South Carolina

South Carolina: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

130 bills: 113 Anti-LGBTQ+, 17 Pro-LGBTQ+. 8 are enacted (8 Anti-LGBTQ+, 0 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed958015
Pending27252
Enacted880

Most recent bills

All 130 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of South Carolina: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in South Carolina, by sideColumns for each year from 2003 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0102030402003: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2012: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2013: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2014: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2015: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2016: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+2017: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2018: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2019: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2020: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+2021: 4 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 9 Anti-LGBTQ+2023: 26 Anti-LGBTQ+, 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 15 Anti-LGBTQ+2025: 25 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 17 Anti-LGBTQ+200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in South Carolina, by sideColumns for each year from 2003 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.010203040200620102014201820222026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in South Carolina by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2003 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0122015: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2022: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2023: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2024: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2026: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in South Carolina by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2003 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.012200620102014201820222026
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A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
202617170110
202527252000
202415150220
202331265110
2022990220
2021541000
2020330000
2019202000
2018110000
2017211000
2016550000
2015752220
2014101000
2013211000
2012110000
2003202000

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents13130
Bathrooms & facilities11110
Sports participation10100
Youth gender-affirming care10100
Medicaid & public funding for care220
Insurance coverage101
Prisons, jails & detention770
Schools & curriculum15132
DEI & bias training15150
Drag & public expression440
Book bans & censorship19190
Pronouns, names & outing110
Marriage, family & custody13112
Nondiscrimination protections1248
Hate crimes505
Religious exemptions10100
Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law101
Symbolic resolutions & recognition11110
Government process, funding & data440

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Forced Outing: Schools12120
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors10100
Trans Bathroom Ban: K1210100
DEI Ban: Colleges990
Don't Say Trans: K12880
DEI Ban: K12770
Don't Say Gay: K12770
Don't Say Systemic Biases: K12770
Employment Nondiscrimination707
Birth Certificate or Identification Change Ban660
End Legal Recognition660
Opt-Out LGBTQ Education660
Show the other 73 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Censorship: Book Ban550
Censorship: Book Ban: K12550
Gender Affirming Care Ban: SAFE Act550
Hate Crime Classification505
Sports Ban: Colleges550
Sports Ban: K12550
Sports Ban: SWSA550
Censorship: Drag Ban440
DEI Ban: Government440
Don't Say Systemic Biases: Colleges440
Opt-In LGBTQ Education440
Religious Exemptions: Adoption and Foster Care440
Religious Exemptions: Medical440
Sports Ban: Secondary440
Anti-LGBTQ+ Holiday/Recognition330
Censorship: Online Obscenity330
Child Custody Bill: DACPA330
Forced Outing: Mental Emotional Well-Being330
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Prisoners330
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban: K12330
Pathologization330
Religious Exemptions: Marriage330
Same-Sex Marriage Ban330
Trans Bathroom Ban: Colleges330
Anti-Bullying202
Broad Nondiscrimination202
End Legal Recognition: DSA220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Public Funds220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Under 21220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: VCPA220
Housing Nondiscrimination202
Marriage Equality202
Misgendering: Forced220
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban: Colleges220
Prison Placement Ban220
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination202
Religious Exemptions: Solemnization220
Trans Segregation Bill220
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution: Athletics110
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution: Marriage110
Broad Discrimination110
Censorship: Age Verification110
Censorship: KOSA-Type Social Media Law110
Censorship: Online Minors110
Child Custody Bill110
DEI Ban: ADEIB110
DEI Ban: Accreditation110
DEI Ban: EMDT110
Discrimination in Education110
Discrimination in Healthcare110
End Legal Recognition: SWWA110
Federal Override110
Forced Outing: Medical110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Medicaid110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Under 26110
Gender Marker Change Ban110
Healthcare Nondiscrimination101
Insurance Nondiscrimination101
Misgendering: Permitted110
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban110
Public Investment Restriction: Anti-Boycotts110
Public Investment Restriction: ESG Funds Ban110
Public Investment Restriction: Social Credit Score110
Religious Exemptions: Academic110
Religious Exemptions: Legal Recognition110
Religious Exemptions: PFCGDA110
Religious Exemptions: Trans DNE110
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws: Marriage Ban101
Same-Sex Marriage Discrimination110
Trans Bathroom Ban: Private Accommodations110
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Accommodations110
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Properties110
Trans Segregation Bill: Shelters110

Hearings

No hearings are listed for this jurisdiction.

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
James BurnsRRepresentativeHD-01738
John MccravyRRepresentativeHD-01336
Josiah MagnusonRRepresentativeHD-03835
Melissa OremusRRepresentativeHD-08434
Steven LongRRepresentativeHD-03733
William ChumleyRRepresentativeHD-03530
Thomas PopeRRepresentativeHD-04728
Bill TaylorRRepresentativeHD-08627
Patrick HaddonRRepresentativeHD-01926
Doug GilliamRRepresentativeHD-04222

All 282 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

No court cases are listed for this jurisdiction.

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.