South Carolina state-government finances, comparable debt and interest figures, and the enacted budget.
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Compare state-government balances and interest expenditure from the same Census fiscal-year survey.
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Long-term debt outstanding plus short-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end.
State governments only, Census level 2; amounts converted from thousands to dollars. Fiscal-year ending dates differ among states. Excludes local-government debt. Dollar ranks describe scale, not credit quality.
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| Rank | State | Value | Comparison notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | $166.39B | — |
| #2 | New York | $120.59B | — |
| #3 | Texas | $70.05B | — |
| #4 | Massachusetts | $65.87B | — |
| #5 | New Jersey | $57.23B | — |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | $48.67B | — |
| #7 | Illinois | $43.38B | — |
| #8 | Virginia | $33.73B | — |
| #9 | Connecticut | $33.27B | — |
| #10 | Ohio | $32.29B | — |
| #11 | Washington | $30.62B | — |
| #12 | Maryland | $25.9B | — |
| #13 | Michigan | $25.02B | — |
| #14 | Colorado | $23.57B | — |
| #15 | Wisconsin | $22.79B | — |
| #16 | Florida | $20.14B | — |
| #17 | Minnesota | $17.03B | — |
| #18 | Oregon | $16.91B | — |
| #19 | Louisiana | $16.09B | — |
| #20 | South Carolina · your comparison | $15.36B | — |
| #21 | West Virginia | $15.08B | — |
| #22 | Georgia | $14.05B | — |
| #23 | North Carolina | $13.13B | — |
| #24 | Hawaii | $11.72B | — |
| #25 | Rhode Island | $11.41B | — |
| #26 | Alabama | $10.99B | — |
| #27 | Oklahoma | $10.15B | — |
| #28 | Kentucky | $10.08B | — |
| #29 | Tennessee | $9.03B | — |
| #30 | Indiana | $8.52B | — |
| #31 | Iowa | $8.06B | — |
| #32 | Arkansas | $8.05B | — |
| #33 | Mississippi | $7.72B | — |
| #34 | New Hampshire | $7.58B | — |
| #35 | Kansas | $7.16B | — |
| #36 | New Mexico | $7.12B | — |
| #37 | Missouri | $6.99B | — |
| #38 | Arizona | $6.88B | — |
| #39 | Alaska | $5.72B | — |
| #40 | Utah | $5.55B | — |
| #41 | Maine | $5.3B | — |
| #42 | North Dakota | $4.89B | — |
| #43 | South Dakota | $4.67B | — |
| #44 | Delaware | $3.69B | — |
| #45 | Nebraska | $3.39B | — |
| #46 | Nevada | $2.89B | — |
| #47 | Montana | $2.76B | — |
| #48 | Vermont | $2.67B | — |
| #49 | Wyoming | $1.26B | — |
| #50 | Idaho | $728.59M | — |
All 50 states are listed, including states without a comparable observation. Ranks use stored source precision; displayed values may round to the same number.
All measures use Census state-government records for FY2024. Categories describe collections; they do not rank statutory tax rates.
#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.
Census category T09.
State governments only, Census level 2; amounts converted from thousands to dollars. Fiscal-year ending dates differ among states.
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| Rank | State | Value | Comparison notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | $54.35B | — |
| #2 | California | $53.33B | — |
| #3 | Florida | $40.09B | — |
| #4 | Washington | $22.81B | — |
| #5 | New York | $19.99B | — |
| #6 | Ohio | $16.33B | — |
| #7 | Illinois | $16.05B | — |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | $15.6B | — |
| #9 | New Jersey | $14.31B | — |
| #10 | Tennessee | $14.08B | — |
| #11 | Arizona | $13.16B | — |
| #12 | Michigan | $12.7B | — |
| #13 | North Carolina | $12.16B | — |
| #14 | Indiana | $10.96B | — |
| #15 | Massachusetts | $9.4B | — |
| #16 | Georgia | $9.01B | — |
| #17 | Minnesota | $8.49B | — |
| #18 | Nevada | $8.4B | — |
| #19 | Wisconsin | $7.59B | — |
| #20 | Virginia | $7.4B | — |
| #21 | Maryland | $6.85B | — |
| #22 | South Carolina · your comparison | $6.44B | — |
| #23 | Connecticut | $6.23B | — |
| #24 | Kentucky | $5.8B | — |
| #25 | Missouri | $5.26B | — |
| #26 | Mississippi | $5.07B | — |
| #27 | Arkansas | $5.07B | — |
| #28 | Louisiana | $4.87B | — |
| #29 | Hawaii | $4.79B | — |
| #30 | Colorado | $4.67B | — |
| #31 | Iowa | $4.64B | — |
| #32 | Utah | $4.63B | — |
| #33 | Alabama | $4.59B | — |
| #34 | Kansas | $4.33B | — |
| #35 | New Mexico | $4.33B | — |
| #36 | Oklahoma | $3.81B | — |
| #37 | Idaho | $3.09B | — |
| #38 | Nebraska | $2.97B | — |
| #39 | Maine | $2.35B | — |
| #40 | West Virginia | $1.82B | — |
| #41 | South Dakota | $1.68B | — |
| #42 | Rhode Island | $1.63B | — |
| #43 | Oregon | $1.34B | — |
| #44 | North Dakota | $1.32B | — |
| #45 | Wyoming | $1.01B | — |
| #46 | Vermont | $597.33M | — |
| #47 | Alaska | $0 | — |
| #47 | Delaware | $0 | — |
| #47 | Montana | $0 | — |
| #47 | New Hampshire | $0 | — |
All 50 states are listed, including states without a comparable observation. Ranks use stored source precision; displayed values may round to the same number.
Census categories allow consistent comparisons. These selected categories are not a breakdown of the current South Carolina appropriations act.
#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.
Current operations for public welfare institutions and other public welfare, excluding capital and transfers.
State governments only, Census level 2; amounts converted from thousands to dollars. Fiscal-year ending dates differ among states.
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| Rank | State | Value | Comparison notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | $156.71B | — |
| #2 | New York | $97.35B | — |
| #3 | Texas | $57.32B | — |
| #4 | Illinois | $41.13B | — |
| #5 | Florida | $40.11B | — |
| #6 | Ohio | $39.77B | — |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | $39.34B | — |
| #8 | Massachusetts | $34.12B | — |
| #9 | North Carolina | $30.64B | — |
| #10 | New Jersey | $28.06B | — |
| #11 | Arizona | $26.02B | — |
| #12 | Michigan | $24.37B | — |
| #13 | Virginia | $23.68B | — |
| #14 | Minnesota | $23.37B | — |
| #15 | Indiana | $22.93B | — |
| #16 | Maryland | $21.61B | — |
| #17 | Kentucky | $20.54B | — |
| #18 | Oregon | $20.47B | — |
| #19 | Washington | $19.6B | — |
| #20 | Georgia | $18.99B | — |
| #21 | Louisiana | $18.69B | — |
| #22 | Tennessee | $16.42B | — |
| #23 | Wisconsin | $16.26B | — |
| #24 | Missouri | $15.65B | — |
| #25 | Oklahoma | $14.57B | — |
| #26 | Colorado | $13.6B | — |
| #27 | South Carolina · your comparison | $12.84B | — |
| #28 | New Mexico | $10.72B | — |
| #29 | Iowa | $10.26B | — |
| #30 | Alabama | $9.73B | — |
| #31 | Arkansas | $8.67B | — |
| #32 | Mississippi | $8.08B | — |
| #33 | Utah | $6.91B | — |
| #34 | Kansas | $6.84B | — |
| #35 | Nevada | $6.62B | — |
| #36 | West Virginia | $6.24B | — |
| #37 | Maine | $5.7B | — |
| #38 | Nebraska | $4.97B | — |
| #39 | Connecticut | $4.88B | — |
| #40 | Rhode Island | $4.54B | — |
| #41 | Hawaii | $4.14B | — |
| #42 | Delaware | $3.97B | — |
| #43 | Idaho | $3.73B | — |
| #44 | Alaska | $3.27B | — |
| #45 | Montana | $2.89B | — |
| #46 | New Hampshire | $2.72B | — |
| #47 | Vermont | $2.69B | — |
| #48 | North Dakota | $2.09B | — |
| #49 | South Dakota | $1.95B | — |
| #50 | Wyoming | $1.09B | — |
All 50 states are listed, including states without a comparable observation. Ranks use stored source precision; displayed values may round to the same number.
The enacted plan, spending categories and audited activity use different periods and accounting scopes; they are kept separate.
#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.
Sum of Census current-operation expenditure categories, excluding capital outlay, interest, and assistance/subsidy expenditure.
State governments only, Census level 2; amounts converted from thousands to dollars. Fiscal-year ending dates differ among states. This FY2024 comparison differs in scope and period from South Carolina’s FY2026–27 appropriations and Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 audit shown below.
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| Rank | State | Value | Comparison notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | $287.03B | — |
| #2 | New York | $161.37B | — |
| #3 | Texas | $136.18B | — |
| #4 | Florida | $86.61B | — |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | $77.15B | — |
| #6 | Illinois | $75.67B | — |
| #7 | Ohio | $66.77B | — |
| #8 | New Jersey | $64.53B | — |
| #9 | Massachusetts | $61.38B | — |
| #10 | North Carolina | $59.01B | — |
| #11 | Michigan | $57.27B | — |
| #12 | Virginia | $53.45B | — |
| #13 | Washington | $49.82B | — |
| #14 | Georgia | $45.19B | — |
| #15 | Maryland | $45.06B | — |
| #16 | Oregon | $41.41B | — |
| #17 | Arizona | $38.71B | — |
| #18 | Minnesota | $38.1B | — |
| #19 | Indiana | $37.4B | — |
| #20 | Kentucky | $36.94B | — |
| #21 | Wisconsin | $34.5B | — |
| #22 | Missouri | $34.43B | — |
| #23 | South Carolina · your comparison | $32.85B | — |
| #24 | Colorado | $32.73B | — |
| #25 | Louisiana | $31.67B | — |
| #26 | Tennessee | $31.12B | — |
| #27 | Alabama | $26.99B | — |
| #28 | Oklahoma | $24.28B | — |
| #29 | Utah | $22.7B | — |
| #30 | New Mexico | $21.94B | — |
| #31 | Connecticut | $21.22B | — |
| #32 | Iowa | $19.89B | — |
| #33 | Kansas | $18.39B | — |
| #34 | Hawaii | $16.62B | — |
| #35 | Mississippi | $16.46B | — |
| #36 | Arkansas | $16.28B | — |
| #37 | West Virginia | $13.19B | — |
| #38 | Nevada | $12.43B | — |
| #39 | Nebraska | $10.41B | — |
| #40 | Maine | $10.12B | — |
| #41 | Delaware | $9.24B | — |
| #42 | Rhode Island | $8.93B | — |
| #43 | Alaska | $8.4B | — |
| #44 | Idaho | $8.21B | — |
| #45 | New Hampshire | $7.12B | — |
| #46 | Montana | $6.44B | — |
| #47 | Vermont | $6.28B | — |
| #48 | North Dakota | $5.63B | — |
| #49 | South Dakota | $4.55B | — |
| #50 | Wyoming | $4.01B | — |
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The General Assembly's ratified Part IA total across General, Federal, and Other Funds, reduced by the Governor's $800,000 General Fund line-item veto for the Youth Challenge Program. The other 13 vetoes concern proviso language rather than additional dollar line items. Legislative action on the vetoes remained pending when this overview was prepared.
Shares of the $21.308 billion in taxes reported as general revenue for South Carolina's primary government. The denominator includes State retail sales, income, motor-fuel, insurance, hospital, and other taxes; property taxes levied and retained by local governments are outside it.
FactVote grouped every Part IA agency total once and used an exact residual for statewide and other government functions. The Adjutant General total and the overall plan are reduced by the vetoed $800,000 Youth Challenge Program line item.
Government-wide activity for South Carolina's primary government on the accrual basis. Revenue combines charges for services, operating and capital grants, taxes, investment income, settlements, and other general revenue; internal transfers cancel at the primary-government level.
Explore statements about budgets, government spending, deficits and public debt from FactVote’s South Carolina candidate profiles. Compare candidates within each recorded race, with each person’s matching statements kept together. These are candidate and campaign statements, not verified outcomes.
Using the Commissioner’s bully pulpit and relationships with the Legislature to make farmland protection a budget priority year over year.
Using the Commissioner’s bully pulpit and relationships with the Legislature to make farmland protection a budget priority year over year.DeShawn Blanding campaign source 6 ↗
Alan Wilson believes in transparency and fiscal responsibility. He will overhaul state government by conducting rigorous audits, enforcing conservative reforms, and ensuring that every dollar in the state budget delivers value to hardworking South Carolinians. No more earmarks. No more back room dea…
Alan Wilson believes in transparency and fiscal responsibility. He will overhaul state government by conducting rigorous audits, enforcing conservative reforms, and ensuring that every dollar in the state budget delivers value to hardworking South Carolinians. No more earmarks. No more back room deals.Alan Wilson — candidate-owned primary source 2 ↗
It’s time for South Carolina to make medicinal marijuana safe, legal, and accessible. This means more jobs and income for farmers, a state wide tax on cannabis that will allow us to balance the budget, and medical freedom for people who are suffering. Additionally, Jermaine will commute the sentence…
It’s time for South Carolina to make medicinal marijuana safe, legal, and accessible. This means more jobs and income for farmers, a state wide tax on cannabis that will allow us to balance the budget, and medical freedom for people who are suffering. Additionally, Jermaine will commute the sentence of all prisoners who have non-violent marijuana related charges. This will relieve the burden on our state’s prison system and restore families who have been destroyed by punitive and antiquated drug policies. Finally, Jermaine will put recreational cannabis to a state-wide referendum.Jermaine Johnson — candidate-owned primary source 2 ↗
Washington’s reckless spending threatens the nation’s economic stability and harms families. As our Member of Congress, Jenny will combat wasteful spending, end waste, fraud, and abuse of government programs, restore fiscal discipline, and work to balance the budget.
Washington’s reckless spending threatens the nation’s economic stability and harms families. As our Member of Congress, Jenny will combat wasteful spending, end waste, fraud, and abuse of government programs, restore fiscal discipline, and work to balance the budget.Jenny Costa Honeycutt — candidate-owned primary source 2 ↗
This section matches specific budgets, government spending, deficits and public debt terms in retained, attributed source text from published South Carolina candidate profiles. A profile heading or biography alone does not qualify. The Florida geography is fixed; saved state preferences cannot change these results. A mention can concern a community or group rather than Florida’s statewide measure.
Matching is automatic and does not establish a candidate’s stance, the accuracy of a claim, or an effect on the measured result. Results are grouped by recorded race, then by candidate name. Within each candidate, the matching issue mentions appear first. Only candidates with matching retained statements are shown; this is not a complete race roster. Repeated identical text for the same candidate is shown once. Coverage follows the existing state profiles and is not a complete record of all candidates or everything they have said. Review dates are not statement dates.
Explore reviewed bills sponsored by current South Carolina legislators and South Carolina’s congressional delegation, plus retained proposals from South Carolina’s governor and agencies. Each record keeps its latest recorded status and official evidence.
64 matching sponsorships or proposals · 51 South Carolina incumbents. These filters apply only to this section.
South Carolina House of Representatives · District 2 · R–SC
1 proposalMay 12, 2025 · Enacted
Rep. Shannon S. Erickson · Sponsored / Rep. G. Murrell Smith, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Brandon Newton · Sponsored / Rep. Chris Wooten · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope · Sponsored / Rep. David Martin · Sponsored / Rep. Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder · Sponsored / Rep. John R. McCravy III · Sponsored / Rep. William M. "Bill" Chumley · Sponsored / Rep. Wm. Weston J. Newton · Sponsored / Rep. Leon D. "Doug" Gilliam · Sponsored / Rep. Neal A. Collins · Sponsored / Rep. David Vaughan · Sponsored / Rep. Micajah P. "Micah" Caskey IV · Sponsored / Rep. Jackie R. Terribile · Sponsored / Rep. John Gregory "Jay" Kilmartin · Sponsored / Rep. Josiah Magnuson · Sponsored / Rep. Patrick B. Haddon · Sponsored / Rep. Elizabeth "Spencer" Wetmore · Sponsored / Rep. Marvin "Mark" Smith · Sponsored / Rep. Carla M. Schuessler · Sponsored / Rep. Leonidas E. "Leon" Stavrinakis · Sponsored / Rep. Richard Blake Sanders · Sponsored / Rep. Adam L. Duncan · Sponsored / Rep. James E. Teeple · Sponsored / Rep. Hamilton R. Grant · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas F. "Tom" Hartnett, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Fawn M. Pedalino · Sponsored / Rep. Bill Taylor · Sponsored / Rep. William M. "Bill" Hixon · Sponsored / Rep. Jerry N. Govan, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Paula Rawl Calhoon · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas R. "Randy" Ligon · Sponsored / Rep. M. Brian Lawson · Sponsored / Rep. Richard L. "Richie" Yow · Sponsored / Rep. Sarita L. Edgerton · Sponsored / Rep. April Cromer · Sponsored / Rep. Robert T. Reese · Sponsored / Rep. Wendell G. Gilliard · Sponsored / Rep. Terry Alexander · Sponsored / Rep. Michael F. Rivers, Sr. · Sponsored / Rep. Melissa Lackey Oremus · Sponsored / Rep. Charles V. Hartz · Sponsored / Rep. Carl L. Anderson · Sponsored
Requires school districts and charter schools to create sick-leave banks allowing employees to donate unused sick or annual leave above 60 days for other employees. It retains the existing option to pay eligible staff for specified leave above 90 days; it does not newly create that payment option.
The official record’s latest entry is Act No. 12 (2025-05-12). This records enactment, not present enforceability.
Wages and cash benefits can be components of household money income. Census income is measured before taxes, so tax relief alone is not an increase in this statistic; the provision does not determine the statewide median. This connection does not establish causation. An action after the measurement period cannot explain an earlier observed value.
Retained South Carolina evidence context: Median household income. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
SECTION 3. Section 59-25-47 of the S.C. Code is amended to read: Section 59-25-47. (A) A local school district board of trustees or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of a charter school, is authorized to adopt a policy consistent with the school district or, in the case of a charter school, the school budget, providing that all certified and noncertified public school teachers identified in the Professional Certified Staff listing, certified special school classroom teachers, certified school librarians, certified school counselors, and career specialists who are employed by a school district or a charter school who earn, but do not use sick and annual leave in excess of ninety days, may be eligible to receive payment at the end of each fiscal year for these earned days in excess of ninety days for each excess day at a district's or charter school's established rate of substitute pay for their individual job classification, or another amount, subject to approval by the local school board, or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of the charter school. This provision applies only to sick leave and annual leave in excess of ninety days that is accrued after July 1, 2018. (B) A local school district board of trustees or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of a charter school, must adopt a policy enabling all district or charter school employees to contribute any unused sick or annual leave in excess of sixty days to a sick leave bank that is made available to all district or charter school employees. Such policy must include criteria for employee eligibility to apply for use of the sick leave bank, procedures for review of applications for use of the sick leave bank, and criteria for the maximum number of days an employee may access from the sick leave bank during a single fiscal year.Review official supporting evidence ↗
South Carolina House of Representatives · District 6 · R–SC
1 proposalMay 12, 2025 · Enacted
Rep. Shannon S. Erickson · Sponsored / Rep. G. Murrell Smith, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Brandon Newton · Sponsored / Rep. Chris Wooten · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope · Sponsored / Rep. David Martin · Sponsored / Rep. Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder · Sponsored / Rep. John R. McCravy III · Sponsored / Rep. William M. "Bill" Chumley · Sponsored / Rep. Wm. Weston J. Newton · Sponsored / Rep. Leon D. "Doug" Gilliam · Sponsored / Rep. Neal A. Collins · Sponsored / Rep. David Vaughan · Sponsored / Rep. Micajah P. "Micah" Caskey IV · Sponsored / Rep. Jackie R. Terribile · Sponsored / Rep. John Gregory "Jay" Kilmartin · Sponsored / Rep. Josiah Magnuson · Sponsored / Rep. Patrick B. Haddon · Sponsored / Rep. Elizabeth "Spencer" Wetmore · Sponsored / Rep. Marvin "Mark" Smith · Sponsored / Rep. Carla M. Schuessler · Sponsored / Rep. Leonidas E. "Leon" Stavrinakis · Sponsored / Rep. Richard Blake Sanders · Sponsored / Rep. Adam L. Duncan · Sponsored / Rep. James E. Teeple · Sponsored / Rep. Hamilton R. Grant · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas F. "Tom" Hartnett, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Fawn M. Pedalino · Sponsored / Rep. Bill Taylor · Sponsored / Rep. William M. "Bill" Hixon · Sponsored / Rep. Jerry N. Govan, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Paula Rawl Calhoon · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas R. "Randy" Ligon · Sponsored / Rep. M. Brian Lawson · Sponsored / Rep. Richard L. "Richie" Yow · Sponsored / Rep. Sarita L. Edgerton · Sponsored / Rep. April Cromer · Sponsored / Rep. Robert T. Reese · Sponsored / Rep. Wendell G. Gilliard · Sponsored / Rep. Terry Alexander · Sponsored / Rep. Michael F. Rivers, Sr. · Sponsored / Rep. Melissa Lackey Oremus · Sponsored / Rep. Charles V. Hartz · Sponsored / Rep. Carl L. Anderson · Sponsored
Requires school districts and charter schools to create sick-leave banks allowing employees to donate unused sick or annual leave above 60 days for other employees. It retains the existing option to pay eligible staff for specified leave above 90 days; it does not newly create that payment option.
The official record’s latest entry is Act No. 12 (2025-05-12). This records enactment, not present enforceability.
Wages and cash benefits can be components of household money income. Census income is measured before taxes, so tax relief alone is not an increase in this statistic; the provision does not determine the statewide median. This connection does not establish causation. An action after the measurement period cannot explain an earlier observed value.
Retained South Carolina evidence context: Median household income. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
SECTION 3. Section 59-25-47 of the S.C. Code is amended to read: Section 59-25-47. (A) A local school district board of trustees or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of a charter school, is authorized to adopt a policy consistent with the school district or, in the case of a charter school, the school budget, providing that all certified and noncertified public school teachers identified in the Professional Certified Staff listing, certified special school classroom teachers, certified school librarians, certified school counselors, and career specialists who are employed by a school district or a charter school who earn, but do not use sick and annual leave in excess of ninety days, may be eligible to receive payment at the end of each fiscal year for these earned days in excess of ninety days for each excess day at a district's or charter school's established rate of substitute pay for their individual job classification, or another amount, subject to approval by the local school board, or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of the charter school. This provision applies only to sick leave and annual leave in excess of ninety days that is accrued after July 1, 2018. (B) A local school district board of trustees or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of a charter school, must adopt a policy enabling all district or charter school employees to contribute any unused sick or annual leave in excess of sixty days to a sick leave bank that is made available to all district or charter school employees. Such policy must include criteria for employee eligibility to apply for use of the sick leave bank, procedures for review of applications for use of the sick leave bank, and criteria for the maximum number of days an employee may access from the sick leave bank during a single fiscal year.Review official supporting evidence ↗
South Carolina House of Representatives · District 86 · R–SC
1 proposalMay 12, 2025 · Enacted
Rep. Shannon S. Erickson · Sponsored / Rep. G. Murrell Smith, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Brandon Newton · Sponsored / Rep. Chris Wooten · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope · Sponsored / Rep. David Martin · Sponsored / Rep. Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder · Sponsored / Rep. John R. McCravy III · Sponsored / Rep. William M. "Bill" Chumley · Sponsored / Rep. Wm. Weston J. Newton · Sponsored / Rep. Leon D. "Doug" Gilliam · Sponsored / Rep. Neal A. Collins · Sponsored / Rep. David Vaughan · Sponsored / Rep. Micajah P. "Micah" Caskey IV · Sponsored / Rep. Jackie R. Terribile · Sponsored / Rep. John Gregory "Jay" Kilmartin · Sponsored / Rep. Josiah Magnuson · Sponsored / Rep. Patrick B. Haddon · Sponsored / Rep. Elizabeth "Spencer" Wetmore · Sponsored / Rep. Marvin "Mark" Smith · Sponsored / Rep. Carla M. Schuessler · Sponsored / Rep. Leonidas E. "Leon" Stavrinakis · Sponsored / Rep. Richard Blake Sanders · Sponsored / Rep. Adam L. Duncan · Sponsored / Rep. James E. Teeple · Sponsored / Rep. Hamilton R. Grant · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas F. "Tom" Hartnett, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Fawn M. Pedalino · Sponsored / Rep. Bill Taylor · Sponsored / Rep. William M. "Bill" Hixon · Sponsored / Rep. Jerry N. Govan, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Paula Rawl Calhoon · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas R. "Randy" Ligon · Sponsored / Rep. M. Brian Lawson · Sponsored / Rep. Richard L. "Richie" Yow · Sponsored / Rep. Sarita L. Edgerton · Sponsored / Rep. April Cromer · Sponsored / Rep. Robert T. Reese · Sponsored / Rep. Wendell G. Gilliard · Sponsored / Rep. Terry Alexander · Sponsored / Rep. Michael F. Rivers, Sr. · Sponsored / Rep. Melissa Lackey Oremus · Sponsored / Rep. Charles V. Hartz · Sponsored / Rep. Carl L. Anderson · Sponsored
Requires school districts and charter schools to create sick-leave banks allowing employees to donate unused sick or annual leave above 60 days for other employees. It retains the existing option to pay eligible staff for specified leave above 90 days; it does not newly create that payment option.
The official record’s latest entry is Act No. 12 (2025-05-12). This records enactment, not present enforceability.
Wages and cash benefits can be components of household money income. Census income is measured before taxes, so tax relief alone is not an increase in this statistic; the provision does not determine the statewide median. This connection does not establish causation. An action after the measurement period cannot explain an earlier observed value.
Retained South Carolina evidence context: Median household income. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
SECTION 3. Section 59-25-47 of the S.C. Code is amended to read: Section 59-25-47. (A) A local school district board of trustees or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of a charter school, is authorized to adopt a policy consistent with the school district or, in the case of a charter school, the school budget, providing that all certified and noncertified public school teachers identified in the Professional Certified Staff listing, certified special school classroom teachers, certified school librarians, certified school counselors, and career specialists who are employed by a school district or a charter school who earn, but do not use sick and annual leave in excess of ninety days, may be eligible to receive payment at the end of each fiscal year for these earned days in excess of ninety days for each excess day at a district's or charter school's established rate of substitute pay for their individual job classification, or another amount, subject to approval by the local school board, or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of the charter school. This provision applies only to sick leave and annual leave in excess of ninety days that is accrued after July 1, 2018. (B) A local school district board of trustees or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of a charter school, must adopt a policy enabling all district or charter school employees to contribute any unused sick or annual leave in excess of sixty days to a sick leave bank that is made available to all district or charter school employees. Such policy must include criteria for employee eligibility to apply for use of the sick leave bank, procedures for review of applications for use of the sick leave bank, and criteria for the maximum number of days an employee may access from the sick leave bank during a single fiscal year.Review official supporting evidence ↗
South Carolina House of Representatives · District 45 · R–SC
2 proposalsMay 12, 2025 · Enacted
Rep. Shannon S. Erickson · Sponsored / Rep. G. Murrell Smith, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Brandon Newton · Sponsored / Rep. Chris Wooten · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope · Sponsored / Rep. David Martin · Sponsored / Rep. Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder · Sponsored / Rep. John R. McCravy III · Sponsored / Rep. William M. "Bill" Chumley · Sponsored / Rep. Wm. Weston J. Newton · Sponsored / Rep. Leon D. "Doug" Gilliam · Sponsored / Rep. Neal A. Collins · Sponsored / Rep. David Vaughan · Sponsored / Rep. Micajah P. "Micah" Caskey IV · Sponsored / Rep. Jackie R. Terribile · Sponsored / Rep. John Gregory "Jay" Kilmartin · Sponsored / Rep. Josiah Magnuson · Sponsored / Rep. Patrick B. Haddon · Sponsored / Rep. Elizabeth "Spencer" Wetmore · Sponsored / Rep. Marvin "Mark" Smith · Sponsored / Rep. Carla M. Schuessler · Sponsored / Rep. Leonidas E. "Leon" Stavrinakis · Sponsored / Rep. Richard Blake Sanders · Sponsored / Rep. Adam L. Duncan · Sponsored / Rep. James E. Teeple · Sponsored / Rep. Hamilton R. Grant · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas F. "Tom" Hartnett, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Fawn M. Pedalino · Sponsored / Rep. Bill Taylor · Sponsored / Rep. William M. "Bill" Hixon · Sponsored / Rep. Jerry N. Govan, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Paula Rawl Calhoon · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas R. "Randy" Ligon · Sponsored / Rep. M. Brian Lawson · Sponsored / Rep. Richard L. "Richie" Yow · Sponsored / Rep. Sarita L. Edgerton · Sponsored / Rep. April Cromer · Sponsored / Rep. Robert T. Reese · Sponsored / Rep. Wendell G. Gilliard · Sponsored / Rep. Terry Alexander · Sponsored / Rep. Michael F. Rivers, Sr. · Sponsored / Rep. Melissa Lackey Oremus · Sponsored / Rep. Charles V. Hartz · Sponsored / Rep. Carl L. Anderson · Sponsored
Requires school districts and charter schools to create sick-leave banks allowing employees to donate unused sick or annual leave above 60 days for other employees. It retains the existing option to pay eligible staff for specified leave above 90 days; it does not newly create that payment option.
The official record’s latest entry is Act No. 12 (2025-05-12). This records enactment, not present enforceability.
Wages and cash benefits can be components of household money income. Census income is measured before taxes, so tax relief alone is not an increase in this statistic; the provision does not determine the statewide median. This connection does not establish causation. An action after the measurement period cannot explain an earlier observed value.
Retained South Carolina evidence context: Median household income. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
SECTION 3. Section 59-25-47 of the S.C. Code is amended to read: Section 59-25-47. (A) A local school district board of trustees or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of a charter school, is authorized to adopt a policy consistent with the school district or, in the case of a charter school, the school budget, providing that all certified and noncertified public school teachers identified in the Professional Certified Staff listing, certified special school classroom teachers, certified school librarians, certified school counselors, and career specialists who are employed by a school district or a charter school who earn, but do not use sick and annual leave in excess of ninety days, may be eligible to receive payment at the end of each fiscal year for these earned days in excess of ninety days for each excess day at a district's or charter school's established rate of substitute pay for their individual job classification, or another amount, subject to approval by the local school board, or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of the charter school. This provision applies only to sick leave and annual leave in excess of ninety days that is accrued after July 1, 2018. (B) A local school district board of trustees or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of a charter school, must adopt a policy enabling all district or charter school employees to contribute any unused sick or annual leave in excess of sixty days to a sick leave bank that is made available to all district or charter school employees. Such policy must include criteria for employee eligibility to apply for use of the sick leave bank, procedures for review of applications for use of the sick leave bank, and criteria for the maximum number of days an employee may access from the sick leave bank during a single fiscal year.Review official supporting evidence ↗
Jun 26, 2023 · Enacted
Rep. Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope · Sponsored / Rep. Leon D. "Doug" Gilliam · Sponsored / Rep. Chris Wooten · Sponsored / Rep. John R. McCravy III · Sponsored / Rep. Robert Q. Williams · Sponsored / Rep. Shannon S. Erickson · Sponsored / Rep. Jeff Bradley · Sponsored / Rep. Cally R. "Cal" Forrest, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Brandon Newton · Sponsored / Rep. Micajah P. "Micah" Caskey IV · Sponsored
Creates a SLED Center for School Safety and Targeted Violence to provide training, education and expertise for law enforcement, schools and the public, contingent on appropriated funding.
The official record’s latest entry is Act No. 79 (2023-06-26). This records enactment, not present enforceability.
The fact measures reported violent offenses per 100,000 people, with incomplete and varying agency coverage. FBI violent crime includes murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Prevention, reporting or a specified offense concerns one component; this is distinct from homicide mortality, nonviolent offenses and all unreported crime. This connection does not establish causation. An action after the measurement period cannot explain an earlier observed value.
Retained South Carolina evidence context: Reported violent-crime rate. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
Section 23-3-1500. (A) The Center for School Safety and Targeted Violence is established within the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). The purpose of the center is to provide extensive training, education, and expertise in the fields of school safety and targeted violence. (B) SLED shall adopt guidelines and establish procedures for training and educating local and state law enforcement, teachers, administrators, bus drivers, other school personnel, parents and the public on school safety and targeted violence. […] SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and is contingent upon funding in the general appropriations act.Review official supporting evidence ↗
South Carolina House of Representatives · District 39 · R–SC
1 proposalJun 26, 2023 · Enacted
Rep. Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope · Sponsored / Rep. Leon D. "Doug" Gilliam · Sponsored / Rep. Chris Wooten · Sponsored / Rep. John R. McCravy III · Sponsored / Rep. Robert Q. Williams · Sponsored / Rep. Shannon S. Erickson · Sponsored / Rep. Jeff Bradley · Sponsored / Rep. Cally R. "Cal" Forrest, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Brandon Newton · Sponsored / Rep. Micajah P. "Micah" Caskey IV · Sponsored
Creates a SLED Center for School Safety and Targeted Violence to provide training, education and expertise for law enforcement, schools and the public, contingent on appropriated funding.
The official record’s latest entry is Act No. 79 (2023-06-26). This records enactment, not present enforceability.
The fact measures reported violent offenses per 100,000 people, with incomplete and varying agency coverage. FBI violent crime includes murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Prevention, reporting or a specified offense concerns one component; this is distinct from homicide mortality, nonviolent offenses and all unreported crime. This connection does not establish causation. An action after the measurement period cannot explain an earlier observed value.
Retained South Carolina evidence context: Reported violent-crime rate. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
Section 23-3-1500. (A) The Center for School Safety and Targeted Violence is established within the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). The purpose of the center is to provide extensive training, education, and expertise in the fields of school safety and targeted violence. (B) SLED shall adopt guidelines and establish procedures for training and educating local and state law enforcement, teachers, administrators, bus drivers, other school personnel, parents and the public on school safety and targeted violence. […] SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and is contingent upon funding in the general appropriations act.Review official supporting evidence ↗
South Carolina House of Representatives · District 103 · D–SC
1 proposalMay 12, 2025 · Enacted
Rep. Shannon S. Erickson · Sponsored / Rep. G. Murrell Smith, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Brandon Newton · Sponsored / Rep. Chris Wooten · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope · Sponsored / Rep. David Martin · Sponsored / Rep. Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder · Sponsored / Rep. John R. McCravy III · Sponsored / Rep. William M. "Bill" Chumley · Sponsored / Rep. Wm. Weston J. Newton · Sponsored / Rep. Leon D. "Doug" Gilliam · Sponsored / Rep. Neal A. Collins · Sponsored / Rep. David Vaughan · Sponsored / Rep. Micajah P. "Micah" Caskey IV · Sponsored / Rep. Jackie R. Terribile · Sponsored / Rep. John Gregory "Jay" Kilmartin · Sponsored / Rep. Josiah Magnuson · Sponsored / Rep. Patrick B. Haddon · Sponsored / Rep. Elizabeth "Spencer" Wetmore · Sponsored / Rep. Marvin "Mark" Smith · Sponsored / Rep. Carla M. Schuessler · Sponsored / Rep. Leonidas E. "Leon" Stavrinakis · Sponsored / Rep. Richard Blake Sanders · Sponsored / Rep. Adam L. Duncan · Sponsored / Rep. James E. Teeple · Sponsored / Rep. Hamilton R. Grant · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas F. "Tom" Hartnett, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Fawn M. Pedalino · Sponsored / Rep. Bill Taylor · Sponsored / Rep. William M. "Bill" Hixon · Sponsored / Rep. Jerry N. Govan, Jr. · Sponsored / Rep. Paula Rawl Calhoon · Sponsored / Rep. Thomas R. "Randy" Ligon · Sponsored / Rep. M. Brian Lawson · Sponsored / Rep. Richard L. "Richie" Yow · Sponsored / Rep. Sarita L. Edgerton · Sponsored / Rep. April Cromer · Sponsored / Rep. Robert T. Reese · Sponsored / Rep. Wendell G. Gilliard · Sponsored / Rep. Terry Alexander · Sponsored / Rep. Michael F. Rivers, Sr. · Sponsored / Rep. Melissa Lackey Oremus · Sponsored / Rep. Charles V. Hartz · Sponsored / Rep. Carl L. Anderson · Sponsored
Requires school districts and charter schools to create sick-leave banks allowing employees to donate unused sick or annual leave above 60 days for other employees. It retains the existing option to pay eligible staff for specified leave above 90 days; it does not newly create that payment option.
The official record’s latest entry is Act No. 12 (2025-05-12). This records enactment, not present enforceability.
Wages and cash benefits can be components of household money income. Census income is measured before taxes, so tax relief alone is not an increase in this statistic; the provision does not determine the statewide median. This connection does not establish causation. An action after the measurement period cannot explain an earlier observed value.
Retained South Carolina evidence context: Median household income. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
SECTION 3. Section 59-25-47 of the S.C. Code is amended to read: Section 59-25-47. (A) A local school district board of trustees or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of a charter school, is authorized to adopt a policy consistent with the school district or, in the case of a charter school, the school budget, providing that all certified and noncertified public school teachers identified in the Professional Certified Staff listing, certified special school classroom teachers, certified school librarians, certified school counselors, and career specialists who are employed by a school district or a charter school who earn, but do not use sick and annual leave in excess of ninety days, may be eligible to receive payment at the end of each fiscal year for these earned days in excess of ninety days for each excess day at a district's or charter school's established rate of substitute pay for their individual job classification, or another amount, subject to approval by the local school board, or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of the charter school. This provision applies only to sick leave and annual leave in excess of ninety days that is accrued after July 1, 2018. (B) A local school district board of trustees or, in the case of a charter school, the governing body of a charter school, must adopt a policy enabling all district or charter school employees to contribute any unused sick or annual leave in excess of sixty days to a sick leave bank that is made available to all district or charter school employees. Such policy must include criteria for employee eligibility to apply for use of the sick leave bank, procedures for review of applications for use of the sick leave bank, and criteria for the maximum number of days an employee may access from the sick leave bank during a single fiscal year.Review official supporting evidence ↗
Only current South Carolina officeholders retained in the reviewed collection qualify. Bills require a recorded primary sponsorship; cosponsors and signing officials are excluded from sponsorship counts. An official introducer recorded as acting by request is labeled “Introduced by request”; that procedural role does not establish personal policy endorsement. Governor and agency records qualify when recorded as proposed. A separately verified governor transmittal can also establish an original proposal whose latest status reflects its later outcome. Signing an enacted law alone does not establish a proposal. A record appearing under several facts is counted once per officeholder. A bill with multiple primary sponsors appears under each recorded sponsor.
Enacted bills, adopted resolutions and unsuccessful measures remain visible as proposal history. Passing one chamber is not enactment. These counts do not measure effectiveness or prove that an action changed a South Carolina statistic. Collection reviewed Oct 6, 2026.