SC Gov. McMaster signs 66 bills into law

COLUMBIA S.C. (WSPA) — In the last few days, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed 66 bills into state law, including the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” which prevents transgender men from competing in public school athletics, and the “Workforce Enhancement and Military Recognition Act” that allows military veterans to deduct retirement payments from income.

“We got a lot of things done that we’ve been trying to for a long time,” said Gov. McMaster.

He also signed the “Election Law” bill, which makes it possible to vote in-person, two-week in advance of an election.

In-person absentee voting is no longer allowed. Those who qualify to vote absentee must do so by mail.

“We made it easier to vote, and harder to cheat,” McMaster said.

	Bill #	Bill Name	Ratified Date	Gov. Action	Date Effective
164	S11	Family leave	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
165	S108	Election Laws	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
166	S152	Green County Space Sales Tax Act	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
167	S158	Real estate brokers, continuing education requirement exemptions	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
168	S222	Kinship foster care program	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
169	S227	Massage Therapy Practice Act	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
170	S449	Aiken County Commission for Technical Education	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
171	S460	State Fire Marshal	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
172	S613	Medical assistants	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
173	S635	SC Research Authority Board	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
174	S637	SC Dodd-Frank Conformity	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
175	S812	Accountants	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
176	S888	Contractors	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
177	S910	Berkeley County School Board	05/12/2022
178	S934	South Carolina Building Codes Council	05/12/2022
179	S946	Unencumbered time for teachers	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
180	S953	Elections	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
181	S969	Board of Education	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
182	S980	Finfish	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
183	S1059	Medication provision in certain facilities	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
184	S1060	Elections	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
185	S1103	Child identification kits	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
186	S1117	SC Grain Producers Guaranty Fund	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
187	S1178	Self-service storage	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
188	S1179	Telehealth	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
189	S1180	Chester County School District	05/12/2022
190	S1263	Abbeville County School District – Reapportionment	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
191	S1264	Hampton County School District – Reapportionment	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
192	S1270	School District 2 in York County	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
193	S1271	Cherokee County School District Reapportionment	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
194	S1292	Fairfield County School District	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
195	S1314	Department of Motor Vehicles – JR to Approve Regulation Document No. 5105	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
196	H3006	School lunch, debt	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
198	H3247	Workforce Enhancement and Military Recognition Act	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
199	H3271	Name change, petitions	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
200	H3325	Death certificates	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
201	H3340	License tax credits allowed for contributions to qualifying infrastructure and development projects	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
202	H3591	Educator preparation	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
203	H3599	Occupational Licensure Reform Act	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
204	H3606	Exempt certain improvements made to residential property from permit requirements and other provisions	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
205	H3775	Insurance	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
206	H3795	Sign Language Interpreters Act	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
207	H3833	Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT)	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
208	H3840	ASLP Interstate Compact Act	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
209	H3948	Local Sales & Use Tax	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
210	H4048	Duty to defend and indemnify	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
211	H4161	Gaming machines and tables, prohibited	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
212	H4220	Life Insurance	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
213	H4408	American Rescue Plan authorizations	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
214	H4519	Barbers	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
215	H4597	Anatomical gifts, nondiscrimination in access	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
216	H4600	Electro-convulsive therapy, third-party consent	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
217	H4601	Local Government	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
218	H4608	Save Women’s Sports Act	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
219	H4766	Coordinating Council for Workforce Development	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
220	H4832	Insurance	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
221	H4837	Optometry mobile units	05/12/2022	Signed	05/13/2022
222	H4889	Alarm System	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
223	H4983	Continuing care retirement communities	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
224	H4986	Trap placement	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
225	H4999	Hazardous waste cleanup	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
226	H5000	Original birth certificates	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
227	H5057	IRS Code	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
228	H5075	Housing tax credit	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
229	H5144	Telephone	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
230	H5151	Capital Reserve Fund	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
231	H5288	Sumter County School District	05/12/2022	Signed
232	H5338	Secretary of State – JR to Approve Regulation Document No. 5104	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022
233	H5339	Florence County School District 1 and Florence School District 4	05/12/2022
234	H3144	SC Workforce Industry Needs Scholarship (SC WINS)	05/12/2022	Signed	05/16/2022