Listed below are the Acts from the 2015 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 in order 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. 27 (R50, S373) Word format

-- SC Retirement System. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 31 (R54, S441) Word format

-- Guaranteed Asset Protection Act. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 37 (R64, H3646) Word format

-- Soil-based on-site disposal systems. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 41 (R28, H3118) Word format

-- Department of Natural Resources. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 63 (R96, H3583) Word format

-- Proposals. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 77 (R107, S407) Word format

-- Corporate officers. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 88 (R126, H3525) Word format

-- Transportation Network Companies. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 91 (R127, H3701) Word format

-- Appropriations Bill, 2015-2016. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 92 (R130, H4230) Word format

-- Supplemental appropriations. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 93 (R128, H3702) Word format

-- Capital Reserve Fund. See Act for Effective Date

Act No. 124 (R72, H3847) Word format

-- Speech-Language Pathologist Assistant. See Act for Effective Date

Effective January 1, 2016

Act No. 69 (R112, H3568) Word format

-- Sales tax exemptions. Effective January 1, 2016

Act No. 72 (R101, S176) Word format

-- Cremation. Effective January 1, 2016

Effective August 1, 2015

Act No. 39 (R74, H4076) Word format

-- Laurens County voting precincts. Effective August 1, 2015

Effective July 9, 2015

Act No. 90 (R132, S897) Word format

-- SC Infantry Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America. Effective July 9, 2015

Effective July 7, 2015

Act No. 89 (R119, H3670) Word format

-- West Florence Fire District. Effective July 7, 2015

Effective July 1, 2015

Act No. 11 (R23, S391) Word format

-- In-state tuition rates for military personnel. Effective July 1, 2015

Act No. 42 (R31, H3393) Word format

-- Migratory hunt and conservation stamp. Effective July 1, 2015

Act No. 82 (R121, H4005) Word format

-- Berkeley County voting precinct. Effective July 1, 2015

Act No. 94 (R131, H4266) Word format

-- Continuing authority to pay expenses of state government. Effective July 1, 2015

Effective June 24, 2015

Act No. 96 (R129, H4014) Word format

-- Anderson County Board of Education. Effective June 24, 2015

Effective June 13, 2015

Act No. 118 (R124, H4225) Word format

-- Public's Use of State Lakes and Ponds owned or leased by DNR (D. No. 4547). Effective June 13, 2015

Act No. 119 (R125, H4231) Word format

-- Species or subspecies of non-game wildlife (D. No. 4560). Effective June 13, 2015

Effective June 11, 2015

Act No. 79 (R117, H3154) Word format

-- S.C. Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act. Effective June 11, 2015

Act No. 80 (R118, H3305) Word format

-- Unemployment benefits. Effective June 11, 2015

Act No. 81 (R120, H3852) Word format

-- Escheatment to the state of unclaimed United States Savings Bonds. Effective June 11, 2015

Act No. 83 (R122, H4084) Word format

-- Charter school, school leader. Effective June 11, 2015

Act No. 84 (R123, H4142) Word format

-- Richland County voting precincts. Effective June 11, 2015

Act No. 87 (R116, S379) Word format

-- County tax officials. Effective June 11, 2015

Effective June 10, 2015

Act No. 71 (R100, S47) Word format

-- Body-worn cameras worn by law enforcement. Effective June 10, 2015

Effective June 9, 2015

Act No. 68 (R97, H3725) Word format

-- State-owned abandoned buildings. Effective June 9, 2015

Act No. 105 (R114, H4079) Word format

-- Laurens County School Districts 55. Effective June 9, 2015

Effective June 8, 2015

Act No. 65 (R111, H3266) Word format

-- Trespasser Responsibility Act. Effective June 8, 2015

Act No. 66 (R113, H3882) Word format

-- School bus drivers. Effective June 8, 2015

Act No. 67 (R115, H4260) Word format

-- Colleton County voting precinct. Effective June 8, 2015

Act No. 70 (R99, S11) Word format

-- Notice of meetings for public bodies. Effective June 8, 2015

Act No. 74 (R103, S183) Word format

-- Human trafficking. Effective June 8, 2015

Act No. 75 (R105, S250) Word format

-- Release of a child's medical records. Effective June 8, 2015

Act No. 76 (R106, S341) Word format

-- Renal medullary carcinoma. Effective June 8, 2015

Act No. 78 (R109, S754) Word format

-- Murrell's Inlet-Garden City Fire District. Effective June 8, 2015

Act No. 85 (R108, S526) Word format

-- Tax penalties. Effective June 8, 2015

Act No. 86 (R104, S211) Word format

-- Golf cart paths. Effective June 8, 2015

Act No. 103 (R110, S757) Word format

-- Greenwood County School District 50. Effective June 8, 2015

Effective June 5, 2015

Act No. 73 (R102, S179) Word format

-- Definition of alcoholic liquors. Effective June 5, 2015

Effective June 4, 2015

Act No. 58 (R80, S3) Word format

-- Criminal Domestic Violence Offenses and Penalties. Effective June 4, 2015

Act No. 59 (R90, S78) Word format

-- Forfeited Lands Emergency Development Act. Effective June 4, 2015

Act No. 60 (R92, S389) Word format

-- Business Development Corporations. Effective June 4, 2015

Act No. 61 (R94, H3156) Word format

-- Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act. Effective June 4, 2015

Act No. 62 (R95, H3548) Word format

-- Child abuse and neglect. Effective June 4, 2015

Act No. 64 (R98, H3772) Word format

-- Medical Malpractice Insurance Joint Underwriting Association Board. Effective June 4, 2015

Act No. 100 (R91, S810) Word format

-- Florence County School District Number 5. Effective June 4, 2015

Act No. 101 (R93, S809) Word format

-- Florence County School District Number 3. Effective June 4, 2015

Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 45 (R46, S268) Word format

-- Jurisdiction of State Grand Jury. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 46 (R48, S350) Word format

-- SC Community Economic Development Act. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 47 (R59, S666) Word format

-- Premium service agreements. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 48 (R62, H3304) Word format

-- Landrum Fire and Rescue District. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 49 (R77, H4135) Word format

-- Greenville Technical College Area Commission. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 50 (R81, S261) Word format

-- Persons age sixty and over attending classes. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 51 (R82, S301) Word format

-- SC Board of Accountancy. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 52 (R83, S437) Word format

-- James B. Edwards Civics Education Initiative. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 53 (R84, S592) Word format

-- Hunting of feral hogs, coyotes, and armadillos. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 54 (R85, H3083) Word format

-- S.C. Overdose Prevention Act. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 55 (R86, H3264) Word format

-- Special license plates. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 56 (R87, H3880) Word format

-- Migratory Waterfowl Committee. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 57 (R88, H3888) Word format

-- Spartanburg County Voting Precincts. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 102 (R78, H4143) Word format

-- Greenville Health System Board of Trustees. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 104 (R89, H4166) Word format

-- Laurens County School Districts 55 and 56. Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 115 (R67, H3748) Word format

-- DHEC procedures for contested cases (D. No. 4466). Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 116 (R68, H3749) Word format

-- Hypodermic devices; drugs and devices (D. No. 4468). Effective June 3, 2015

Act No. 117 (R73, H3914) Word format

-- Particle accelerators (D. No. 4482). Effective June 3, 2015

Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 22 (R43, S133) Word format

-- Automatic expungement of juvenile records. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 23 (R44, S153) Word format

-- Disabled veteran tax exemption. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 24 (R45, S154) Word format

-- Interscholastic activities. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 25 (R47, S304) Word format

-- Contracts to buy power. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 26 (R49, S361) Word format

-- Automobile insurance. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 28 (R51, S375) Word format

-- Local government. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 29 (R52, S413) Word format

-- Pharmacists. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 30 (R53, S426) Word format

-- Mental Health Court Program Act. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 32 (R56, S474) Word format

-- Patient's rights. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 33 (R57, S500) Word format

-- Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 34 (R58, S590) Word format

-- Ignition interlock devices. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 35 (R60, H3168) Word format

-- S.C. Emergency Management Law Enforcement Act. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 36 (R63, H3575) Word format

-- Solid waste policy and management. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 38 (R69, H3840) Word format

-- Voting precincts in Horry County. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 40 (R76, H4106) Word format

-- Lancaster County Voting Precincts. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 97 (R65, H3656) Word format

-- Chesterfield County School District. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 98 (R66, H3658) Word format

-- Chesterfield County School District. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 99 (R75, H4082) Word format

-- Dorchester County School District Board of Trustees. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 108 (R79, H4159) Word format

-- Union County Board of School Trustees. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 125 (R71, H3846) Word format

-- Cheraw National Guard Armory. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 126 (R55, S463) Word format

-- Department of Natural Resources. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 128 (R61, H3215) Word format

-- Alimony. Effective June 1, 2015

Act No. 130 (R70, H3843) Word format

-- First Steps Study Committee. Effective June 1, 2015

Effective May 12, 2015

Act No. 44 (R33, H3464) Word format

-- Barbers and barbering. Effective May 12, 2015

Act No. 129 (R20, S237) Word format

-- Study Committee on Expungment of Criminal Records. Effective May 12, 2015

Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 9 (R21, S358) Word format

-- Vehicular requirements. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 10 (R22, S376) Word format

-- Aeronautics. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 12 (R24, S578) Word format

-- Coastal tidelands and wetlands. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 13 (R25, S588) Word format

-- Aiken County Voting Precincts. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 14 (R27, S673) Word format

-- Hospital Public Service District. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 15 (R29, H3323) Word format

-- SC Noxious Weed Act. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 16 (R34, H3547) Word format

-- Reemployment rights of the National Guard. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 17 (R35, H3662) Word format

-- Automatic residential fire sprinklers for homes. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 18 (R37, H3668) Word format

-- Deer hunting. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 19 (R38, H3683) Word format

-- Adjutant General. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 20 (R39, H3762) Word 3762

-- Animal traps. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 21 (R40, H3890) Word format

-- School make up days. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 43 (R32, H3443) Word format

-- Optometrists. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 106 (R41, H3900) Word format

-- Spartanburg County School District 5 Board of Trustees. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 107 (R42, H4055) Word format

-- Spartanburg County School District 7 Board of Trustees. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 121 (R36, H3663) Word format

-- SCSU Board of Trustees. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 123 (R26, S599) Word format

-- G. Frank Russell Career Center. Effective May 7, 2015

Act No. 127 (R30, H3324) Word format

-- State and local level Veterans� issues. Effective May 7, 2015

Effective April 2, 2015

Act No. 7 (R16, S196) Word format

-- Human trafficking. Effective April 2, 2015

Act No. 8 (R18, H3035) Word format

-- Take Palmetto Pride Where You Live Act. Effective April 2, 2015

Act No. 120 (R17, S382) Word format

-- SC State University. Effective April 2, 2015

Act No. 131 (R19, H3345) Word format

-- SC Code of Laws Volumes 13 and 15. Effective April 2, 2015

Effective April 1, 2015

Act No. 109 (R10, H3752) Word format

-- Dentistry Board fees (D. No. 4502). Effective April 1, 2015

Act No. 110 (R11, H3753) Word format

-- Long Term Health Care Administrators Board Fees (D. No. 4507). Effective April 1, 2015

Act No. 111 (R12, H3754) Word format

-- Medical Examiners Board fees (D. No. 4509). Effective April 1, 2015

Act No. 112 (R13, H3756) Word format

-- Board of Examiners in Opticianry fees (D. No. 4511). Effective April 1, 2015

Act No. 113 (R14, H3758) Word format

-- Podiatry Examiners Board fees (D. No. 4513). Effective April 1, 2015

Act No. 114 (R15, H3760) Word format

-- Psychology Board of Examiners fees (D. No. 4515). Effective April 1, 2015

Effective March 27, 2015

Act No. 4 (R6, S177) Word format

-- Procedure for certification of domestic and foreign records. Effective March 27, 2015

Act No. 5 (R7, S397) Word format

-- State Income Tax Laws and Internal Revenue Code. Effective March 27, 2015

Act No. 6 (R8, S411) Word format

-- Italian American Heritage Month. Effective March 27, 2015

Effective March 9, 2015

Act No. 2 (R3, S342) Word format

-- Annual Enterprise Risk report. Effective March 9, 2015

Act No. 95 (R2, S225) Word format

-- State Health Plan. Effective March 9, 2015

Act No. 122 (R4, S364) Word format

-- SC Read to Succeed Act. Effective March 9, 2015

Effective March 5, 2015

Act No. 1 (R1, S8) Word format

-- Constitutional Officers of S.C. Effective March 5, 2015

Act No. 3 (R5, H3519) Word format

-- Raffles. Effective March 5, 2015