2007
- Act No. 81 (R108, S99) -- Word format
- -- Presidential or advisory primaries. Effective June 19, 2007
- Act No. 82 (R109, S141) -- Word format
- -- Criminal Gang Prevention Act. Effective June 12, 2007
- Act No. 83 (R111, S243) -- Word format
- -- Hydrogen Infrastructure Development Act. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 84 (R113, S283) -- Word format
- -- Wildlife management areas. Effective June 14, 2007
- Act No. 85 (R115, S489) -- Word format
- -- Saltwater gamefish. Effective June 15, 2007
- Act No. 86 (R117, S589) -- Word format
- -- Captive insurance companies. Effective June 14, 2007
- Act No. 87 (R119, S686) -- Word format
- -- Fish. Effective June 14, 2007
- Act No. 88 (R123, H3034) -- Word format
- -- Energy Efficiency Act. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 89 (R124, H3045) -- Word format
- -- Volunteer Strategic Assistance and Fire Equipment Act of 2007. Effective June 20, 2007
- Act No. 90 (R126, H3232) -- Word format
- -- Fraternity and sorority license plates. Effective June 14, 2007
- Act No. 91 (R127, H3233) -- Word format
- -- Watercraft and outboard motor property tax. Effective June 14, 2007
- Act No. 92 (R129, H3317) -- Word format
- -- Organ and Tissue Donor Registry. Effective June 14, 2007
- Act No. 93 (R133, H3481) -- Word format
- -- Fire sprinkler contractors. Effective June 20, 2007
- Act No. 94 (R134, H3526) -- Word format
- -- Income tax credit. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 95 (R138, H3721) -- Word format
- -- Surgical technology. Effective January 1, 2008
- Act No. 96 (R140, H3783) -- Word format
- -- Biennial license taxes. Effective June 15, 2007
- Act No. 97 (R141, H3817) -- Word format
- -- Transportation of aluminum. Effective June 14, 2007
- Act No. 98 (R149, H4136) -- Word format
- -- CSS Pee Dee. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 99 (R151, S310) -- Word format
- -- Medical equipment and supplies. Effective July 1, 2007
- Act No. 100 (R152, S327) -- Word format
- -- Election Commission. Effective June 18, 2007
- Act No. 101 (R153, S370) -- Word format
- -- Arson. Effective June 18, 2007
- Act No. 102 (R155, S726) -- Word format
- -- Teaching history and literature of Old Testament and New Testament. Effective June 18, 2007
- Act No. 103 (R156, S213) -- Word format
- -- Prevention of Underage Drinking and Access to Alcohol Act. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 104 (R157, H3249) -- Word format
- -- Administrative Procedures Act. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 105 (R158, H3254) -- Word format
- -- Schools' academic performance. Effective June 20, 2007
- Act No. 106 (R160, H3373) -- Word format
- -- DHEC. Effective January 1, 2008
- Act No. 107 (R161, H3457) -- Word format
- -- Alcohol permits. Effective June 18, 2007
- Act No. 108 (R154, S446) -- Word format
- -- Indigent Defense Act. Effective June 21, 2007
- Act No. 109 (R167, H4200) -- Word format
- -- Kershaw County voting precincts. Effective June 25, 2007
- Act No. 110 (R107, S91) -- Word format
- -- Research and Development Tax Credit Reform Act. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 111 (R163, S332) -- Word format
- -- Workers' compensation reform. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 112 (R169, H3826) -- Word format
- -- SC Retirement System. Effective June 27, 2007
- Act No. 113 (R170, S65) -- Word format
- -- Cemeteries. Effective June 27, 2007
- Act No. 114 (R171, S355) -- Word format
- -- Transportation Department. Effective June 27, 2007
- Act No. 115 (R172, S656) -- Word format
- -- Sales tax. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 116 (R177, H3749) -- Word format
- -- Job tax credit. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 117 (R175, H3620) -- Word format
- -- Appropriations Bill, 2007-2008. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 118 (R60, S389) -- Word format
- -- Age of consent. Effective May 29, 2007
- Act No. 119 (R15, H3399) -- Word format
- -- Code of Laws. Effective March 27, 2007
- Act No. 120 (R122, S784) -- Word format
- -- Appropriation Bill. Effective July 1, 2007
- Act No. 121 (R174, H3471) -- Word format
- -- Contingency Reserve Fund Revenues. Effective June 29, 2007
- Act No. 122 (R176, H3621) -- Word format
- -- Capital Reserve Bill. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 123 (R3, S273) -- Word format
- -- Sales and use tax. Effective February 19, 2007
- Act No. 124 (R13, H3335) -- Word format
- -- DHEC. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 125 (R24, H3748) -- Word format
- -- Shad. Effective April 13, 2007
- Act No. 126 (R39, H3694) -- Word format
- -- M.J. "Dolly" Cooper Veterans Cemetery. Effective May 3, 2007
- Act No. 127 (R55, S702) -- Word format
- -- Teacher contracts. Effective May 22, 2007
- Act No. 128 (R128, H3239) -- Word format
- -- Employment Security Commission. Effective June 20, 2007
- Act No. 129 (R83, H3976) -- Word format
- -- Calhoun Board of Voter Registration and Election Commission. Effective June 1, 2007
- Act No. 130 (R69, H3409) -- Word format
- -- Aviation Authority membership. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 131 (R166, H4150) -- Word format
- -- Charleston County; School Districts. Effective June 25, 2007
- Act No. 132 (R168, H4228) -- Word format
- -- Cherokee County Board of Trustees of School District 1. Effective June 25, 2007
- Act No. 133 (R21, S305) -- Word format
- -- Chester County School Board of Trustees. Effective April 18, 2007
- Act No. 134 (R81, H3953) -- Word format
- -- Chesterfield County School Districts. Effective June 5, 2007
- Act No. 135 (R63, S603) -- Word format
- -- Colleton County school board trustees. Effective June 19, 2007
- Act No. 136 (R165, S816) -- Word format
- -- Darlington County Transportation Committee. Effective June 28, 2007
- Act No. 137 (R148, H4111) -- Word format
- -- Dillon County sales and use tax referendum. Effective June 15, 2007
- Act No. 138 (R23, H3724) -- Word format
- -- Fairfield County. Effective April 18, 2007
- Act No. 139 (R37, H3558) -- Word format
- -- Florence County Board of Trustees. Effective May 1, 2007
- Act No. 140 (R96, H3319) -- Word format
- -- Greenwood School Districts 50 Board of Trustees. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 141 (R76, H3818) -- Word format
- -- Hampton County Board of Trustees. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 142 (R162, H4164) -- Word format
- -- Hampton County Board of Elections and Voter Registration. Effective June 21, 2007
- Act No. 143 (R58, S174) -- Word format
- -- Horry County Transportation Committee. Effective June 7, 2007
- Act No. 144 (R82, H3960) -- Word format
- -- Highway directional signs to Hard Rock Park. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 145 (R84, H4029) -- Word format
- -- Horry County Higher Education Commission. Effective June 1, 2007
- Act No. 146 (R103, H4081) -- Word format
- -- Kershaw County Board of Trustees. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 147 (R18, H3613) -- Word format
- -- Laurens County School Districts 55 and 56. Effective March 29, 2007
- Act No. 148 (R80, H3923) -- Word format
- -- Laurens County School Districts 55 and 56. Effective June 1, 2007
- Act No. 149 (R16, H3446) -- Word format
- -- Marlboro County School District members. Effective March 28, 2007
- Act No. 150 (R31, S579) -- Word format
- -- Oconee County Superintendent of Education. Effective May 1, 2007
- Act No. 151 (R164, S804) -- Word format
- -- Oconee County Registration and Elections Commission. Effective June 28, 2007
- Act No. 152 (R1, S261) -- Word format
- -- Pickens County School Board of Trustees. Effective February 5, 2007
- Act No. 153 (R139, H3782) -- Word format
- -- Pickens County School Board of Trustees. Effective June 13, 2007
- Act No. 154 (R456, H5217 of 2006) -- Word format
- -- Operations of golf carts on highways and streets within Richland County. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 155 (R116, S534) -- Word format
- -- Sumter County School Districts 2 and 17. Effective June 8, 2007
- Act No. 156 (R17, H3492) -- Word format
- -- Union County high schools. Effective March 29, 2007
- Act No. 157 (R32, S626) -- Word format
- -- Mortality tables. Effective May 1, 2007
- Act No. 158 (R38, H3628) -- Word format
- -- At-Risk Students. Effective May 1, 2007
- Act No. 159 (R47, S625) -- Word format
- -- Clemson University, Livestock-Poultry Health Commission. Effective May 16, 2007
- Act No. 160 (R79, H3915) -- Word format
- -- Truck Driver Training Schools. Effective June 1, 2007
- Act No. 161 (R100, H3990) -- Word format
- -- Hazardous Waste Management Regulations. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 162 (R101, H3914) -- Word format
- -- Driver Training Schools. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 163 (R120, S719) -- Word format
- -- Wildlife Management Areas. Effective June 14, 2007
- Act No. 164 (R147, H4099) -- Word format
- -- Medical Examiners Board. Effective June 13, 2007
- Act No. 165 (R11, H3209) -- Word format
- -- Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force. Effective March 28, 2007
- Act No. 166 (R19, S529) -- Word format
- -- Eminent Domain Study Committee. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 167 (R65, S661) -- Word format
- -- Eminent Domain Study Committee. See Act for Effective Date
- Act No. 168 (R94, H3135) -- Word format
- -- Statewide Comprehensive Service Delivery System. Effective June 6, 2007
- Act No. 169 (R136, H3569) -- Word format
- -- Wireless Technology and Communications Commission. Effective June 14, 2007
- Act No. 170 (R143, H3828) -- Word format
- -- Natural gas exploration. Effective June 15, 2007
- Act No. 171 (R145, H3933) -- Word format
- -- Environmental justice. Effective June 15, 2007
- Act No. 172 (R150, H4178) -- Word format
- -- Medicaid Transportation Advisory Committee. Effective June 19, 2007